Types of Animal reported by the Agricultural Census

Year	Horses	Cattle	Sheep	Pigs	Goats	Poultry
1866		3,848,435	16,793,204	2,257,903
1869	1,274,161	4,295,749	22,542,804	1,801,225
1871	1,080,016	4,267,652	20,236,822	2,303,960
1877	1,199,846	4,595,859	21,192,390	2,345,471
1881	1,231,870	4,815,430	17,849,801	1,925,072
1885	1,220,497	5,421,960	19,577,437	2,252,396		13,637,673
1891	1,293,236	5,629,524	21,108,658	2,731,267
1900	1,305,605	5,607,084	19,277,229	2,249,519
1901	1,316,538	5,534,613	18,975,791	2,055,104
1910	1,341,809	5,866,568	19,958,299	2,216,599
1920	1,365,728	5,546,805	13,382,673	1,993,924
1930	961,353	5,849,776	16,315,843	2,310,241
1931	938,494	6,065,043	17,749,235	2,783,008
1940	819,569	7,001,000	17,682,530	3,359,585		54,379,645
1950	417,459	8,013,886	12,376,289	2,211,759		65,311,902
1960		8,769,278	18,364,972	4,336,669		84,090,457
1961		8,816,108	19,074,379	4,579,274	13,279	94,874,795
1970		9,027,703	17,619,773	6,408,391

Date:	Source:
1866 - 1970	Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Statistics (HM Stationery Office) ,

 

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