LIBRARY 
MONTHLY REPORT :\ REN yer 
GARDEN 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, STATISTICAL DIVISION, 
Washington, D. C., January 27, 1873. 
Sir: I herewith present for publication the results of the annual 
investigation concerning the prices of farm animals and their numbers, 
in comparison with the statement of the previous year; also, a transla- 
tion of recent foreign communications from consular and other sources ; 
a record of agricultural imports of the past fiscal year, and results of 
investigation in the different divisions of the Department. 
Respectfully, 
J. R. DODGE, 
Statistician. 
Hon. FREDERICK WATTS, 
Commissioner. 
COMPARATIVE NUMBERS AND PRICES OF FARM STOCK 
Returns of our annual circular relating to comparative numbers and 
prices oft domestic animals show an increase in horses, cattle, and 
sheep, while the numbers of swine will aggregate nearly, if not quite, 
the total of last year. The advance is not heavy, but is most apparent 
in sheep, amounting to about one million, or near three per cent., exclu- 
sive of the Territories. The indicated increase in horses is about two 
per cent., and nearly the same advance in cattle. <A slight increase in 
mules is also apparent. 
The percentage of horses, as compared with last year, is as follows: 
Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey, 99 per cent.; New 
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Dela- 
ware, Florida, Ohio, 100; Marvland, Virginia, North Carolina, South 
Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Indiana, California, 101; Georgia, Ken- 
tucky, Illinois, Wisconsin, 102; Iowa, Missouri, Oregon, 103; Louisiana, 
West Virginia, 104; Mississippi, Texas, 105; Minnesota, 108; Arkansas, 
109; Kansas, Nebraska, 110. 
Mules in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, 
Florida, Louisiana, California, 100; Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio, Michi- 
gan, Indiana, Wisconsin, 101; Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennes- 
see, Illinois, Iowa, 102; South Carolina, Nebraska, 103; North Caro- 
lina, West Virginia, 104; Texas, Minnesota, 106; Kansas, 107; Arkan- 
sas, 108. -- 
The States in which a decrease in cows appears are Texas, 94; Florida, 
97; North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, 98; Massachusetts, Rhode 
Island, Connecticut, Georgia, 99. Those in which numbers are un- 
changed are Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, and Ken- 
wtucky. The following States show an increase, New York, Pennsylva- 
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