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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 - 



3,352,200 



15,776,700 



24,999,400 



7,124,100 



2,320,000 



Jan. 1883 - 



3,522,500 



15,786,800 



19,189,700 



9,206,200 



2,640,000 



Dec. 1892 - 



3,836,300 



17,555,700 



13,589,600 



12,174,300 



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 1 875- 



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 



1 16,635 



387,938 



1*683 







E 



xports. 





IS75-77 - 



39,563 



61,366 



300,897 



1,178,137 



1894-96 - 



8,386 



3,959 



17,570 



310.826 



