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GERMANY

The number of domestic animals in Germany according to the Censuses of December 1, 1919, and September 1, 1920, was : —

States

Horses i

Cattle

Sheep

Swine

Goats

Prussia .... Bavaria .... Saxony .... Wiirtteruberg. Baden .... Other States.

2,449,425

348,613

156,564

95,642

61,099

391,735

8,921,884

3,638,673

711,259

994,534

606,112

1,651,341

3,523,143 646,236

84,781 229,115

65,469 S24.658

7,640,919

1,488,046

350,397

321,380

344,796

1,448,896

2,47S,376 392,181 337,788 131,097 175,413 627,733

Total, Dec. 1, 1919. ,, Sept. 1,1920.

3,503,07S

16,523,803 16,900,000

5,373,402 6,630,000 j

11,594,434 14,270,000

4,142,5S8 4,870,000

1 Exclusive of Army horses.

II. Forestry.

Forestry in Germany is an industry of great importance, conducted under the care of the State on scientific methods. The forest area of the Empire is put in 1913 (latest statistics) at 35,552,930 acres, of which crown forests occupy 707,352 acres ; State and partly State forests, 11,638,027 acres ; com- munal forests, 5,721,892 acres ; private forests, 16,184,772 acres, and forests belonging to various associations or foundations, 1,300,885 acres. Of the whole forest area 6,599,477 acres are under foliage trees, oak, birch, ash, beech, &c, and 22,192,810 acres bear pine, larch, red and white fir, &c.

III. Mining.

The great bulk of the minerals raised in Germany is produced in Prussia, where the chief mining districts are "Westphalia, Rhenish Prussia, and Silesia, for coal and iron, the Harz for silver and copper, and Silesia for zinc. Saxony has coal, iron, and silver mines.

In 1913 there were 4,275 mines and foundries in Germany employing 1,196,786 persons (1,133,701 men, 15,969 women, 46,947 juveniles, and 169 children under 14 years of age).

The quantities of the principal minerals raised were as follows in metric tons : —

-

1915

1916

1917

Coal.

146,867,563

169,169,666

167,747,171

Lignite

87,948,303

94,180,462

95,542,922

Iron ore

17,709,580

21,333,064

22,404,780

Zinc ore

486,470

525,172

522,416

Lead ore

8$,»60

106,804

94,990

Copper ore

963, 4 35

1,025,435

960,097

Bock salt

1.310,202

1,835,335

2,089,287

Potash-

0,981,063

8,723,322

8,953,110

In 1913 the total output of pig iron was 16,763,809 tons ; in 1914, 12,581,167 tons; in 1915, 10,154,721 tons ; in 1916, 11,342,077 tons ; in 1917, 11,707,100 tons ; and in 1918,11,754,542 tons. Ingot steel production in 1914 totalled 13,710,498 metric tons ; in 1915, 12,010,020 tons ; in 1916, 14,240,262 tons ; in 1917, 14,321,923 tons.