FAEMEKS' INSTITUTES. 833 



LIVE STOCK. 



Horses on hand April 1, 1905 596,156 



Horses sold past year 81,916 



Mules on hand April 1, 1905 60,150 



Mules sold past year 23,044 



Dairy cattle on hand April 1, 1905 562,412 



Beef cattle on hand April 1, 1905 395,168 



Beef cattle sold past year 431,786 



Hogs over three months old on hand April 1, 1905 1,834,125 



Hogs sold past year 2,612,480 



Hogs died of disease past year 275,774 



Sheep on hand April 1, 1905 596,156 



Sheep sold past year • 440,296 



Sheep died of disease past year 36,631 



Wool-clip for 1904 (pounds) 3,245,412 



BUTTER AND CHEESE. 



Butter made past year (pounds) 36,903,795 



Cheese made past year (pounds) 1,066,875 



POULTRY. 



Poultry of all kinds raised past year (dozen) 1,534,860 



Eggs of all liinds produced last year (dozen) 61,572,937 



FRUIT TREES IN BEARING. 



Apple trees (number) 4,222,078 



Pear trees (number) 635,801 



Plum trees (number) 671,449 



Peach trees (number) 1,569,688 



Cherry trees (number) 672,971 



All other fruit trees (number) 532,883 



Small fruits (acres) 7,464 



COMPARISONS AND DISCUSSIONS OF THESE REPORTS MADE 



APRIL 1, 1905. 



CORN. 



Corn is the leading crop in Indiana and its acreage varies but little 

 from year to year. For the last ten years the acreage and average yield 

 per acre has been as follows: 



Year. Acreagt. Average Yield. 



1896 4,005,690 37.09 bushels 



1897 4,101,665 30.35 bushels 



1898 3,915,131 38.08 bushels 



53— Agri. 



