1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Agriculture/Exports of Animals from the United Kingdom
Exports of Animals from the United Kingdom.
The general export trade of the United Kingdom in living animals represented an aggregate average annual value over the five years 1896–1900 of £1,017,000 as against £935,801 over the five years 1901–1905. To these sums the value of horses alone contributed about three-fourths, Belgium taking more than half the number of exported horses.
| Year. | Horses. | Cattle. | Sheep. | Pigs. | Other Animals. |
| 1900 | 30,038 | 2,742 | 4,934 | 435 | 75,642 |
| 1901 | 27,612 | 1,648 | 2,761 | 378 | 68,012 |
| 1902 | 30,032 | 2,428 | 3,596 | 515 | 60,941 |
| 1903 | 34,798 | 2,736 | 5,579 | 776 | 52,095 |
| 1904 | 32,955 | 3,311 | 8,142 | 732 | 50,873 |
| 1905 | 47,708 | 3,938 | 8,378 | 931 | 50,307 |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| 1900 | 681,927 | 118,337 | 53,306 | 3032 | 45,241 |
| 1901 | 605,699 | 61,812 | 25,727 | 3437 | 45,476 |
| 1902 | 635,661 | 96,153 | 29,069 | 5053 | 56,691 |
| 1903 | 734,598 | 140,244 | 67,758 | 7053 | 48,335 |
| 1904 | 581,339 | 146,210 | 88,421 | 7850 | 43,868 |
| 1905 | 875,647 | 190,406 | 133,413 | 8024 | 41,061 |
The export trade in cattle, sheep and pigs is practically restricted to pedigree animals required for breeding purposes, and though its aggregate value is not large it is of considerable importance to stock-breeders, as it is a frequent occurrence for buyers for export—to Argentina, Australasia, Canada, the United States and elsewhere—to bid freely at the sale rings, and often to pay the highest prices, thus stimulating the sales and encouraging the breeding of the best types of native stock. Details for the six years 1900–1905 are summarized in Table XXVI.