CHAPTER VIII. 

 FARM ANIMALS. 



Farm animals have always been closely identified with 

 prosperity in agriculture. Their high development and 

 large production in this country are due partly to the skill 

 and intelligence of their keepers, and partly to the splen- 

 did grasses and other food plants that are grown so suc- 

 cessfully. And yet the animal industry is far from what 

 it should be ; scrubs and inferior animals must give way 

 to improved stock that products of higher quality may 

 result. 



Statistics of Farm Animals. 



The total value of the horses, mules, dairy and beef 

 cattle of all kinds, swine, sheep, and goats in the United 

 States in 1910 was $5,296,421,619, of which value neat 

 cattle constituted 29.5 per cent, horses 47.3 per cent, 

 mules 11.0 per cent, swine 7.7 per cent, sheep 4.4 per cent, 

 goats 0.1 per cent. 



397. What was the value of neat cattle in the United 

 States for the census year 1910? 



398. Of horses ? This represents what per cent of the 

 value of the cattle ? 



399. Of mules? This is what per cent of the value 

 of the horses? 



400. Of swine? Of these 2.7 per cent were not on 

 farms ; what was their value ? 



401. Of sheep? These were reported from 617,000 

 farms, what was the average value per farm ? 



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