Percherons on Harry Smith Farm, Gallatin County. 



Beef Cattle Shipments. 



The following table, showing the number of head of Montana beef cattle 

 to markets out of the state during the years noted, will give some idea 

 extent of Montana's contributions to the world's meat supply: 



Year No. of Head 



1885 70,089 



1886 119,620 



1887 82,134 



1888 167,602 



1889 123,880 



1890 174,035 



1S91 250,000 



1892 203,000 



1893 279,158 



1894 302,655 



1895 206,460 



1898 254,864 



1897 252,162 



1S98 232,225 



1899 203,499 



1900 160,055 



1917 



Year 



1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 



No. 



shipped 

 of the 



of Head 

 151.986 

 230,000 

 210,573 

 288.775 

 267,966 

 276,722 

 214,642 

 241.320 

 255,178 

 243,662 

 205.873 

 188,675 

 180,000 

 158,623 

 173,936 

 264,382 



334,000 



Big Horse Markets. 



Horse-raising is a very important industry in Montana. The old time range 

 horse — the "cayuse" of the former days — has given way to a large extent to full 

 blooded stock, with a preponderance of heavy draft animals. A few years ago the 

 United States war department established at Miles City the largest remount sta- 



