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BULLETIN 1234, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 77 shows that there was a decrease of 66,395 horses. Of this 
number, 22,479 were from the city of Vienna and 31,102 from the two 
districts of Upper and Lower Austria. The rest of the country 
suffered but little. 
The table shows that there has been a decrease of 11.5 per cent of 
the cows formerly held in the Republic. This decrease was confined 
largely to three districts, 58,000 from Lower Austria, 25,000 from 
Upper Austria, and 23,000 from wSteiermark, all districts easily acces- 
sible to the requisition commission. The cattle statistics of Austria 
are probably inaccurate, just as they are in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, 
Yugoslavia, and other countries of the southeast, and the actual 
numbers of animals being fed is probably much greater than indicated 
here. During the war the peasants early learned to hide their cattle 
from the requisition commissions, and they have not yet fully recov- 
ered from this tendency toward secretiveness. The great gain of 
40.6 per cent in young stock speaks well for the future. Austria has 
increased the number of her sneep 50 per cent. This is due largely 
to the relaxation of the state control of forests, for it is easy to drive 
the flocks into the woods, where they obtain fairly good grazing. 
The increase in goats to 34.7 per cent more than the pre-war number 
is significant. An increase of 59,000 took place largely in the district 
of Lower Austria in connection with the cheese industry. 
During the last two years horses have been brought in from Hun- 
gary, and cattle and swine have continued to increase. It is probable 
that the total number of live animals in Austria to-day exceeds the 
pre-war total. 
Before examining Austria's plans for the future development of her 
live-animal industry, it will be well to contrast the pre-war and post- 
war numbers of her domestic animals per 100 acres, as shown in 
Table 78. 
Table 78. 
-Number of domestic animals in Austria per each 100 acres of farm 
land, 1910 and 1920. 
Kind of animal. 
1910 
1920 
3.05 
2.46 
22.51 
22.19 
11.21 
9.92 
3. S3 
5.40 
IS. 50 
12.97 
2.S7 
4.32 
2.20 
3.09 
Difference. 
Horses 
Cattle 
Cows 
Youn^ Btock 
Swine 
Snoop 
Goats 
-0.59 
-0.32 
-1.29 
+ 1.57 
-5. 53 
4 1. 15 
+. 80 
The above decreases in horses, cows, and pigs do not seem to be 
great in comparison with the acreage. As pointed out before, 
Austria does not produce luxurious forage, and the problem is not so 
much producing sufficient numbers of young stock as it is keeping the 
animals in feed. 
GOVERNMENT PLANS TO INCREASE ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 
The development of field crop production, cereals, forage, and 
fodder, will go OB parallel to the development of Austria's animal 
industry. Due to such considerations as the soil conditions of the 
