22 



Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 



2. It provides a home market and pays better than average 

 prices for farm crops. 



3. Makes easily possible the maintenance and improvement of 

 soil fertility. 



4. Gives steady employm.ent throughout the year to labor on 

 the farm and thereby helps to solve the farm labor problem. 



5. Utilizes as pasture m.uch land unfit for the plow. 



6. Utilizes miuch that would otherwise be waste on the farm, 

 such as straw, corn stalks, soft corn and other unsaleable grain, meadow 

 afterm^ath, many weeds, and garbage. 



7. Affords the best m.eans of utilizing such by-products as tank- 

 age, cottonseed meal, linseed meal, gluten feed, and skim milk. 



8. Affords opportunity for higher development and application 

 of skill in farming. 



9. The care and handling of live stock is intensely interesting 

 work. 



Numbers and values of our live stock. — The U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture reports the numbers and values of live stock on farms 

 in the United States on January 1, 1923, as follows: 



Number 



Horses 18,853,000 



Mules 5,506,000 



Milk cows 24,429,000 



Other cattle 41,923,000 



Sheep 37,209,000 



Swine 63,424,000 



Totals , 



191,344,000 



Total value 



$1,314,956,000 



472,735,000 



1,241,673,000 



1,076,254,000 



278,939,000 



726,699,000 



5,111,256,000 



Value per head 



$69.75 

 85.86 

 50.83 

 25.67 

 7.50 

 11.46 



RaEk of (he stales in value of live stock. — Following are the 

 total values of horses, mules, cattle, hogs, and sheep on farms in each 

 of the 48 states on January 1, 1923, as estimated by the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture: 



1. Iowa 



2. Texas . . . . 

 Illinois. . . 

 Wisconsin. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 



17 



Millions 

 of dollars 



..431 

 ..288 

 ..276 

 ..237 



3 

 4 



5. Nebraska 235 



6. Ohio 214 



Missouri 212 



Minnesota 210 



Kansas 197 



New York 189 



Indiana 178 



California 165 



Pennsylvania 163 



Michigan 147 



15. South Dakota 144 



16. Oklahoma 103 



Kentucky 96 



Millions 

 of dollars 



18. Tennessee 95 



19. Montana 95 



20, 

 21. 

 22, 

 23, 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30, 



Colorado 94 



North Dakota 93 



Georgia 88 



North Carolina 87 



Virginia 77 



Mississippi 74 



Alabama 72 



Oregon 69 



Idaho 65 



Arkansas 63 



Wyoming 58 



31. Louisiana 55 



32. Arizona 54 



33. South Carolina 53 



34. Washington 52 



