92 BULLETIN 1309, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
SWINE 
Swine breeding is distributed generally throughout Germany, but 
by far the greatest numbers are Kept on the large dairy farms in the 
north and northwest provinces, as indicated by the cattle to swine 
ratio in Table 76. 
Table 76. — Cattle to swine ratio in Germany, by districts, 1913 
House- 
holds 
owning 
livestock 
Cattle 
Swine 
Ratio, 
District 
Total 
P(>r 
house- 
hold 
Total 
Per 
house- 
hold 
cattle 
to 
swine 
North, west, and central: 
Number 
358, 926 
145, 645 
193, 763 
285, 742 
375,110 
63, 703 
269,844 
322, 201 
Number 
1, 368, 429 
1,141,371 
862, 080 
906,098 
751,114 
344, 824 
658, 359 
829, 238 
Number 
4 
8 
4 
3 
2 
5 
2 
3 
Number 
3, 352, 588 
1, 763, 624 
1, 329, 794 
1, 378, 460 
1, 546, 087 
620, 874 
1, 158, 806 
1, 591, 089 
Number 
9 
12 
7 
5 
4 
10 
4 
5 
Total.. 
2, 014, 934 
6, 861, 513 
12,741,322 
l to 1.9 
East: 
257, 887 
187, 442 
249,024 
406, 431 
1, 236, 752 
709, 936 
938, 881 
1, 650, 948 
5 
4 
4 
4 
1, 337, 464 
1, 026, 525 
1,315,040 
1, 394, 402 
5 
5 
5 
3 
Total 
1, 100, 784 
4, 536, 517 
5, 073, 431 
1 to 1.1 

Boutn: 
610, 123 
232, 766 
229, 705 
10, 480 
3, 702, 735 
1, 123, 903 
684, 508 
49, 651 
6 
5 
3 
5 
2, 106, 312 
583,672 
581, 024 
30,653 
3 
3 
3 
3 
Total 
1, 083, 074 
5, 560, 797 
3, 301, 661 
1 to 0.6 
Southwest: 
460, 137 
203, 882 
172, 297 
179, 174 
271, 356 
1, 221, 327 
622, 907 
713,928 
550, 517 
926, 838 
3 
3 
4 
3 
4 
1, 228, 584 
768, 790 
760. 291 
492, 873 
1, 292, 188 
3 
4 
4 
3 
5 
Kingdom of Saxony 
Total 
1,286,846 
4, 035, 517 
4, .542, 726 
1 to 1.1 
5, 485, 638 
20, 994, 344 
4 
25, 659, 140 
5 
1 to 1.2 
Germany, Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt. (now Statistisches Reichsamt), Vierteljahrshefte zur Statistik 
des Deutschen Reichs, vol. 23, 1914. 
With the exception of a small part of Schleswig-Holstein that was 
(((icd to Denmark, the territory in which there was a high hog to 
cat lie ratio (1.9 to 1) remained within the German Republic. Both 
on the east and the west the ceded territories were about average 
(a little below) as pork-producing districts. The very low ratio of 
the southern districts is due to the fact there there are fewer swine 
per capita in these districts, and since the larger part of the farm work 
in these districts is of the peasant type on small holdings it is done by 
oxen rather than by horses. There is consequently a somewhat 
higher number of cattle per household in the south than in the north. 
The manner in which swine are kept in Germany varies greatly 
''from an almost outdoor life to being kept nearly entirely in pigger- 
ies." They are fed on skim milk from the creameries in the northern 
and northwestern provinces, Dotatoes, roots, and various kinds of 
