the other side, has ceased to speak in contemptuous terms of mere "book learning." It is to this happy combination of the theorist with the practical man that the recent remarkable advance in agriculture is chiefly due; and to it we may confidently look for improvement in the economic production of meat and butter, and for the enlargement of our knowledge of the relative value of food substances. STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. ---------+------------------------------------+ | Enumerated, 1866. | +-----------+------------+-----------+ | Cattle. | Sheep. | Pigs. | +-----------+------------+----+------+ England | 3,307,034 | 15,124,541 | 2,066,299 | Wales | 541,401 | 1,668,663 | 191,604 | Islands | 17,700 | 57,685 | 22,887 | Scotland | 937,411 | 5,255,077 | 219,716 | Ireland | 3,493,414 | 3,688,742 | 1,299,893 | +-----------+------------+-----------+ Total | 8,316,960 | 25,794,708 | 3,800,399 | ---------+-----------+------------+-----------+ ---------+------------------------------------+ | Estimated, 1865. | +-----------+------------+-----------+ | Cattle. | Sheep. | Pigs. | +-----------+------------+-----------+ England | 3,422,165 | 18,691,088 | 2,363,724 | Wales | ---- | ---- | ---- | Islands | ---- | ---- | ---- | Scotland | 974,437 | 5,683,168 | 146,354 | Ireland | 3,493,414 | 3,688,742 | 1,299,893 | +-----------+------------+-----------+ Total | 7,890,016 | 28,062,998 | 3,809,971 | ---------+-----------+------------+-----------+ STATEMENT OF THE POPULATION AND NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND VARIOUS FOREIGN COUNTRIES, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST RETURNS.