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tion of demand and supply, or the movement of neat cattle, 

 Texas, and the section west of the Rocky Mountains, should be 

 omitted. 



This done, we find the ratio between neat cattle and the pop- 

 ulation as 68 to 100 ; that is, there will*be 68 cattle, to every 

 100 inhabitants. All those States, therefore, which have more 

 than 68 cattle to every 100 inhabitants, have a surplus for 

 export, while those having less than 68, have a deficiency to be 

 provided for. 



The following tables are computed on the basis of 68 per cent, 

 for local use, and will show where the excesses and deficiencies 

 exist, and whence the movement of cattle must be to satisfy the 

 demand. 



Table I. 



Showing the nuniber of cattle to each one hundred people in those States 

 where there was an excess over the requisite number, sixty-eight, required 

 for home consimiption and use, in the years 1840, 1850 and 1860 ; 

 also the total number for exportation in each State. 



