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but il ie probable that such animals have higher average values than 

 tliose on farms. Allowing the same averages, however, the value of 

 ail live stock not on farms would be |21,392,G93. Exclusive of poul- 

 try and bees not on farms, the total value of live stock in the State is, 

 approximately, $123,831,870. 



Changes in Live Stock on Farms. 



Thf following table shows the changes since 1850 in the numbers 

 of the most important domestic animals: 



TABLE 15. — Number of Specified Domestic Animals on Farms: 



1850 to 1900. 



♦Lambs not included. 



Every decade since 1850 shows an increase in the number of dairy 

 cows. The gain since 1850 is 78.0 per cent, and since 1890, 1.8 per 

 cent. The number of other neat cattle has fluctuated from decade 

 to decade, but shows an increase of 52.8 per cent, since 1850, and 22.3 

 per cent, eince 1890. Except for a decrease in the last decade of 4.5 

 per cent, each decade since 1850 shows an increase in the number of 

 hordes reported. There were 17 times as many mules and asses 

 reported in 1900 as in 1850, every decade showing an increase, that 

 of the last being 30.7 per cent. 



Tn the year 1850 more sheep were reported than at any later date. 

 Ever\ decade since 1870 records a decrease in numbers, that in the 

 last being 40.5 per cent. Swine have fluctuated in number, the cen- 

 sus of 1900 showing an increase of 6.5 per cent, since 1850, but a de- 

 crease of 13.3 per cent, since 1890. 



The fact that in 1900 the enumerators were instructed to report 

 no fowls under 3 months old, while in 1890 no such limitation was 

 made, explains, to a great extent, the small increase in the number of 

 chickens reported, and the decreases in the numbers of all other 

 fpwlij-. An increase in the nuniber of eggs reported tends to confirm 



