Live Stock in Germany. 



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The figures show that the exportation of live stock since 

 1875 has largely decreased, while the importation of cattle 

 and horses during the last twelve years has increased. The 

 rise in the number of horses imported is particularly 

 remarkable. Of the arrivals of these latter in 1896, 4,285 

 came from North America, as compared with 2,479 in 1895, 

 11,633 from Austria-Hungary, 15,876 from Denmark, 21,453 

 from Belgium, and 31,822 from Russia. 



The effect of the weather on stock raising during each year 

 is considerable, for in years of scarcity of fodder, cattle often 

 have to be sold at ruinous prices, as their owners cannot 

 afford to feed them during the winter months. 



The following table shows the annual prices of meat at 

 Berlin and Munich at intervals of five years since 1881 : — 





BERLIN. 



MUNICH. 



YEARS . 



Beef 

 (Dead Weight). 

 Mean of highest 

 and lowest. 



Pigs 

 (Live Weight). 

 Highest Price. 



Calves 

 (Dead Weight). 

 Lov/est Price. 



Mutton. 

 Medium Price. 



Cattle 

 (Live Weight). 

 Mean of highest 

 and lowest. 





Per cwt. 

 J. d. 



Per cwt. 

 s. d. 



Per cwt. 

 ^. d. 



Per cwt. 

 ^. d. 



Per cwt. 

 s. d. 



1881 



50 



2 



56 



3 



54 



7 



52 



5 





1886 



47 



7 



48 



0 



44 



0 



47 



2 



35 9* 



1891 



56 



6 " 



52 



0 



51 



10 



50 



I 



39 3 



1896 



52 



8 



43 



II 



50 



8 



48 



2 



35 II 



* Price for 1887. 



These prices exhibit some curious features, particularly 

 the reduction of mutton values, in the face of the great 

 diminution in the flocks of the Empire. The great fall in the 

 prices of pigs in 1895 and 1896 amounting at Berlin to nearly 

 ys. M. per cwt. (live weight) is attributed to a great increase 

 in pig-breeding, brought about by the high prices of former 

 years. 



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