No 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



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this statement. Compared with the figures for 1890, the present cen- 

 sus shows an increase of 1.7 per cent, in the numbers of other fowls: 

 DiulvS, 52.1 per cent.; turkej's, 51.5 per cent.; and geese, 42.9 per cent. 



Animal Products. 

 Table IG is a summarized statement of animal products on farms. 



TA15LE IG. — Quantities and Values of Specified Animal Products, 

 and Values of Poultry Raised, Animals Sold, and Animals Slaugh- 

 tered on Farms in 1899. 



Products. 



Wool, , 



Mohair and goat hair. 



Milk, 



Butter 



Cheese 



Eggs, . . , 

 Poultry, 

 Honey, 

 Wax, .. 



Animals sold 



Animals slaughtered, 



Total, 



Unit of Measure. 



Pounds, 

 Pounds, 

 Gallons, 

 Pounds, 

 Pounds, 



Dozens, 



Pounds, 

 Pounds, 



Quantity. 



6,732,226 



720 



•487,033,818 



74,221,085 



857,167 



67,038,180 



2,526.202 

 61,302 



Value. 



$1,381,689 

 242 



135,860,110 

 9,080,725 

 7,151,243 



305,292 

 15,494.178 

 11,627,980 



80.901.459 



♦Includes all milk produced, whether sold, consumed or made Into butter or cheese, 

 tincludes the value of milk sold or consumed, and of butter and cheese made. 



The value of all animal products of the State for 1899 was $80,901,- 

 4..jt), of which 44.3 per cent, represents the value of dairy produce; 

 3.'>.5 per cent, that of animals sold and animals slaughtered on farms; 

 2(*.l per cent, that of poultry and eggs; 1.7 per cent, that of wool, 

 nn.'hair and goat hair; and 0.4 per cent, that of honey and wax. 



Dairy Produce. 



In 1899 the proprietors of 32,600 farms, or 14.5 per cent, of the 

 farms of the State, derived their principal income from dairy pro- 

 duce. The production of milk in 1899 was 118,127,338 gallons greater 

 than in 1889, a gain of 32.0 per cent. The amount of cheese made on 

 farms increased 95.2 per cent, in the last decade, while the amount 

 of butter made on farms decreased 3.4 per cent, in the same time, 

 owing, largely, to the constantly increasing amount of milk and 

 cream consumed in cities and to the transfer of butter making from 

 the farm to the creamery. 



Of the $.35,800,110 given in Table 16 as the value of dairy pro- 



