APPENDIX IV 



NUMBER AND VALUE OF HORSES 

 From Report of the Twelfth United States Census 



HORSES were reported on 4,532,018 farms and ranges, June 1, 

 1900, and in 1,373,661 barns and other inclosures not on farms or 

 ranges. The number on farms and ranges comprised 1,315,208 

 colts under 1 year old, 1,447,747 horses 1 and under 2 years, and 

 15,517,052 horses 2 years and over. The numbers not on farms 

 and ranges were, for the three classes named, 33,090; 30,402, and 

 2,873,389, respectively. There was, therefore, a total for the 

 United States of 18,390,441 work-horses and 2,826,447 too young 

 for work, making a grand total of 21,216,888 horses, of which 86.8 

 per cent were on farms and ranges and 13.2 per cent in barns and 

 inclosures elsewhere. 



NUMBER AND VALUE OP HORSES AND COLTS IN THE 

 UNITED STATES IN 1900 



*Data for Alaska and Hawaii included in totals for United States, but not 

 in those for the five geographical divisions. 



(390) 



