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is estimated at $93, which is also a decline of $2 

 for the year. 



SWINE 



The statistics of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture show that on January 1, 1920, there 

 were in Michigan 1,450,000 sw^ine. Their average 

 price a head was $22, and their aggregate farm 

 value $31,900,000.^ In the case of swine as of other 

 animals, the year 1920 registered a decline in num- 

 bers, but of only 1 per cent, due to a retardation of 

 marketing caused by adverse market conditions. The 

 indicated number of swine in the State on January 

 31, 1921, was, therefore, 1,435,000 head, valued at 

 $20,520,500, a loss of more than $11,000,000 during 

 the year. 



The relative number of the several important 

 breeds of swine in ^Michigan were distributed by the 

 Bureau of Crop Estimates as follows : Berkshire, 

 8.4 per cent; Cheshire, 1.2; Chester-White, 24; 

 Duroc-Jersey, 29.4 ; Hampshire, .9 ; Poland-China, 

 25.7; Tamworth, .2; Kazorback, .2; others, 4.6; non- 

 descript, 4.7 per cent.- 



Returns to the Secretary of State's office in 1892 

 showed the total number of swine in Michigan to be 

 301,812. These were distributed widely throughout 

 the State, each farmer maintaining a few animals. 

 The most popular breeds were then stated to be the 

 Poland-China and Berkshire. However, other breeds, 



* "Yearbook," U. S. Dept. Agr., IfllO, 676. 

 ^"Mich. Crop. Kept./' May, 1920, 6. 



