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Table No. 6, 



Shoicing the total value of the live stock in eacli State for the years 186.5 



and 1866. 



States. 



1865, (January.) 



1866, (Februaiy.) 



Maine 



New Hampshire... 



Venuont 



Massachusetts 



Ehode Island 



Connecticut 



New York 



New^ Jersey 



Pennsylvania 



^Maryland 



Delaware 



Kentucky 



Ohio 



Michigan 



Indiana , 



Illinois 



Missouri 



Wisconsin 



Iowa 



Minnesota 



Kansas 



Nebraska Territory 



Total value 



13, 

 24, 

 17, 



2, 



13, 



148, 



2-2, 



105, 



19, 



3, 



56, 



126, 



47, 



82, 



116, 



44, 



36, 



66, 



8, 



7, 



3, 



539, 128 

 560, 612 

 905, 952 

 638, 783 

 675, 029 

 844, 574 

 536, 690 

 415, 429 

 862, 161 

 139,655 

 545, 607 

 729; 634 

 979,891 

 311,803 

 543, 704 

 588, 288 

 431,766 

 911,165 

 572, 496 

 860,015 

 324, 659 

 216, 312 



990, 879, 128 



123,721,811 

 13,862,622 

 27, 473, 732 

 18,263,194 

 3,375,917 

 17,200,930 



170, 552, 506 

 27,05.5,185 



123, 847, 743 



20,161,813 



4, 469, 869 



60,348,250 



141,215,182 

 52,091,122 

 88, 657, 071 



115,459,232 

 49, 016,699 

 47, 635, 107 

 71,946,682 

 12,671,207 

 9, 127, 306 

 3,841,164 



1,102,884,344 



Comments. — In the February report we placed tlie decrease of the vahie of the 

 farm crops of 1865, compared with the value of those of 1864, at $457,183,523. 

 From the preceding tables it will be seen that the value of live stock has in- 

 creased $112,005,216. The increase in the amount of the cereal crops was 

 large in 1865 ; the increase in the numbers of live stock is small, except in sheep. 

 The stock in January, 1865, besides sheep, numbered 29,900,094, and the same 

 stock in February, 1866, were 30,441,014. The increase in sheep was 4,048,528. 



The average prices of live stock have increased generally, except mules, which 

 show a decrease of two dollars only, and sheep, which have decreased ninety 

 cents per head in value. Cows show the largest advance, being $10 55 per 

 head. Cattle and oxen nearly as much — $9 40. 



The decrease in the price of sheep indicates that their multiplication has re- 

 ceived the attention they merit, but that the others have not. 



In presenting these facta we cannot resist the temptation to go back a couple 

 of years, to the March and April report of 1864, and see what counsel we gave 

 our farmers at that time. 



Of horses we said : " The future market for horses is encouraging. A corre- 

 spondent in Ohio informs us that farmers in his county were quitting horses and 

 cattle and directing their attention to mules and sheep. Now an evil in our agri- 

 culture is, that we are governed too much by pi'esent demand, and continue in 

 the course it directs too long, until an overstock is the result. * * 



With the return of peace will soon come a demand for horses from the south, 

 which for some time will continue to grow stronger as its means of purchase in- 

 crease. In these things the farmer should now see every encouragement to con- 

 tinue his production of this stock." 



Of mules we then remarked : " Much of what has been said of the future 



