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and the value in 1910, $5,900,000. Although there was a de- 

 crease of 12,000 in the total number, there was an increase in 

 their value of $2,100,000. 



In 1900 there appears to have been 1,745,000 sheep in the 

 State of New York. In 1910 that number had dwindled down 

 to 930,000, a decrease in the ten years of 815,000. In 1900 

 these 1,745,000 sheep were valued at $5,920,000, while in 1910 

 the 930,000 were valued at $4,839,000, a decrease of only 

 $1,081,000 in value, although there was a decrease of 815,000 

 in numbers. 



When we come to the horse the figures are even less attractive to 

 us. In 1890 there were 6G4,000 horses in the State of New 

 York. In 1900, ten years later, there were 628,000, a decrease 

 in the ten years of 36,000. In 1910 there appears to be only 

 591,000, a still further decrease in that ten-year period of 37,000. 

 In 1900 the total value is given as $48,000,000; in 1910 the 

 value is stated to be $80,000,000; and although the number had 

 decreased 37,000 in the ten years, the value had increased 

 $32,000,000. 



In 1900 there were in the State of New York, in round num- 

 bers, 50,000 colts under two years of age — the foals of two 

 years. In 1910 there were 28,000 colts under two years of age, 

 a decrease in the ten years of 22,000. 



From these figures we get this result: There are 7 dairy cows 

 to each farm in the State of New York, 3 pigs, 4 sheep, and 2^ 

 horses, of all ages, including colts. There is only one colt under 

 2 years of age to each 10 farms in the State of New York. 



I state these figures for your information, although they are 

 facts that are within the general knowledge of all of us, so that 

 we may have them fresh in our minds when we come to consider 

 the various topics that are on the program for discussion. There 

 is no branch of agriculture in the State of New York, in my 

 judgment, that has been so generally neglected as animal hus- 

 bandry. Wo all feel that if we are to have a permanently pros- 

 perous agriculture in the State of New York, it must be founded, 

 to a considerable extent at least, upon animal husbandry. If 

 we are to turn over our ajTricultural lands to those 

 who are to follow after us, with their fertility and 



