271 
Summary of total acreage under cach principal crop, §c.—Continued. 
e 
1868. 1869. | 1870. 1871. | 1872. 
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PRINCIPAL CROPS. 
Clover, and under rotation : ' Acres. Acres. Acres. | Acres. Acres. 
mondo - 5-26 = 5 =. cen paes 2p 5-5-9" 2, 370, 638 2, 004, 902 2, 766, 777 2, 694, 370 2, 822, 392 
RVCAN ES ooo asian | Sale eee seen ol a 328, 232 260, 899 398, 282 375, 086 370, 850: 
Reotlant £2. 3) = .t. Seeee OA: e 1,261,138 | 1,182,925 | 1,339,825 | 1,299,992] 1,320,209 
Great Brita: 22:2. 54") --~-- 3,960,008 | 3,448,726 | 4,504,884 | 4, 369, 448 4, 513, 451 
LIVE STOCK. 
Cattle, (exclusive of horses :) 
SL ee ee a ane 3,779,691 | 3,706,641 | 3,757,134 | 3,671,064 | 3,901, 663 
RON fats eae ae ites omcminieielapsia me ieiepeteiny= 593, 373 589, 108 604, 749 596, 588 602, 738 
CL SA aa RR Pe nies 1,050,917 | 1,017,724 | 1,041,434 | 1,070,107] 1, 120, 593 
Gredb BRtaane ose peas oma = a 5, 423,981 | 5,313,473 |} 5,403,317 | 5, 337, 759 5, 624, 994 
Sheep: 
ereanlyses eee emanate eal cee = == 20, 930, 779 } 19, 821, 863 | 18, 940, 256 | 17,530,407 | 17, 912, 904 
Vines ee eRe eA 8 78. 2 668,505 | 2,720,941 | 2,706,479 | 2,706,415 | 2, 867, 144 
caiiantiee saat ee hen ee. 7,112,112 | 6,995,337 | 6,750,854 | 6,882,747 | 7,141, 459 
Grcatibritaine es 40- 260s ose 30, 711, 396 | 29,538, 141 | 28,397,589 | 27,119,569 | 27,921, 507 
Pigs, (exclusive of those kept in towns 
and by cottagers with less than one- 
fourth of an acre of land:) 
O° NTTOHYE) ant am ee a ee eel dye 1,981,606 | 1,629,550 | 1,813,901°| 2,078,504} 2,347,512 
7 F Thee Pe hie CAB ADR SE i oe 187, 319 171,675 |’ 198, 547 925, 456 938, 317 
DTC SEER aa, MUN oe Eye CRON 139, 614 129, 227 158, 690 195, 642 185, 920 
> Great Britain. 35.22.2052. 2. 25. 2,308, 539 | 1,930,452 | 2,171,138 | 2, 499, 602 | 2, 171, 749 
CATTLE-RAISING IN TEXAS. 
In the latter part of January last this Department addressed to corre- 
spondents in all the counties of Texas in which cattle-raising has been a 
prominent industry, circulars, soliciting accurate information respecting 
the extent, modes, profits, and tendencies of that business in their re- 
spective localities. Correspondents known to have special facilities for 
obtaining the information desired were requested, after careful investi- 
gation, to give facts and estimates, based on reliable data, respecting 
the total number of cattle, the proportion of different classes named, the 
amount of feeding and care bestowed; the cost and profit of raising, and 
some indication of the size of the larger herds. The information em- 
Ase in a large number of responses is here presented in condensed 
orm. % 
MODES, COSTS, AND PROFITS OF RAISING.—The prevalent custom, to 
which there is scarcely an exception, is to let herds run at large the 
year round, without any feeding, Hence, besides taxes and interest 
‘on the amount invested in the herd, the only expenses are for herdsmen 
and their equipments, for additional help in branding and marking, and 
for marketing. In herding advantage is sometimes taken of the prin- 
ciple of co-operation. Our correspondent in Cooke County states the 
leading facts of cattle-raising in Texas thus: 
The cost of raising cattle in this county is the interest on the money invested, (and 
the cost of a stock is commonly $6 per head from yearlings up;) the fax on the value 
of the stock, and the cost of the hands and horses to attend to them about five months 
of the year. One hand and four horses are required to the thousand head. Several 
stock-raisers operate in connection; hire a man to drive the provision wagon and cook 
for the hands; and by thus throwing their forces together it dees not require so 
