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VI. AGRICULTURE AND CATTLE-BREEDING OF SWEDEN.
this relative number had decreased to about 32, and about 1870, all the way to about
15. Since then, the number has, we may say, remained at about the last-named
figure. One can plainly see how, through many centuries, the cultivation of
cereals was much more attended to than cattle-rearing, while in our days, the
care of both finds about equal expression.
The absolute and the relative amount of the number of cattle during different
periods, regard being also paid to the different kinds of cattle, may be seen from
the table here subjoined (Table 75).
Table 75. Live stock in Sweden at different pei-iods.
Kinds of Animals. Total number. Per 1,000 inhab. ’ 1
In 1571. In 1805. In 1850. In 1900. 1571. 1805. 1 1900. !
Horses......................................168,000 392,000 380,000 533,000 187 162 , 103 1
Cows............................................420,000 803,000 1,030,000 1,765,000 467 331 I 344
Other Cattle........................378,000 649,000 786,000 818,000 420 268 160
Sheep..........................................560,000 1,216,000 1,550,000 1,261,000 622 502 i 246
Goats..........................................155,000 140,000 178,000 80,000 172 58 1 15
Pigs ..........................................270,000 400,000 555,000 806,000 300 165 157 :
Total 1,951,600 | 3,600,600 | 4,47»,000 | S,2U,0m| 2,1*8 | I,48« ! I,«i
At the present time, Sweden has, relatively to its population, a
larger stock of cattle than most other countries of Western Europe,
with exception only as regards sheep and goats. The increasing
development of cattle-rearing during later years, is also börne witness to
by the following figures, from Table 60, which show Sweden’s imports
and exports of cattle and of cattle-farming products, during the period
1871/1900. In yearly averages, the value amounted to:1
Averages. Imports. Exports. Sörplas of Exports.
In 1871/75 ............24,852,000 kronor. 14,561,000 kronor. — 10,291,000 kronor.
> 1876,80 ............24,785,000 » 16,228,000 » — 8,557,000
» 1881/85 ............25,697,000 » 25,963,000 » + 266,000 »
» 1886/90............22,335,000 » 39,775,000 » + 17,440,000 »
• 1891/95 ............17,150,000 » 51,737,000 > + 34,587,000 »
» 1896/00 ............25,902,000 > 49,768,000 » + 23,866,000 .
Thus, while during the first period Sweden imported these products
to an annual value of 10 mill, kronor more than the value of the
exports, the exports were, instead, in 1896/1900, of the greater value,
and exceeded the imports by a sum of 24 milL kronor annually.
With, respect to the total produce of cattle-rearing, the following data, from
P. FAHLBECK, may be given. The total number of domestic animals born
annually may be estimated at 85 % of the number of the cows, 94 % of that of
the sheep, 105 % of the goats, and 128 % of the pigs, thus at present annually
about 1,500,000 calves, 1,200,000 lambs, 80,000 kids, and 1,000,000 pigs. There
is, in addition, an estimated annual number of 25,000 foals. The reduction by
death (irrespective of slaughtering) is estimated at 2 % of the number of horses
kept, 2 l/i % of that of head of cattle, and 6 % of the number of calves, kids,
lambs, and pigs born. There were slaughtered, according to the calculations of
1 A krona = 110 shilling or 0’268 dollar.
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