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The number of hogs and sheep sold for the last three years is given 

 below : 



Hogs Sold Sheep Sold 



Year. During Year. During Year 



1903 ,. 2,400,646 459,633 



1904 2,550,616 400,522 



1905 2,612,480 440.296 



The ten counties reporting the largest number of horses on hand 

 April 1, 1905, are: 



Marion 17,583 Randolph 9,826 



Allen 11,300 Madison 9,783 



Montgomery 10,731 Clinton 9,727 



Boone 10,406 St. Joseph 9,288 



Delaware 10,140 Shelby 9,270 



Those leading in mules on hand are: 



Posey 2,897 Vanderburgh 2,0^7 



Knox 2,482 " Bartholomew '. . . 1,787 



Gibson 2,431 Parke 1,596 



Jaclison 2,3.38 Wan-ick 1,591 



Benton 2,110 Daviess 1,430 



The counties leading in horses sold the past year are: 



Howard 2,163 HamUton 1,598 



Montgomery 2,056 Parke 1,596 



Elkhart 1,926 Randolph 1,595 



Adams 1,803 Shelby 1,562 



Boone 1,682 Warren 1,503 



Those leading in ]nules sold the past year are: 



Putnam 1,369 Jackson 611 



Decatur 1,122 Greene 568 



Montgomery 1,043 Daviess 555 



Posey 818 Parke 538 



Gibson 662 Sullivan 534 



The leading counties in dairy cattle on hand April 1, 1905, are: 



Allen 14,557 Elkhart 9,858 



Lake 12,690 Laporte 9,747 



Porter 12,254 Boone 8,863 



Ripley 11,986 Delaware 8,843 



St. Joseph 10,191 Marion 8,841 



