ton gives the following number of animals upon the ae t 
United States and in the State of New York, with their v: 
January, 1891: 
United States. Value. New York. 
Horses ...| 14,056,750 | $941,823,222 | 640,253 
Mules.....| 2,296,532 | 178,847,370 5,288 
Cows...... 16,019,591 | 346,379,900 | 1,536,849 
Othercattle| 36,875,648 | 544,127,908 | 783,634 
Sheep. ....| 43,431,136 | 108,397,447 | 1,393,583. 
Hogs...... 50,625,106 | 210,193,923 | 672,595 
Total. ..| 163,304,763 | $2,329, 787,770 
maintenance of these animals as averaging fifty dollars onl 
horses and mules; twenty-five dollars each for cows and ot 
Gulieee: 
ANNUAL Cost OF MAINTENANCE. 
United States. 
Horses and mules........... | $817,644,100 00 
Cows; Oxen, 666.2). Yo ho 1, 322,380,975 00 a 7 
Sheep and hogs............. | 470,281,210 00 | 10,330, ee 
SEGUAR Noe eee kN clays $2,610,3826,285 00 | $100,620 015 
amounts to something over $100,000, 000 annually, a sum equa. 
eighty-three per cent of the total estimated value of all 
leading farm crops for 1888, viz., our cereal, potato, tobacco 
hay crop. 
