SHEEP AND LAMBS.

THE NUMBER OF SHEEP AND LAMBS AND GOATS OF THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD AT THE DATES NAMED.

[From the Report of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, January-February, 1893; and "The Wool Book," 1892. BY S. N. D. NORTH.]

a Including goats.

THE NUMBER OF SHEEP AND LAMBS, ETC.—Continued.

a For 1880, includes Croatia and Slavonia.

The number of sheep in the German Empire on Decem ber 1, 1892, according to preliminary figures published on page 18 of the Statistisches Jahebuch für das Deutsche Reich for 1893, was 13,775,063. Dr. von Juraschek, in Nebersichten der Weltwirthschaft for 1885-89 (see footnote 6, p. 469), estimates the average wool yield at 13 kilograms per head of sheep, which, however, seems very low. e Latest official estimate. d Including goats. e For 1882.

1890

10,930

187, 144, 203

18,941, 295

THE NUMBER OF SHEEP AND LAMBS, ETC.-Continued.

a For 1877-'78, exclusive of the Northwest Provinces and Ondh and Bengal, with several minor provinces. Including goats. c Figures for 1890. d Figures gathered from 1874 to 1883. e Latest official estimate. Sheep owned by Europeans only.