Exports of Pure-bred Sheep. 



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that the Argentine trade had already shown unmistakable 

 signs of a reaction from the " boom " of 1S96-8. Thus the 

 number exported to that country fell from the maximum of 

 8,237 in 3.897 to 6,632 in 1898, and again to 3,904 in 1899. 



The following is a complete statement of the number and 

 value of sheep exported to each foreign country or British 

 possession in the year 1900 : — 



Countries to which exported. 



Russia - - - - 



Sweden - - 



Germany 



Holland - 



France - - 



U. S. of America - 



Chile - . . - 



Brazil - - 



Uruguay 



Argentine Republic 

 Other Foreign Countries 



Channel Islands 

 Ascension - • - 

 Cape of Good Hope 

 Natal 



British East Indies 

 Australia 

 New Zealand - 

 Canada - 



British West India Islands 



Falkland Islands 



Other British Possessions 



1900. 



No. 



95 

 4 

 592 

 3 



118 

 220 



146 

 ,99i 

 36 



600 

 58 

 5 



12 



62 

 26 

 703 

 2 

 6 



4,934 



Value. 



£■ 

 638 

 43 

 5,299 

 16 

 510 

 1,302 

 1,602 

 114 

 3,331 

 31,534 

 330 



220 

 1,660 



606 



50 

 80 



1,278 

 928 



3,706 

 10 

 43 



53,306 



Value per 

 head. 



£ 



6 

 10 

 8 

 5 

 4 

 5 



10 



14 



22 



15 



9 



14 

 15 



19 



7 

 7 

 18 



14 



5 



16 

 17 

 3 



5 



15 

 9 

 o 



13 



2 

 2 



10 

 10 



6 



20 12 

 35 14 

 5 5 

 5 o 

 7 3 



Setting aside the Channel Islands and Ascension, as not 

 affecting the trade in breeding sheep, it appears that the 

 chief customers, now that the Argentine demand is suspended, 

 are Canada and Germany. The United States, which stands 

 next in 1900, took as many as 620 in 1899. The Canadian 

 demand show signs of vitality at present, but the trade with 

 both the Dominion and the United States fluctuates very 

 much from year to year. There can, however, be little 

 doubt that the sheep-breeding industry is a progressive one 

 on the North American Continent, and competent observers 

 are of opinion that the demand there for "stud" sheep 



