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nine per cent, in the last thirty years. Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, 

 Minnesota, North Carolina, and Texas arc the only States that have made an 

 increase of their per-centage, and of these Georgia and North Carolina have 

 only made a gain of one per cent. 



In comparison Avitli horses, mules, and the more important power, steam, 

 working oxen will show a still less per cent, in most of the older agricultural 

 districts of the United States. In the heavier work of hauling material, in 

 mining operations, and for some manufacturing purjioses, and for agricultural 

 purposes in some parts, the ox will doubtless always be retained as the cheapest 

 method of obtaining the requisite power. He will also be an essential aid in 

 the cultivation of new lauds, and must necessarily be'invaluable on our frontier. 



Table VIII. — Statement showing thenumher of working oxen for the years 1840, 

 1850, and 1860, and their relation to the total population for each period. 



States and Territories. 



Alabama 



Arkansas 



California 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



Florida 



Georgia 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachupetts 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



Isew Hampshire 



Kew Jersey 



Kew York.. J 



Korth Carolina 



Ohio 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania 



Khode Island 



'South Carolina 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Vermont , 



Virginia 



Wisconsin 



Columbia, District of. 



Dakota 



Nebraska 



New Mexico 



Utah 



Washington . 



Total 



1840. 



Katio. 



47, 261 

 10,733 



37, 197 

 8,589 

 1,543 

 55,311 

 57, 142 

 41,152 

 5,174 



70,185 

 35, 241 

 65, 233 

 42, 307 

 44, 262 

 31, 840 



63, 861 

 47, 881 

 51,223 

 11, 199 

 194, 314 

 30, 137 

 60, 779 



51,721 

 7,618 

 17, 832 

 82, 921 



55, 470 



66, 786 



4, 951 



437 



66, 961 



34,239 



4,780 



46, 988 



9,797 



5,794 



73, 286 



76, 156 



40,221 



21, 892 



Ratio. 



92, 274 

 54,968 

 83, 893 

 34, 135 

 46, 611 

 55, 350 

 655 

 83,485 



112, 168 

 59,027 

 12, 070 



J 78, 909 



37, 309 



65, 381 



8,114 



61, 527 



8,139 



20, 507 



86, 225 



51, 285 



48, 577 



89, 513 



42, 801 



104 



12, 557 

 5,266 



.06 

 .11 

 .14 

 .06 

 .05 

 .14 

 .11 

 .14 

 .16 

 .19 

 .02 

 .06 

 .04 

 .03 

 .61 

 .03 

 .06 

 .03 

 .09 

 .24 

 .15 

 .06 

 .14 

 .01 



.20 

 .46 



1860. 



1, 320, 300 + . 08 



1, 700, 694 



92, 495 

 7C.944 

 31,527 



47, 939 

 9,530 

 7,787 



74, 487 

 90, 973 

 95, 982 

 56, 563 

 20, 133 



108,999 

 61, 008 

 79, 792 

 34, 524 

 38, 221 

 65, 949 

 27, 574 



104, 184 



166,568 

 51, 512 

 10, 067 



121, 702 



48, 511 

 61, 790 



7,426 



60, 371 



7,657 



22, 629 



104, 491 



172, 243 



42, 816 



97, 662 



93,660 



69 



348 



12, 720 



S6, 104 



9, 303 



2,777 



2, 240, 075 



