8 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Estimated prodnctiou of meat. milk, and wool. 

 [The figures are in round thousands, 1. e., 000 omitted.] 



Product. 



Beef pounds. 



Porki do... 



Mutton and goat ' do — 



Total do... 



Milk 2 gallons . . 



Wool (including pulied woolj, 

 pounds 



Eggs produced ^ dozen . . 



Poultry raised ' number. . 



1919 



7, .500, 000 



12, 868, 000 



637,000 



21,005,000 



8,49.5,000 



308,4.59 



1, 957, 000 



600,000 



1918 



8,465,000 



11,248,000 



537,000 



20, 250, 000 



8,438,000 



298, 870 



1,921,000 



589,000 



1917 



7,384,007 



8, 4.50, 148 



491,205 



16,325,360 



8,288,000 



281, 892 



1,884,000 



578,000 



1916 



6,670,938 



10,587,765 



633, 969 



17,892,672 



8,003,000 



288, 490 



1, 848, 000 



567,000 



1914 



6, 078, 908 



8, 768, 532 



739, 401 



15,5,86,841 



7,507,000 



290,192 



1,774,000 



544,000 



1909 



8,138,000 



8,199,000 



615,000 



16,952,000 



7, 466, 406 



289,420 



'1,591,000 



< 488,000 



> Estimated for 1914-1918 by the Bureau of Animal Industry. Figures for meat production for 1919 

 are tentative estimates based upon 1918 production and a comparison of slaughter under Federal inspection 

 for 6 months of 1919 with the corresponding 6 months in 1918. 



2 Estimated for 1914-1919 by assuming 362 gallons as the average yearly production of milk per cow. 

 This average is given in the census for 1909. 



' Estimated by assuming a constant increase since 1910. 



* Annual averages for 1910-1914: Eggs, 1,695,000,000 dozen; poultry, 522,000,000. 



