274 TOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



SUMMARY OF HORSE STATISTICS. 



Total number of horses as per state census. 1905 1,258 659 



Total value of horses as per state census, 1905 $79,280,695 



Averagre value of horses as per state census, 1905 64.08 



*Avera8:e value of horses as per Statistical Bureau United States 



Department of Agriculture on January 1, 1906 86.31 



♦Total value of horses as per statistical Bureau United States 



Department of Agrriculture on January 1, 1906 106,003,025 



Average number of horses per farm 6 



Number of horses eligible to registry , 8,167 



Average value of horses eligible to registry $305.24 . 



Percentage of total number of horses eligible to registry 1>2 per cent 



SUMMARY OF SWINE STATISTICS. 



Total number of swine as per state census, 1905 6,447,630 



Total value of swine as per state census, 1905 $34,464,153 



Average value of swine as per state census, 1905 5.35 



** Average value of swine as per Statistical Bureau of U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, January 1, 1906 7.20 



**Total value of swine as per Statistical Bureau of U.S. Department 



of Agriculture, January 1, 1906 $46,392,268 



Total number of swine eligible to registry 110,035 



Average value of swine eligible to registry $ 12.63 



Percentage of total number of swine eligible to registry 1.7percent 



SUMMARY OF SHEEP STATISTICS. 



Total number of sheep, as per state census, 1905 500,743 



Total value of sheep, as per state census, 1905 $1,987,364.00 



Average value of sheep, as per state census, 1905 3.97 



*** Average value of sheep, as per Statistical Bureau, U.S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, January 1, 1906 4.59 



**»Total value of sheep, based on average of $4.59 per head $2,297,824.00 



Number of sheep eligible to registry 9,988 



Average value of sheep, eligible to registry $ 8.64 



Percentage of total number of sheep eligible to registry 2 per cent 



SUMMARY OF MULES AND ASSES STATISTICS. 



Total number of mules and asses, as per state census, 1905 45,383 



Total value of mules and asses, as per state census, 1905 $3,526,768.00 



Average value of mules and asses, as per state census, 1905 77.71 



Average value of mules and asses, as per Statistical Bureau, U. S.... 



Department of Agriculture, January 1, 1906 90.48 



Total value of mules and asses, using average value as reported by 

 theU. S. Department of Agriculture, and number as shown by 

 state census $4,106,310 



•Note— It will be noted that the Statistical Bureau of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture places the average value of horses in the state 

 at $86.31, an increase over the average reported by the state census on 

 January 1, 1905 of $22.23. Using the increased average valuation before 

 mentioned the total increased value of horses would be $25,722,330. 



♦*Note:— This increase in the total value of swine in the state over that given 

 in the census report is the result of the increased average value per head, as 

 reported by the U. S. Department, January 1, 1906, using the total number 

 reported by the state census, 



**'Note:-The increase in the average value p°r hea'i, as repTted by the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, over that shown in the state census incT eases the 

 total valuation by $310,4(0. 



