§ Mr. ROBERT WILSONasked the Minister of Agriculture the proportion of milk-producing cows to the population in Great Britain, with comparative figures in other countries for which statistics are available?
Mr. GUINNESSThe number of dairy cattle per 100 of the population in the undermentioned countries, subject to differences of definition and classification, is as follows:
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Country. Population. Year Number of Dairy Cattle Year Number of Dairy Cattle per 100 of Population. Great Britian … 43,783,000 1925 3,163,523 1925 7.2 Irish Free State … 3,163,000 1925 1,264,368 1925 40.0 France … 39,310,000 1922 7,303,940 1923 18.6 Germany … 62,642,000 1924 9,723,238 1924 15.5 Holland … 6,977,445 1921 1,085,713 1921 15.6 Belgium … 7,744,259 1924 839,076 1924 10.8 Denmark … 3,377,000 1924 1,368,548 1924 40.5 Rumania … 16,750,000 1923 2,426,233 1923 14.5 United States of America … 112,078,611 1924 22,255,000 1924 19.9 Canada … 9,226,740 1924 3,726,985 1924 40.4 Australia … 5,873,503 1924 2,304,644 1923–24 39.2 New Zealand … 1,384,130 1924 1,292,286 1924 93.4 NOTE.—The figures for foreign countries have been taken from the latest Year Book of the International Agricultural Institute and from the official publications of the countries concerned.