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Mr. Dodds
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of livestock on Scottish farms on the last convenient date, giving separate figures for each county with respect to cattle,
| THE NUMBER OF CATTLE, SHEEP, PIGS AND HORSES IN EACH COUNTY IN SCOTLAND AT 3RD JUNE, 1950 (AND COMPARISON WITH 4TH JUNE, 1949) | |||||||||
| Counties | Cattle (a) | Sheep (b) | Pigs | Horses (c) | |||||
| 1950 | 1949 | 1950 | 1949 | 1950 | 1949 | 1950 | 1949 | ||
| No. | No. | No. | No. | No. | No. | No. | No. | ||
| Aberdeen | … | 235,580 | 224,228 | 321,959 | 292,670 | 30,452 | 25,169 | 7,888 | 9,425 |
| Angus | … | 69,700 | 66,445 | 171,958 | 164,227 | 21,785 | 18,544 | 2,789 | 3,178 |
| Argyll | … | 63,503 | 62,415 | 728,163 | 709,123 | 1,244 | 1,045 | 2,910 | 3,216 |
| Ayr | … | 153,805 | 150,861 | 371,087 | 358,585 | 13,377 | 11,053 | 5,057 | 5,961 |
| Banff | … | 57,370 | 54,644 | 86,155 | 81,323 | 6,133 | 5,485 | 2,444 | 2,891 |
| Berwick | … | 35,169 | 34,582 | 322,566 | 321,745 | 7,396 | 7,409 | 1,059 | 1,224 |
| Bute | … | 10,735 | 10,509 | 42,283 | 40,178 | 441 | 377 | 760 | 784 |
| Caithness | … | 27,446 | 26,749 | 233,211 | 225,824 | 2,637 | 2,107 | 1,981 | 2,314 |
| Clackmannan | … | 4,733 | 4,647 | 15,149 | 14,214 | 1,396 | 1,224 | 195 | 229 |
| Dumfries | … | 105,272 | 102,204 | 505,969 | 494,946 | 7,662 | 8,559 | 3,014 | 3,491 |
| Dunbarton | … | 17,256 | 16,608 | 70,573 | 68,112 | 8,123 | 8,098 | 788 | 887 |
| East Lothian | … | 16,254 | 16,065 | 122,392 | 119,180 | 8,234 | 8,248 | 1,171 | 1,361 |
| Fife | … | 65,635 | 62,843 | 117,618 | 109,802 | 16,669 | 15,568 | 3,198 | 3,703 |
| Inverness | … | 52,447 | 52,346 | 595,065 | 572,769 | 3,016 | 2,732 | 2,911 | 3,290 |
| Kincardine | … | 40,925 | 37,742 | 51,102 | 44,858 | 5,073 | 4,343 | 1,179 | 1,401 |
| Kinross | … | 9,815 | 8,891 | 32,168 | 30,172 | 836 | 728 | 417 | 504 |
| Kirkcudbright | … | 75,899 | 73,438 | 342,103 | 336,790 | 5,076 | 4,469 | 2,247 | 2,564 |
| Lanark | … | 94,268 | 92,892 | 234,132 | 226,026 | 16,163 | 17,163 | 3,413 | 3,927 |
| Midlothian | … | 24,736 | 24,637 | 166,324 | 168,540 | 29,647 | 28,735 | 1,309 | 1,521 |
| Moray | … | 30,516 | 29,306 | 36,916 | 32,239 | 4,053 | 3,762 | 1,062 | 1,283 |
| Nairn | … | 8,804 | 8,035 | 13,111 | 12,437 | 925 | 778 | 311 | 368 |
| Orkney | … | 48,594 | 48,598 | 60,941 | 61,290 | 2,416 | 1,788 | 2,509 | 2,929 |
| Peebles | … | 11,632 | 11,475 | 191,238 | 189,075 | 2,171 | 1,895 | 329 | 380 |
| Perth | … | 95,638 | 91,755 | 618,973 | 590,300 | 15,705 | 14,522 | 4,503 | 5,158 |
| Renfrew | … | 30,217 | 30,721 | 34,119 | 32,967 | 8,691 | 9,071 | 1,277 | 1,437 |
| Ross & Cromarty | … | 40,213 | 39,618 | 433,344 | 408,587 | 3,518 | 2,707 | 2,265 | 2,536 |
| Roxburgh | … | 35,541 | 34,948 | 486,440 | 492,436 | 4,614 | 4,230 | 1,233 | 1,425 |
| Selkirk | … | 6,060 | 6,117 | 179,438 | 178,791 | 339 | 364 | 249 | 274 |
| Stirling | … | 41,621 | 40,645 | 111,775 | 103,208 | 11,323 | 11,214 | 2,162 | 2,371 |
| Sutherland | … | 10,184 | 9,878 | 247,265 | 244,460 | 729 | 481 | 723 | 812 |
| West Lothian | … | 15,317 | 15,281 | 11,420 | 9,102 | 5,517 | 5,126 | 795 | 887 |
| Wigtown | … | 74,297 | 71,953 | 134,326 | 128,835 | 5,394 | 5,366 | 2,764 | 3,110 |
| Zetland | … | 7,208 | 7,494 | 247,986 | 240,062 | 75 | 85 | 1,428 | 1,493 |
| Total | … | 1,616,390 | 1,568,570 | 7,337,269 | 7,102,873 | 250,830 | 232,445 | 66,340 | 76,334 |
| (a) Including Cattle grazed on Deer Forests. | |||||||||
| (b)Including Sheep grazed on Deer Forests. | |||||||||
| (c) Horses used for Agricultural purposes, Mares for breeding and Unbroken Horses (including Stallions). "Other Horses" on agricultural holdings are not included. | |||||||||
sheep, pigs and horses; and how this compares with the previous year.
Mr. T. Fraser
As the reply is in the the form of a tabular statement I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
The following table shows: