That animal industry, if duly en. couraged, is bound to develop and. prosper in China is the unanimous. opinion of competent observers, The vast uncultivated land, especially the North-west, cheap human labour. the wide but unused pastureland—all are factors favouring the devi lopment of the animal husbandry industry, Pointing out that animal husbandry fs the source of raw materials both for industrial and agricultural use, Mr, Hou En-tseng, animal husbandry: expert and vice-director of the Peo ple's Economic Planning Committee, declared that the future of the indus: ry, once encouraged, is practically unlimited, Quoting statistics, Mr. Hsu said that {in 1933, China possessed approximate ly 6,070,000 horses, 7,890,000 mules and asses, 19,420,000 sheep, 22.500,000 oxen, 94,340,000 hogs, "338,700,000 chickens and 700,000,000 ducks.
An Analysis Those staggering Agures, Mr. Hor continued, would seem insignificant!
split among the 450 million popula~ tion of China. Each Chinese would then only have 0.92 fowl, 021 hog, 0.05 ox. 0.04 sheep, 0.03 horse and mule—Agures ridiculously small when compared with those for the average European or American,
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