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THE EAST. 



New York 2,596,38? 



Pennsylvania 1,896,847 



Vermont 501,940 



Maine 338,847 



Massachusetts 285,792 



New Jersey 239,948 



New Hampshire 226,792 



Connecticut 217,058 



Delaware 54,180 



Rhode Island 36,034 



Total 6,393,863 



The foregoing furnishes the totals for the ten leading constituted di- 

 visions in each of the four sections into which we divided the country. It 

 will be seen that the ten states called the corn belt contain the most cattle. 

 Few will think that there are more cattle in these ten commonwealths first 

 named than there are in the entire range country, but there are. To show 

 this we add to the total given in the range cut 2,832,057 head representing 

 all the cattle owned in Idaho, Nevada, North Dakota, Utah, Washington 

 and Wyoming and we reach a grand sum of 23,278,981 for the ranges, as 

 against 28,417,179 for the corn states. To complete the count and show the 

 strength of the four divisions made we must add to the figures given for 

 the south 1,242,062 head for Maryland, North Carolina and South Carolina 

 and still farther 1,462 for the District of Columbia and we obtain a grand 

 southern total of 9,592,921. The east as divided off has only its ten states 

 with 6,393,863 head. 



Allowance must be farther made for the cattle listed by the Federal 

 Government for Alaska and Hawaii ,but the figures for these two terri- 

 torial possession of Uncle Sam do not concern us. The corn belt leads thus: 



The corn belt, ten states 28,417,179 



The range, sixteen states and territories 23,278,891 



The south, thirteen states and District of Columbia. . . . 9,592,921 

 The east, ten states 6, 393,863 



Few would have believed that the corn belt holds such a great leaa 

 over the ranges, but there are the census figures for purposes of compari- 

 son. Texas is far and away the greatest owner of cattle, but the unex- 

 pectedly small totals for the states in which the northwestern range lands 

 lie tell eloquently why it is that the men from the north must annually 

 journey to the Lone Star state to buy steers wherewith to turn their grass 

 into money. The rank taken by Oklahoma and the Indian Territory will 

 occasion surprise and also the prominent position enjoyed by South Da- 

 kota. But the cattle are in the corn country, according to the figures. 



