STATISTICAL APPEX DICES 



473 



APPENDIX G 



Live-Stock and Live-Stock Products — Fourteenth 

 Census: 1920 



DOMESTIC ANIMALS ON FARMS 



JAN. 1, 1920 



Horses 605.509 



Colts under 1 year old 17,526 



Colts 1 year old and under 2... 24,170 



Mares 2 years old and over 284,014 



Geldings 2 years old and over... 277,806 



Stallions 2 years old and over . . . 1,993 



Mules 5,884 



Colts under 1 year old 290 



Colts 1 year old and under 2 . . . 429 



Mules 2 "years old and over 5,165 



Asses and burros 145 



Cattle 1,586,042 



Beef cattle 329,901 



Calves under 1 year old 100,592 



Heifers 1 year old and under 2.. 3S,660 



Cows 2 years old and over 50,617 



Steers 1 year old and under 2 91,265 



Steers 2 years old and over 43,928 



Bulls 1 year old and over 4,839 



Dairy cattle 1,256,141 



Calves under 1 year old 263,911 



Heifers 1 year old and under 2.. 165,364 



Cows 2 years old and over 802,095 



Bulls 1 "year old and over 24,771 



Sheep 1,209,191 



Lambs under 1 year old 359,175 



Ewes 1 year old and over 809.125 



Rams and wethers 40,891 



Goats 1,607 



Swine 1,106,066 



Pigs under 6 months old 687,089 



Sows and gilts for breeding 184,556 



Boars for breeding 14,199 



All other hogs 220,222 



C0MPAnATI\T; FIGURES, 

 LIVE-STOCK OS FAUMS JAN. 1, 1920 



APR. 15, 1910 



Horses 605,509 *6n2,410 



Mules 5,884 *3,638 



Cattle 1,586,042 •1,261,773 



Sheep 1,209,191 *1, 545, 241 



Chickens 10,913,645 9,698,401 



Hives of bees 93,348 115,274 



* Excluding spring colts, calves, and lambs. 



Of the 196,447 farms 

 m Michigan in 1920, 

 186,354 reported do- 

 mestic animals. Horses 

 were reported by 176,- 

 259, mules by 2,852, 

 cattle by 173,417, 

 sheep by 35,454, and 

 hogs by 138,170. 



Tlie number of horses 

 on these farms in 1920 

 was 605,509, which in- 

 cluded 563,813 horses 

 2 years old and over, 

 24,170 colts from 1 to 

 2 years old. and 17.- 

 526 colts under 1 year 

 old. The value re- 

 ported for horses was 

 $56,433,765, an aver- 

 age of $93.20 per head. 

 The number of horses 

 on April 15. 1910 (ex- 

 cluding spring colts, in 

 order to make a fair 

 comparison with the 

 figures for January 1, 

 1920) was 602,410. 



The number of mules 

 in 1920 was 5,884. in- 

 cluding 290 colts un- 

 der 1 year old, 429 

 colts from 1 to 2 years 

 old, and 5.165 mules 

 years old and over. 

 The total value was 

 $661,115, an average 

 of $112.36. The num- 

 ber of mules in 1910 

 (excluding spring 

 colts) was 3,638. 



The total number of 

 cattle in 19 2 was 

 1,586,042, including 

 329.901 beef cattle and 

 1,256,141 dairy cattle. 

 Beef cows numbered 



0,617 and dairy cows 



