Iceland 1930

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Identifikator:: 1830571079

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-221162

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Iceland 1930

Edition:: 2. ed.

Place of publication:: Reykjavík

Publisher:: Ríkisprentsmiđjan Gutenberg

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: 193 S.; Tab., Kt., Taf.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Document type:: Monograph

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Title:: Rural husbandry

Collection:: Economics Books

14 Bulls and Cows and oxen more One year alved heifers than one year old olds 2 £49 Calves 1871 1880 i830 . 5 oeg 1900 . 6741 1910 . . 17843 1920 . . 16936 928 , . 21083 963 1987 2909 140 2450 3238 '188 2911 4 396 729 2520 3312 982 3063 4 895 Total 19 111% 21 006* 20 $47 23569 26338 23497 30 023 The Icelandic breed of cattle is very heterogeneous, both as regards size, colour, and yield. From the colonization down to the present day little has been done to improve this stock by means of rational breeding. The milking capacity of the Icelandic breed is better than its meat-producing capacity. The average annual milk-production per cow is estimated at 2400 kilogrammes, while a few may vield as much as 5000 kg per year. So far as examined the fatty contents of the milk have in most cases amounted to from 31/2 to 4 per cent. Compared with the number of population, horses are much more numerous in Iceland than in any other European country, or about one to every two persons. In the Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia, and Esthonia) and in Russia, which come next after Iceland in this re- spect, the number of horses does not amount to more than one to every 4—5 persons. One of the reasons why horses are so numerous in Iceland is to be found in the fact that they have until quite lately been the almost only means of communication between ‘the different parts of the country, and are still largely employed both as saddle horses, and beasts of burden and draught. In some districts horses are also reared for export. The Icelandic horse is small-sized, from 130—144 cm. in height, and rather shaggy; they do not require much fodder, are wonder- fully persevering and sure-footed, and very keen-sighted. The number of horses has been steadily increasing during the past fifty vears: *) Calves are not included in these figures.

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