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Estimated annual production and consumption of dressed mutton in the United States 



'Includes differences between quantities in storage at beginning and end of year. 



During 1920, New Zealand frozen lamb carcasses were imported 

 in large numbers amounting to over one-ninth of the total domestic 

 production of both mutton and lamb. British markets which normally 

 absorb the New Zealand product were overstocked following the World 

 War, and the meat found an outlet in this country. 



Our production and consumption of mutton is markedly less than 

 that of pork or beef, and slightly less than that of veal. 



The distribution of sheep in the United States is shown by the 

 numbers in the leading states and in the various geographical divisions: 

 Leading states in numbers of sheep on farm^, January 1 , 1923 - 



State Number 



1. Texas 2,862,000 



2. Idaho 2,642,000 



3. Colorado 2,444,000 



4. California 2,402,000 



5. Wyoming 2,396,000 



state Number value 



Utah 2,340,000 $8.90 



Montana 2,315,000 8.70 



Ohio 2,094,000 7.10 



New Mexico . . .2,062,000 6.40 



Oregon 1,953,000 6.40 



The estimated average value of all sheep and lambs in the United 

 States on January 1, 1923, was $7.50. 



Distribution of sheep on farms by geographical divisions on January 1, 1923 ^ 



Division Number 



North Atlantic 1,200,000 



South Atlantic 1,168,000 



North Central, East of Mississippi River 4,770,000 



North Central, West of Mississippi River 4,324,000 



South Central 4,399,000 



Far Western 21,348,000 



Total United States 37,209,000 



The foregoing figures show that the far western division, which 

 includes the range states, has more sheep than all other divisions com- 



^John Roberts: Meat Production, Consumption, and Foreign Trade in United 

 States, 1907-1922, U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Anim. Indus., Mimeographed Report. 

 2 Estimates of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



