This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: .of each of the vears 1897 and 1907: HIDES AND LEATHER. 500 and under 6,926 501 to 1.

001) '2,450 1,001 to 2,000 1,767 2,001 to 5,000 1,383 5.001 to 10,000 651 10.001 to 20.000 436 20,001 to 50,000 I 406 50.001 to 100,000 104 100.001 and over 1 21 Total 14,144 43,952,897 23,173 44,461, SB The following table shows the sheep flocks classified according to the number contained therein and the area of holdings on which they are pastured: 1,266 1 and under 51 HU 51 and under 101 6 611 101 and under 501 fHIl and under 1.001 7 739 1,001 and under 5.001 l'aoi' 5.

1X11 and under 10.001: '7m 10.001 and under 20,001 20.001 and under 50,001: .7 50.001 and under IOn.001 1 100.001 and upward,39 Live stoek only, and ill-defined areas St.

173 Total Sheep. FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY. BRITISH AND AMERICAN EXPORTS. UNITED KINGDOM SHIPS MORE PAIRS, THE UNITED STATES MORE VALUE. The Bureau of Statistics announces that in 1878 the number of pairs of boots and shoes exported from the United States was but 351,000; in 1888, 504,000; in 1898, 1,307,000, and in 1908, 6,552,000. The value of these exportations in 1878 was $468,000; in 1888, $655, -000; in 1898, $1,817,000; and in 1908, $11,470,000. The shipments for the past two fiscal years ending June 30 have been: In addition to the above sent to foreign countries there were sent to Alaska 102,516 pairs, valued at $261,173; to the Hawaiian Islands, 148,809 pairs, valued at $267,271, and to Porto Rico 473,497 pairs, valued at $499,380. The United Kingdom sends abroad more shoes than the United States, the number of pairs having reached 9,442,296 during the last fiscal year; but they had a value of only $9,930,356, or $1.

05 per pair, while those exported from this country averaged $1.84 per pair. The British export of boots and.