THE FARMERS' COLUMN.
NOTES AND COMMENTS. DECREASE OF SHEEP. According to recant statistics the uumber of sheep in the principal rearing countries of the world has decreased to the extent of 44,000,000 between 1895 and 1908, while population has increased by 53,000,000 during that period. Mulhall, in his "Dictionary of Statistics," shows that the- United Kingdom produced 50,000 tons less mutton in 1895 than 1875. Then in the United States the production of mutton has steadily declined from 480,000 tons in 1886 to 380,000 tons in 1896. Inquiries now being made are expected to show a similar shrinkage in beef herds, and the expectation of political economists that men must push live stock off the earth as civilisation advances is being rapidly realised in the older countries. Already in France, the three acres, which, in sparsely populated countries would be allocated to the support of one or "two sheep, is under intense cultivation, made to yield comfortable livings for as many families. i
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 September 1908, Page 1
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163THE FARMERS' COLUMN. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 September 1908, Page 1
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