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others, and keepiugtbeui better. TompMiis: Xo mules raised; beffini)iiig to import tbem 

 from tbe Sontbwesteru States. Farmers believe that they cau do their work cheaper 

 with them than with horses. Queens: Males are little raised ; but are getting into favor 

 for farm and truck-work. Only two towns raise sheep. Many of our farmers purchase 

 stock sheep from western supplies. Oraiif/e: For several years the systematic breeding 

 and development of horses has been largely engaged in by some of our enterprising 

 citizens. Large farms are devoted almost exclusively to this business. The horses are 

 bred, trained, and kept or sold solely with a view to their qualities as roadsters, speed 

 being the most desirable quality. These horses frequently command almost fabulous 

 prices. As they are not reared for ordinary farming purposes, they ought not, perhaps, 

 be regarded as farm stock, and have not been estimated at their full appraised value 

 in the list of prices given ; if they were, it would raise the price at least 25 i)er cent. 

 Warren: No demand for working-oxen compared with previous years, horses taking 

 their place for labor to a large extent. Sheep sought after for raising lambs for mar- 

 ket. Jefferson: A prospect that moi'e young cattle and colts will be raised in 1875 than 

 in any year since 1872. 



New Jersey. — IVarrcn: Very few mules raised; brought from the West in large 

 droves, three years old and older, and when broke to the harness worth, on the average, 

 $300 per pair. A great many are used on the canal. Milch cows in demand and prices 

 better than last year. Lambs were contracted for in May and June for early market 

 at an average of ifG per head ; those not contracted for at that time fell back to about 

 $4 per head. "Drove-sheep" sold in August and September at an average of $5 per 

 head. Towards spring a higher price is demanded for ewes coming in. Live hogs have 

 higher price than a year ago. 



Pennsylvania. — Northampton : Good cows of good stock bring $65 to $75, while dry 

 cows of ordinary stock will not bring over half that price. • Pike : Our farmers are begin- 

 ning to discover the importance of sheep-husbandry ; a number of flocks have recently 

 been brought into this county. Elk : Under the head " oxen and other cattle " nearly 

 all over three years are workiug-cattle, which are worth only a little more than their 

 value for beef, owing to the almost total cessation of the lumbering business in this 

 section. Montgomery : The number of horses larger than last year, when our number 

 had been greatly reduced by the epizooty. Perry : No sale for horses for the last six 

 months. A decrease in milch cows, oxen, and hogs, owing to the short hay-crop. Clear- 

 field: The panic times has had the effect to reduce the price of all stock very largely, 

 and the lumbering operations beiug curtailed to a very great extent, has also effected a 

 great change in prices. Westmoreland : Very few mules are now raised ; they are gen- 

 erally brought from the Western States. Indiana : Horses lower in price than they have 

 been for twenty years ; stock-cattle lower in price than usual at this season ; sheep and 

 hogs in demand at fair prices, and looking up. Lehigh : Horses very plenty, and but 

 few sales. The furnaces now have their railroads and steam-power for nearly all the 

 work heretofore done by horses. More than one-half the iron-ore beds have suspended 

 work, and those in operation work by steam. McKean: Three or four hundred beef- 

 cattle have been brought into our county from Ohio. Washington : Horses so plenty 

 and cheap that, compared with former years, few are raised. Cattle for beef having 

 brought excellent prices for several months, are now pretty well run off. Hogs, scarce 

 and high. Armstrong : Horses are increasing far beyond the demand ; prices tending 

 downward rapidly. Sheep and ho^s in demand at good prices. Chester : Broken oxen 

 worth $150 to $200 per pair ; steers, $45 per head ; fresh cows, $60 ; dry cows, $30 ; yearling 

 or summer lambs, $4,50; stock-ewes, $3; wethers, $4.50 ; Hogs, 9 cents per pound, live- 

 weight. Fulton : No sales for horses, colts, or mules. Erie : Horses as plenty as one 

 year ago, and about 15 per cent, lower. Lycoming : Prices of horses and mules consid- 

 erably lower than at this time last year, owing to scarcity of money and general busi- 

 ness depression; but owing to the very low prices for cattle and hogs for some years 

 past, farmers have raised fewer ; consequently they have become somewhat scarce and 

 are higher in price. 



Maryland. — Baltimore: Prices of second and third class horses reduced ; first-class 

 up to the average at this season. Dorchester : Horses and mules are on the increase, 

 but work-oxen aud hogs on the decrease, in this county. Farmers are beginning to 

 find out that sheep are paying well. Washington : Hogs are not so yjlenty, and some- 

 thing higher than a year ago. Cecil : The demand for the meat of sheep under one 

 year old makes them more valuable than older ones. 



Virginia. — NorthamiAon : A scarcity of hogs and demand for pork. Bedford : The 

 number of horses increased 10 per cent., but scarcity of money makes prices low com- 

 pared with former years. Price of cattle low. Farmers are looking with more favor 

 on sheep-raising. The stock of hogs has depreciated at least 50 per cent., owing to 

 " cholera," which is still prevailing. Henrico : Prices lower for all kinds of stock, ex 

 cept hogs, which are high, and milch cows, which are not much reduced from last 

 year. Pittsylvania: Live-stock in general increased somewhat, owing to the higher 

 price for tobacco and a slight increase in immigration. Dinwiddie : The number of 

 horses increased from two causes — increased area in cotton and the raising of colts 



