THE WORLS'S AGRICULTURE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 763, 11 March 1910, Page 10

THE WORLS'S AGRICULTURE.

/-.""■". ''som£'''c6MJ?ißispNs. -• There "has been; issued; fronv the J3ri- . tish Hoard ..of Agri6ulture and Fisheries . the, colonial/arid foreign agricultural statistics for 1008. ■In-' nearly every country there is an.increase of the wheat area, most.of all in. India,. United. States,, aiid Russia,' these 'figures being for 1908: as compared with'l9o?:'ln that; year there - was laid down-in India 3,030,000 acres more than.in .the..previous year . while tho United States: increased its previous acroage'of wheat .to 2,346,000 acres, and Russia; by. 1,930,000-acres. 1 There was also. . a large' increase in the..barley- acreage .in . while ,iii''* Germany.-.the cereal: crops>showed a gross-increase of 100,000. .jrtotas.' Putting the. British'. Empire against |;othcr*couhtries in-1908 .we'had about 39.7 l million- acres of wheat under-cultivation, i -In Eurdrjte thore.'..were HO.V {million 1 , acres/ 'and/in me//pther/',p)irts--tha,t is), in - Al--•;geria,' .Argentine,'.': Bapau; United ! States, 66»miIHon acres,'tho wheat' 'area-'of,the/world cannot-'fall- short- of 240 million acres. \,./ v '/': - ■.'.•• .-,; The hop crop, is grealejt,6f-all in Ger-' many..; Next to it comes, <Austria, then 'United' States, and;then Grfeit Britain. : - When we comb -to the-. litfe^stock . increase, however, the Old Country shows up' very satisfactorily.' It had. 1,121,000': more.sheep, and.B9,'CGO m'ore'pigs than in' 1907. The continental i statistics are partly lacking,/but.it.js notable/that the num-" ber of cattle, in the'".United "States' was' million./ There have been marked changes/in the number':of -cattle, 'sheep,;and .pigs ..kept: ih..'the..; ; 'differeut countries'. It. is sonie v what'-diffiiult to ef?oct.a'':pr'o'per..compari-~. son because the statistics arc not available.for the same years- Russia leads in the number of. sheep in Europe with just oyer 49 . millions, ■ Great /Britain coming next, with over :31. million//France is a long way.behind with'l7-1/million, Spain next with over 10 million, 'and Germany far down the list with just-over 7 million. In the number of Seattle Russia stands at the '.head, of'.affairs' with' Mi. million, Germany next) with/' 20".3-5 milGreat Britain'.h'aving/'about -11 7-10 million,' as agaihst„/I<Ydnee's--almost 14 million. ';Denn!'ark:ihas/1.4-s.million cattle and only ,900,000 v -'sheep/. ! l ln:.the number of' pigs Gerniahy';.easil.T;,.,lf'ads with 'over 22 million/ :Russ.ui.being.'- next with almost 11 million,'-and Britain-some, way dpirn.:the list with' just'/ov'cr': -i million. Dealing,; with the' British Empire,, Australia ', comes first Vitln'/sheep, ..having about 87 .million, and .New 'Zealand next ' with: million, India ,possessing about IS million;' In the number of horses Rus-' sia excels, having; over 22} million. Ger- . :many .- 45,.' 45. .million, and France just over 3 million, Britain' possessing just oyer .2 ' million. .The British /is for horses .for agricultural' purposes. Are the Continental figures oh the same basis'?