Canada Yearbook - 1897

AGRICULTURE. 81
HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP AND SWINE IN CANADA, 1881 AND 1891—Con.
SHEEP ANII SWINE.
PROVINCES.
SHEEP.
1881. 1891.
Increase
or
Decrease.
SWINE.
1881. 1891.
Increase
Decrease.
Nova Scotia.... ..
New Brunswick
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island .
1,359,178
839,333
377,801
221,163
6,073
27,788
166,496
346
1,021,769
730,280
331,492
182,941
35,838
49,163
147,372
64,920
—337,409
—159,547
— 46,309
— 38,222
+ 29,765
+ 21,375
— 19,124
+ 64,574
700,922
329,199
47,256
53,087
17,358
16,841
40,181
2,775
1,121,396
369,608
48,048
50,945
54,177
30,764
42,629
16,283
+420,474
+ 40,409
+ 792
— 2,142
+"36,819
+ 13,923
+ 2,448
+ 13,508
3,018,678 2,563,781 —484,897 1,207,619 1,733,850 +526,231
Down to the present time the provinces collect the only available
annual statistics relating to agriculture, and not all of them do so.
The province of Ontario, according to the returns of the Bureau of
Industries, possessed in 1893-97 live stock as under :
LIVE STOCK IN ONTARIO ON 1ST JULY IN EACH OF THE YEARS 1892-97.
HOUSES. \ HORSES SOLD.
Working
horses.
Breeding
mares.
Other
horses.
Total. Value. Number. Value.
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
-
358,668
373,615
3.i5,686
423,673
434,384
436,921
109,865
100.553
88,962
72,156
66,883
69,940
220,281
211,019
190.129
151,867
123,482
108,809
688,814
6-5,187
674,777
647,696
624,749
613,670
$
55,812,920
50,527,472
46,245,614
40,283,754
37,185,693
46,955
47,897
41,916
40,346
44,458
43,511
*
4,280,132
4,004,524
3,222,500
2,616,391
2,712,884
CATTLE.
CATTLE SOLD OR
SLAUGHTERED.
Milch
cows.
Store
cattle.
Other
cattle.
Total. Value. Number. Value.
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
787,836
803,598
834,237
888,228
920,346
940,236
366,705
378,014
376,809
365.644
370,409
365,406
874,599
876,270
888,255
896,231
891,203
876,684
2,029,140
2,057,882
2,099,301
2,150,103
2,181,958
2,182,326
8
45,548,475
47,718,025
47,577,587
46,708,017
44,383,638
436,352
461,501
441,698
418,131
436,451
503,007
$
15,979,135
16,671,021
15,219,256
13,272,127
12,381,248