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Table II. 



Showing the number of cattle on hand and the deficiencies to each one 

 hundred people in the several States, and also the total deficiency in 

 each of the several States, in 18 GO. 



From these tables it will be seen, that, in New England, there 

 is a deficiency, falling short of the use and consumption of its 

 inhabitants, of 594,676 neat cattle, to be furnished from other 

 quarters. In Massachusetts, 566,362 ; being more than in one- 

 fifth of the total deficiency. In the Middle States, there is a 

 deficiency of 1,564,526 ; in Maryland, 212,985, and which, added 

 to the deficiency in New England, gives a total net deficit of 

 2,372,187 neat cattle in the States east of Ohio. 



From the tivo great facts — 1st, that the number of neat cattle, 

 required for every 100 of the population, has not varied a single 

 per cent, for the last thirty years ; and 2d — that the movement 

 of cattle has constantly been ivestward, and that the deficit, 

 east of Ohio, has been as constantly increasing, it is plainly to 

 be seen that Massachusetts, with a deficit of over half a millibn, 

 has a deep and vital interest in the practical questions involved 

 in these astounding revelations. 



In peace as in war, the farther we are from our base of sup- 

 plies the more they will cost. As the supply of neat cattle 

 travels westward, the cost will be increased by the increased 



