§ Mr. RILEYasked the Minister of Agriculture the average number of cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs on agricultural holdings in England and Wales for the year 1924–25?
§ Sir H. BARNSTONI have been asked to reply. The number of livestock on agricultural holdings in England and Wales as returned on 4th June, 1924 and 1925, was as follows: —
1924. 1925. Cattle … 5,894,329 6,163,330 Horses … 1,232,198 1,164,240 Sheep … 14,843,195 15,974,794 Pigs … 3,228,330 2,644,356
NUMBER OF DAIRY CATTLE PER THOUSAND ACRES OF CULTIVATED LAND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, BELGIUM, DENMARK, GERMANY AND FRANCE IN 1924. Country. Year. Area of cultivated land. Dairy Cattle, Cows and Heifers. Number per 1,000 acres of cultivated land. Thousands of acres. Number. Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 1924 33,055 3,382,500(a) 102 Belgium 1924 4,457 839,076 (b) 188 Denmark 1924 7,223 (c) 1,626,053(d) 225 Germany 1924 69,737 (e) 9,723,238 (f) 139 France 1923 89,770(g) 7,303,940(h) 81 (a) Cows and heifers in milk or in calf. (b) Milch cows two years and over. (c) Excludes "other grass, marshes and communal pasture," which amounted to 385,000 acres in 1919. (d) All cows and heifers. (e) Includes 6,116,000 acres of "pasture." (f) Cows and heifers two years and over. (g) Includes 10,062,000 acres described as "pasture and rough grazing" and 6,026,000 acres of "vines and other trees, shrubs and bushes." (h) Cows. The number of dairy cattle in England, Wales, and Scotland per thousand acres of cultivated land, were as follows in 1914 and 1925: —
— 1914. 1925. England … … 90 104 Wales … … 109 119 Scotland … … 95 96 Great Britain … … 92 104