XXVI 



STATISTICS RELATING TO ANIMALS ON FARMS 



THE number of cattle, excluding calves, on farms 

 in the United States for the census years 1910, 

 1900, 1890, and 1880, is given in the table below; also 

 for the years 1910 and 1900, the number including 

 calves : 



NTJMBER OP CATTLE, EXCLUDING CALVES, ON FARMS 



1910 1900 1890 1880 



53,997,327 52,403,828 57,648,792 39,675,553 



* 61,803,866 67,719,410 



In regard to these comparative numbers, it is stated 

 in the census report that the enumeration for the thir- 

 teenth census was made as of April 15th, while the 

 enumeration for the twelfth census, 1900, was as of 

 June 1st. It is therefore concluded that some five or 

 six million calves which were born between the period 

 of April 15th and June 1st were not enumerated in 

 the census of 1910. Thus the total number of cattle 

 for comparative purposes in the 1910 census should be 

 increased by five or six million in order to be compara- 

 ble with the census for 1900. 



Allowing for the number of cattle which would have 

 been slaughtered or died during this interval, also, the 

 census concludes that instead of a decrease in the total 

 number of cattle of 8.7 per cent., as shown by the 



* Including calves. 



269 



