§ 1. Mr. Doddsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of livestock on Scottish farms on the last convenient date, giving separate figures for each county with respect to cattle,
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THE NUMBER OF CATTLE, SHEEP, PIGS AND HORSES IN EACH COUNTY IN SCOTLAND AT 3RD JUNE, 1950 (AND COMPARISON WITH 4TH JUNE, 1949) Counties Cattle (a) Sheep (b) Pigs Horses (c) 1950 1949 1950 1949 1950 1949 1950 1949 No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Aberdeen … 235,580 224,228 321,959 292,670 30,452 25,169 7,888 9,425 Angus … 69,700 66,445 171,958 164,227 21,785 18,544 2,789 3,178 Argyll … 63,503 62,415 728,163 709,123 1,244 1,045 2,910 3,216 Ayr … 153,805 150,861 371,087 358,585 13,377 11,053 5,057 5,961 Banff … 57,370 54,644 86,155 81,323 6,133 5,485 2,444 2,891 Berwick … 35,169 34,582 322,566 321,745 7,396 7,409 1,059 1,224 Bute … 10,735 10,509 42,283 40,178 441 377 760 784 Caithness … 27,446 26,749 233,211 225,824 2,637 2,107 1,981 2,314 Clackmannan … 4,733 4,647 15,149 14,214 1,396 1,224 195 229 Dumfries … 105,272 102,204 505,969 494,946 7,662 8,559 3,014 3,491 Dunbarton … 17,256 16,608 70,573 68,112 8,123 8,098 788 887 East Lothian … 16,254 16,065 122,392 119,180 8,234 8,248 1,171 1,361 Fife … 65,635 62,843 117,618 109,802 16,669 15,568 3,198 3,703 Inverness … 52,447 52,346 595,065 572,769 3,016 2,732 2,911 3,290 Kincardine … 40,925 37,742 51,102 44,858 5,073 4,343 1,179 1,401 Kinross … 9,815 8,891 32,168 30,172 836 728 417 504 Kirkcudbright … 75,899 73,438 342,103 336,790 5,076 4,469 2,247 2,564 Lanark … 94,268 92,892 234,132 226,026 16,163 17,163 3,413 3,927 Midlothian … 24,736 24,637 166,324 168,540 29,647 28,735 1,309 1,521 Moray … 30,516 29,306 36,916 32,239 4,053 3,762 1,062 1,283 Nairn … 8,804 8,035 13,111 12,437 925 778 311 368 Orkney … 48,594 48,598 60,941 61,290 2,416 1,788 2,509 2,929 Peebles … 11,632 11,475 191,238 189,075 2,171 1,895 329 380 Perth … 95,638 91,755 618,973 590,300 15,705 14,522 4,503 5,158 Renfrew … 30,217 30,721 34,119 32,967 8,691 9,071 1,277 1,437 Ross & Cromarty … 40,213 39,618 433,344 408,587 3,518 2,707 2,265 2,536 Roxburgh … 35,541 34,948 486,440 492,436 4,614 4,230 1,233 1,425 Selkirk … 6,060 6,117 179,438 178,791 339 364 249 274 Stirling … 41,621 40,645 111,775 103,208 11,323 11,214 2,162 2,371 Sutherland … 10,184 9,878 247,265 244,460 729 481 723 812 West Lothian … 15,317 15,281 11,420 9,102 5,517 5,126 795 887 Wigtown … 74,297 71,953 134,326 128,835 5,394 5,366 2,764 3,110 Zetland … 7,208 7,494 247,986 240,062 75 85 1,428 1,493 Total … 1,616,390 1,568,570 7,337,269 7,102,873 250,830 232,445 66,340 76,334 (a) Including Cattle grazed on Deer Forests. (b)Including Sheep grazed on Deer Forests. (c) Horses used for Agricultural purposes, Mares for breeding and Unbroken Horses (including Stallions). "Other Horses" on agricultural holdings are not included. sheep, pigs and horses; and how this compares with the previous year.
§ Mr. T. FraserAs the reply is in the the form of a tabular statement I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
The following table shows: