Major BARNESasked the Minister of Agriculture if, since 1897, there has been any decrease in the number of fat cattle entering this country from the Argentine; and, if so, what the figures were for 1897 and 1921?
Sir A. BOSCAWENNo live cattle have been imported into the United Kingdom from Argentina since the year 1903. The number imported in 1897 was 73,852, all of which may be assumed to have been fat, as live cattle could only be imported for immediate slaughter.
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Major BARNESasked the Minister of Agriculture if there was any increase in the number of live cattle entering this country during the five years 1893 to 1897, inclusive, over the year 1922 as stores and fat cattle from Ireland and fat cattle from
— Imports of cattle into Great Britain from Ireland. Imports of cattle into the United Kingdom from countries abroad (excluding imports from the Channel Islands). Fat cattle. Other cattle. Calves. Total. No. No. No. No. No. Annual average, 1893–97. 296,658 391,164 59,138 746,960 480,790 Year, 1921 376,138 352,151 39,201 767,490 66,674