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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.