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RURAL MICHIGAN 



APPENDIX G — Continued 



LIVE-STOCK PRODUCTS 



Milk gals. 382,822,631 352,858,180 



Wool lbs. 7,835,558 11,965,405 



Eggs doz. 55,986,999 59,915,851 



Chickens raised 12,441,555 12,877,537 



1919 1909 802,095. The value re- 



ported for cattle was 

 $101,717,971. The 

 number of cattle in 

 1910 (excluding spring 

 calves) was 1,261,773. 

 The 1,209,191 sheep 

 reported in 1920 included 359,175 lambs under 1 year old, 809,125 

 ewes, and 40,891 rams and wethers. The sheep were valued at $13,688,- 

 379, an average of $11.32. The number of sheep in 1910 (excluding 

 spring lambs) was 1,545,241. 



Of the 1,106,066 swine on farms in 1920, 687,089 were pigs under 

 6 months old, 1 4,556 sows for breeding, 14,199 boars for breeding, 

 and 220,222 other hogs The value reported for swine was $19,621,714. 

 The total production of milk in 1919 was 382,822,631 gallons, as 

 compared with 352,858,180 in 1909. The production of wool in 1919 

 was 7,835.558 pounds; of honey, 1,321,447 pounds; of eggs, 55,986,999 

 dozen ; and the number of chickens raised was 12,441,555. The value 

 of all dairy products, excluding home use of milk and cream, was $71,- 

 074,727 ; of eggs, $23,514,540 ; and of chickens raised in 1919, .$11,- 

 446,231. 



Domestic animal., kept in village barns, city stables, and elsewhere 

 not on farms were reported as follows: Horses, 58,474 in 1920, as 

 compared with 100,238 in 1910 ; mules, 894 in 1920 and 700 in 1910 ; 

 cattle, 42,061 in 1920 and 47,385 in 1910 ; hogs, 23,970 in 1920 and 

 13,894 in 1910. 



