2ie REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 
arate estimates are not given for the Territories; it being impossible, 
from the rapid changes occurring, and the want of an adequate corps of 
correspondents, to obtain exact data. The numbers for the whole coun- 
trp foot up as follows: 
Jenuary, 1877. a anuary, 1878. | January, 1879. 
TOTS ES eee eee et COR eRe te ka cer 10, 155, 400 10, 611, 500 10, 938, 700 
3 BVA eee eee NEE Go) Sen RO nen See aE A 1, 443, 500 | 1, 684, 200 1, 713, 100 
ee 11, 260, 800 11, 432, 300 11, 826, 400 
17, 956, 100 20, 420, 000 21, 408, 100 
35, 804, 200 36, 575, 900 38, 123, 800 
28, 077, 100 32, 262, 400 34, 766, 100 
Motalesee sees oe pas ee ne ee ye eee 104, 697, 100 112, 986, 300 118, 776, 200 
cs PRICES OF FARM ANIMALS. 
A decline is to be noted in the prices of all kinds of farm animals for 
the same period. The average per capita for the whole country and for 
all ages is as follows: 
January, 1877. | January, 1878. | January, 1879. 
IN Gl SS eence serodarnopesnone saSconoSosecenebeeSsohs 68 91 63 70 56 06 
IMU ECON Sos ho Ss sannoodosarocosecescodsusssoseise 27 32 26 41 ZA 
Oxentand other cattleeeceseee see mane eeeemaseee 17 10 17 14 15 39 
NGA) Vo sasnacasaAasSUdoe sea sua sooscoo peas acUbCSSdSOse 22 2 25 2 07 
