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Live Stock in Germany. 



Live Stock in Germany. 



^The Board have received, through the Foreign Office, a 

 memorandum, forwarded by Her Majesty's Ambassador at 

 Berlin, dealing with the subject of live stock in the German 

 Empire. The reduction shown in the number of sheep of 

 nearly 50 per cent, is the most striking feature of these 

 statistics ; but with this important exception there has been 

 an increase in the number of animals, especially swine, in 

 that country during recent years. The following table shows 

 the figures in three census years : — 



Census 

 Year. 



Horses. 



Cattle. 



Sheep. 



Pigs. 



Goats. 



Jan. 1873 - 

 Jan. 1883 - 

 Dec. 1892 - 



3,352,200 

 3,522,500 

 3,836,300 



15,776,700 

 15,786,800 

 17,555,700 



24,999,400 

 19,189,700 

 13,589,600 



7,124,100 

 9,206,200 

 12,174,300 



2,320,000 

 2,640,000 

 3,091,300 



In spite of this development in numbers, there have been 

 many complaints from those interested in live stock. These 

 have not originated so much in the price of cattle or their 

 products, as from the losses caused by disease, and especially 

 by foot-and-mouth disease and tuberculosis. 



The following table shows the average annual imports 

 and exports in the three years 1875-77 and 1894-96 : — 



Year. 



Horses. 



Cows. 



Pigs 

 (exclusive of 

 Sucking Pigs). 



Sheep, 





Imports. 



1875-77 - 



66,897 



106,194 





1,131,818 



470,177 



1894-96 - 



97,513 



116,635 





387,938 



1,683 





Exports. 



1875-77 - 



39,563 



61,366 





300,897 



1,178,137 



1894-96 - 



8,386 



3,959 





17,570 



310,826 



