The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

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Identifikator:: 1757028552

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-135495

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: XV, 152 Seiten; graph. Darst., Kt.

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter IV. Number and distribution of livestock

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by a slight rise and then a state of relative stability during Precisely the same period as that in which the cattle herds in their upward movement also paused. A gradual decline then set in, but the figures during the decade immediately preceding the outbreak of war were practically the same as the previous lowest 10-year average, 25 years earlier. The war-time loss was exceedingly severe and the average numbers during 1916 to 1925 were less than 15% millions, a reduction of over 30 per cent. as compared with the decade 1867-76, and in two years, 1920 and 1922, the numbers were below 131 millions. There has, however, been a substantial recovery during the past three years, and the total in 1925 was practically 16 millions. It will be seen from the following table that the districts in which the sheep flocks have been more or less maintained comprise the northerly counties and Wales, where there are extensive areas of mountain land. AVERAGE NUMBERS OF SHEEP IN THE DIFFERENT AGRICULTURAL Divisions mx 1871-75, 1891-95 AND 1921-25. Divisions. Eastern North-E astern South-Eastern Bast Midland West Midland South-Western - Northern > North-Western - | North Wales South Wales - 1871-75. Percent- age of the total number in England and Wales. Number of sheep. Thou- | sands. 1,691 2,798 2,480 2,359 2,225 2.517 2,567 1,881 | 1,252 1,759 Per cent. 7:8 12-9 11-5 0-9 2.0 23 vg er Q - 1891-95. Percent- age of the total number in England and Wales. Number of sheep. Thou- sands. 1,382 2,285 2,153 881 967 =h8 85 “24 188 848 Per cent. 6-9 11-5 10-8 9:5 9-9 11-9 13:56 9-2 ih 9 S 1921-25. Percent- age of the total J ; Susher number of in sheep. England and Wales. Thou- sands. 514 1,213 1,221 1,113 1,198 1,449 2,479 1,601 1,706 1.891 Per cent. 3:6 8-4 8:5 77 8-3 10-1 17-2 11-1 11-9 13-2 8 In the northern and north-western divisions of England, Where the proportion of rough grazings to the cultivated area is high, the decline has been much smaller than in the rest of England : in fact some counties, e.g. Cumberland, Westmorland and Northumberland, show definite increases. In the two divisions of Wales the numbers of sheep in the last 5-year period are also higher than in 1871-75. Taken together, these four divisions accounted in 1921-25 for over 53 per cent. of the total number of sheep in the country as against 35 per cent. in 1875.

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