We have referred in a previous chapter to the inadequacy of meat consumption in Spain. In 1921 the record of livestock was as follows:
Horses .............722,183 head
Donkeys............1,137,980 head
Mules ..............1,294,912 head
Cows ...............3,718,189 head
Sheep ...............20,521,677 head
Goats ..............4,298,059 head
Pigs ...............5,151,988 head
Fowls ............15,102,973 head
In 1933 the figures were approximately the same. The average consumption of close to 30 kilos per head should be at least doubled to reach the average of meat consumed in France. We might include in our record the raising of bees. In 1920 there were 689,210 beehives producing 2,815,363 kilos of honey and 748,086 of wax.
There is much room for the improvement and selection of livestock, in which veterinaries, stockbreeders, and shepherds, through their respective Councils, can all cooperate towards the desirable end of adequate production in this branch.
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