HC Deb 17 March 1952 vol 497 c180W
Mr. Woodburn

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the numbers of cattle any: sheep, respectively, on former and present deer forest land in Scotland.

Mr. J. Stuart

The latest returns, made in June, 1951, relating to Scottish deer forests show that they then carried 2,160 cattle and 121,785 sheep.

It is not possible to give numbers of cattle and sheep [...]ept on land reclaimed from deer forests and now used exclusively for agricultural purposes. Such land is normally incorporated in agricultural holdings as parts of the holdings and separate returns of the livestock kept on the original holdings and the reclaimed parts are not obtainable.

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