STOCK IN SCOTLAND.
SOME NOTABLE DECLINES
One of the features of Scottish farming indicated by the preliminary statement of re turps for the country is a decline of 4150 in the number of agricultural horses. The number is 132,500, which is the smallest since 1915. Unbroken horses of one year and ’ above are fewer by 1750, or 8.2 per cent., while foals show an increase of 750, or 12.9 per cent., this being the first increase in numbers since 1920. The total decrease in horses is 5700, or 3.1 per cent.
Cattle and pigs have also decreased in numbers, while sheep have increased.
The total number of cattle, 1,196,500, shows- a decline of 8300, or ,07 per cent The number of cows in milk, heifers in calf, and other cattle under one year is greater than 1925, but the remaining classes show decreases. The increase of 6700 in cows in milk is almost balanced by a decrease in cows | in calf of 6050. Bulls being used for (service have decreased in number since i 1925 by 200, feeding cattle over two
years old by and yearling feeding cattle by 9700. Calves show an increase of 12,850. . Ewes, which number 3,107,850, show the highest total ever recorded, and are more numerous than in 1925 by 51,950. The number of lambs, 3,028,'400, is greater than last year by 97,550. Rams show an- increase' of 1250, and other sheep one year and above a decrease of 80,590. The total number of sheep, 7,188,600, is 69,800 more than last year, and is the highest recorded sine© 1910.
Sows and boars are more numerous by 1800 and 150 respectively, while other pigs have decreased by 10,200, the total pig population being 145,950 as compared with the record high figure of 190,800 in 1924. The returns relating to crops 'show the smallest arable area since 1866. Ihe total area, under crops and grass amounts to 4,696,000 acres, comprising 3,205,00 t) acres of arable land and 1,491,000 acres under permanent grass. The total acreage is the smallest recorded since 1878, while the area of arable land is the smallest recorded since the . returns were taken, in 1866, , / being less than in 1925 by 24,000 acres. (,
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 7 January 1928, Page 14
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368STOCK IN SCOTLAND. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 7 January 1928, Page 14
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