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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Number of live stock on farms on Jan. 1, 1910-1918. 

 [Figures are in round thousands; i. e., 000 omitted.] 



Estimated production of meat, milk, and loool. 

 [Figures are in round thousands; i. e., 000 omitted.] 



Product. 



Beef 1 pounds . 



Pork > do... 



Mutton and goat i do. . . 



Total. 



.do... 



Milk ' gallons. . 



Wool (ineluding pulled wool) pounds. . 



Eggs produced ^ dozens.. 



Poultry raised ' number.. 



1918 



8, 500, 000 



10,500,000 



495,000 



19,495,000 



8,429,000 

 299,921 



1,921,000 

 589,000 



1917 



7,384,007 



8,450,148 



491,205 



16,325,360 



8,288,000 

 281,892 



1,884,000 

 578,000 



1916 



6,670,938 



10, 587, 765 



633, 909 



17,892,672 



8,003,000 

 288,490 



1,848,000 

 567,000 



1914 



6,078,908 



8,768,532 



739, 401 



15,586,841 



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 



1 Estimated, for 1914-1917, by the Btireau of Animal Industry. Figures for meat production for 1918 are 

 tentative estimates based upon 1917 production and a comparison of slaughter under Federal inspection 

 for nine months of 1918 with the corresponding nine months in 1917. 



« Rough estimate. 



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



VALUES. 



On the basis of prices that have recently prevailed, the value of all 

 crops produced in 1918 and of live stock on farms on January 1, 

 including horse's, mules, cattle, sheep, swine, and poultry, is estimated 

 to be $24,700,000,000, compared with $21,325,000,000 for 1917, $15,- 

 800,000,000 for 1916, $12,650,000,000 for 1914, and $11,700,000,000 

 for the five-year average. Of course, this greatly increased financial 

 showing does not mean that the Nation is better off to that extent or 

 that its real wealth has advanced in that proportion. Considering 

 merely the domestic relations, the true state is indicated rather in 

 terms of real commodities, comparative statements of which are 

 given in foregoing paragraphs. The increased values, however, do 

 reveal that the monetary returns to the farmers have increased pro- 

 portionately with those of other groups of producers in the Nation 

 and that their purchasing power has kept pace in the rising scale of 

 prices. 



