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EULLETI.N 1399, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DESTINATION OF THE SHEEP EXPORTED FROM GERMANY, 1909-1913 
Before the war Germany produced a small net surplus of sheep 
exporting an average of 19,500 more animals than imported. These 
sheep went chiefly to Switzerland (22,000) and Belgium (4,000), with 
smaller numbers to France and Great Britain. (See Table 89.) A 
few thousand sheep were imported from Austria-Hungary either in 
transit to Switzerland or for local consumption in the southeast. 
Table 89.- 
-Sheep: Foreign trade 1 of the German Republic, 1921-22 to 1923-24, 
compared with that of the Empire, 1909-10 to 1913-14 
Year beginning July 1 
Country 
Average, 
1909-19 IS 
1921 
1922 
1923 
Austria . . 
Number 
} +G, 272 
Number 
f +302 
\ +3, 614 
+2, 412 
+1, 578 
-4 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
+5 
-351 
-3, 761 
-453 
Number 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
+477 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
-1, 294 
-326 
Nu mbcr 
Hungary 
Memel/._ .. 
+453 
-51 
-975 
-3, 676 
Great Britain .. .. 
Belgium.. 
Danzig 
Saar district ... 
Switzerland . _j._. . 
-21,913 
+391 
Other eountrb 
Total 
-19, 502 
+3, 342 
-1,143 
3 -2, 945 
Germany, Statist Series Reichsamt (formerly Kaiserliches Statistiscb.es Amt), Monataliche Naehweise 
iiber den Auswartigen Handel Deutschlands. 
1 Net imports arc indicated by (+) and net exports by (— ). 
2 If any, included in other countries. 
3 Not available by countries. 
POSTWAR SHEEP SITUATION 
During the war and the years that have followed the flocks of 
Germany have increased, 11.6 per cent in 1922, 17.5 per cent in 1923, 
and 14.6 per cent of pre-war in 1924. There are to-day more sheep 
within the boundaries of the German Republic than there were 
in the former Empire just preceding the war. (Table 90.) 
Table 90. — Sheep: Number in Germany in 1922-24 as compared with 1913 x 
Item 
Unit 
Boundaries of 1923 
1913 
1922 
2 1923 
1924 
Total number 
Thousand 
do 
4,988 
5, 566 
578 
11.6 
90 
5,859 
871 
17.5 
94 
5,717 
I acrease above pre-war 
729 
Percentage of increase 
Per cent 
] L6 
Per 1,000 inhabitants >._. 
Number 
86 
91 
i Census as of Dec. i. 
- On Oct. i, L923, the number ol sheep was reported al 6,105,000. Subtracting from this Dumber the 
Slaughterings reported during October and November gives the number on Dec. i as above. 
For populations see Table 19. 
This increase 4 in sheep is a natural sequence of the decreased acre-; 
age of cereals. Especially on the large estates many acres of mar- 
ginal lands formerly sown to rye are now left to grow wild grass, 
forming excellent pasturage for sheep. The high price of wool makes 
