884 Department of Agricultuke 



averages would be practically correct. ISo attempt was made to 

 collect the information in the cities of the state, hut in making 

 up the totals the figures of the Federal Census covering cities were 

 introduced in so far as they applied to this work. 



In making the enumeration it was assumed that horses over 

 three years of age should be classed as " mature " ; those under 

 that age as " colts." The number reported shows a small gain 

 over the number on hand -Tune 1, 1910.* 



The total of sheep and lambs indicates that there ha« been a 

 constant shrinkage in number of animals since the year 1910. 

 Swine have varied but little, but show a slight increase. In 

 poultry, there is a veiy important increase. 



In dairy cows the number varies but little from the 1910 

 Federal total for Xew York of 1,509,594, which includes as 

 " mature " animals those of two years of age and over, on June 1, 

 1910. 



The number of calves raised in 1915 shows a decrease of 

 94,547, and the number of " all cattle " in the state is 335,208 

 less than in 1910. This decrease may be attributed largely to the 

 very high prices of meat products prevailing, and also to the 

 fact that prices of stock feeds were too high to allow of cattle 

 being fed for beef at a profit. 



This was the first enumeration of silos made in the state. The 

 item of ensilage has been heretofore included with " other 

 forage." The average capacity of the silos in the state is shown 

 to be about sixty tons each, and about one-fifth of the farms of 

 the state have silos. In many counties the proportion of silos 

 to dairy animals is much greater than in others, and this holds 

 true in counties where the corn crop is raised with greater 

 difficulty, and is more uncertain in production than in the others. 

 The largest number of silos in any county is 2,Y63 in vSt. Law- 

 rence; Jefferson with 2,362 stands second; Chautauqua third 

 with 1,984; Oneida fourth with 1,954, while but two were 

 reported from Hamilton County, 28 from Rockland, and 37 from 

 I^assau. 



* It is difficult to make a satisfactory comparison of numbers of livestock shown by this census 

 and the Federal Census, since the latter shows numbers on hand for June 1, while the present 

 census includes all on hand January 1. 



