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diKe, 75.4 per cent, or |27,0o3,424, represents the value of dairy pro- 

 ducts sold, and 24.6 per cent, or |8,806,GSG, the value of such products 

 consumed on farms. Of the former amount, |17,274,430 was received 

 from the sale of 171,045,051) gallons of milk; $9,466,575, from 51,309,- 

 833 pounds of butter; $249,779, from 537,445 gallons of cream, and 

 $62,640, from 812,528 pounds of cheese. 



Animals Sold and Animals Slaughtered. 



The value of animals sold and animals slaughtered on farms is $27,- 

 122,158, or 18.0 per cent, of the gross farm income. Of all farmers 

 reporting domestic animals, 180,508, or 83.9 per cent, reported ani- 

 mals slaughtered, the average value per farm being |64.42. Of all 

 reporting domestic animals, 141,450 or 65.7 per cent, reported sales 

 of live animals, the average value per farm being |109.54. In re- 

 portir.}.' the value of animals sold on farms the enumerators were in- 

 strdcted to secure from each operator a statement of the amount re- 

 ceived from sales in 1899, less the amount paid for live stock in that 

 /ear. 



Poultry, Eggs, Wool and Honey and Wax. 



Of the $16,231,968, given as the value of poultry and eggs, 55.9 per 

 cent, represents the value of eggs produced, and 44.1 per cent, the 

 value of poultry raised. In 1899, 16, 988,265 dozen more eggs were 

 pi'odvced than in 1889, a gain of 33.9 per cent. 



The amount of wool reported in 1900 was 4.5 per cent, greater than 

 that reported in 1890. The average weight of fleeces increased from 

 5.^5 pounds to 6.7 pounds, indicating an improvement in the grade of 

 sheep kept. 



Bradford county leads in the production of apiarian products, re- 

 porting 218,.590 pounds of honey for 1899. For the State, 2,526,202 

 pounds of honey and 61,302 pounds of wax were reported in 1900, a 

 gain in the last decade of 3.0 per cent, in honey, and 53.7 per cent, in 

 wax. 



Horses and Dairy Cows on Specified Classes of Farms. 



Table 17 presents, for the leading groups of farms, the number 

 of farms reporting horses and dairy cows, the total number of 

 these animals, and the average number per farm. In computing the 

 a\C!ages presented, only those farms which report the kind of stock 

 under consideration are included. 



