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varieties of farmingj large and small, among us. I find 

 that in 1855 the number of cows and heifers in that 

 State was 184,008 — the number of oxen and steers 

 was 77,511. The value of the cows and heifers was 

 estimated at $4,892,291 — the value of the oxen and 

 steers was $3,246,341. The value of the dairy products 

 of that year, consisting of milk, butter and cheese 

 was $2,898,696,28. 



In Pennsylvania, the number of milch cows is 530,224 ; 

 of working oxen, 61,527; of other cattle, 562,195. 



In New York, the number of milch cows is 931,324 ; 

 of working oxen, 178,909; of other cattle, 767,406. 



In Georgia, the number of milch cows is 334,223 ; of 

 working oxen, 73,286 ; of other cattle, 690,019. 



In Kentucky, the number of milch cows is 247,475 ; 

 of working oxen, 62,274 ; of other cattle, 442,763. 



In Illinois, the number of milch cows is 294,671 ; of 

 working oxen, 76,156 ; of other cattle, 541,209. 



These figures are very significant with regard to the 

 animals- most in demand among us. They show the 

 universal importance of the dairy, while they moreover 

 indicate those States in which distance from the market 

 and the low price of pasture lands, combine to render 

 grazing the most convenient, as well as the most profit- 

 able branch of farming. In the valleys of the West and 

 South, and in some parts of New England and the 

 middle States beef is raised to a profit — every advan- 

 tage being taken of the best breed of cattle for such a 

 purpose. On the East and on the West, on the North 

 and on the South, in every direction, at the fountain 

 head of our grain crops, before corn has been quadrupled 

 on the original price of the producer by long transpor- 



