Sept . 1894.] 



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refrain from sowing red clover on moderate soil more than once in 

 seven to ten years in order that the soil may in the meantime 

 accumulate a sufficiency of those mineral elements necessary 

 to the proper growth of that crop, it is questionable whether 

 this object is attained where deep-rooted plants, which derive 

 their sustenance from those same mineral elements, are sown 

 repeatedly year after year. 



Agricultural Statistics of Uruguay. 



The volume of Agricultural Statistics for 1893 of the Republic 

 of Uruguay contains some interesting details on the agriculture 

 of that State. 



The wealth of Uruguay is derived principally from two 

 sources, viz., stock-breeding and agriculture. A great increase 

 has lately occurred in the production of wheat. In spite of 

 abnormally dry seasons the production of that cereal rose from 

 2,718,485 bushels in 1891 to 3,190,095 bushels in 1892 and 

 5,526,505 bushels in 1893. 



Agriculture in 1893 occupied the attention of 10,764 native- 

 born subjects (Orientals and Uruguayans) and 11,374 foreigners. 

 These numbers comprise 11,606 freeholders and 10,532 lease- 

 holders, making a total of 22,138 independent landowners. 

 Including the labourers employed on farms, the total number of 

 persons engaged in agriculture appears to have been 45,064 out 

 of a population of about 720,000. 



The number of ploughs in the Republic was 30,638, drawn by 

 117,799 draught-oxen. The number of acres sown with cereals 

 in 1893 was 860,000, of which 512,000 acres were devoted to 

 wheat and 340,000 acres to maize. The number of head of 

 cattle in the Republic in 1892 was estimated at eight to nine 

 millions, and the sheep at twenty-three to twenty-four millions. 



Consumption of Margarine in Norway. 



In the Annual Report of the Norwegian Department of 

 Agriculture for 1893 it is stated that one of the essential causes 

 of the yearly increasing export of butter from Norway is 

 the steady growth of the consumption of margarine in that 

 country. In 1890 the total quantity of margarine produced in 

 Norway was 92,000 cwts., and of this quantity about one-fifth 

 was exported, leaving over 70,000 cwts. for home consumption 

 The output of margarine from Norwegian factories in 1893 

 was 160,000 cwts., and, deducting exports for the same period, 

 there remained 130,000 cwts. for home consumption. 



