CHAPTER IV. 



LIVE STOCK ON THE RANGE. 







Live Stock on the Range. On January 1, 1913, there 

 were in the United States, according to the Government 

 statistics, 56,527,000 cattle, 51,482,000 sheep, 20,567,000 

 horses and 4,386,000 mules. The total value of these 

 animals was over $4,357,000,000. In the states that lie 

 west of the Missouri River, and which may be classified 

 as range states, namely, Washington, Oregon, Califor- 

 nia, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colo- 

 rado, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, 

 North Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, the total 

 number of stock Jan. 1, 1913, was -as 'follows : Cattle, 

 23,218,000; sheep, 32,124,000. The state of Texas stands 

 at the head of the western cattle states with a total of 

 6,056,000 head, while Montana, with 5,111,000 sheep 

 heads the list of sheep-owning states, Wyoming coming 

 next with 4,472,000 head. 



Live Stock in Western States. The figures on the 

 following page taken from the government reports show- 

 ing the number of each class of stock in the various range 

 states on Jan. 1, 1910, and on Jan. 1, 1913, may be of 

 interest to students. 



Of the eastern states little Rhode Island has 7,000 

 sheep and the great corn-growing and cattle-feeding 

 state of Iowa has 3,944,000 cattle. A net reduction of 



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