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PROFITABLE STOCK RAISING 



Nebraska. The highest average value is in Illinois, 

 with $28.50. 



The accompanying statement shows the total 

 number and value of cows and other cattle by 

 states : 



Number and Value of Cattle by States January 

 i, 1910 



[Last three figures, OOO's, omitted.] 



N. E 



N. Y 



N. J 



Pa 



Tex 



Ark 



Tenn 



W. Va 



Ky 



O 



Mich 



Ind 



Ill 



Wis 



Minn 



la 



Mo 



Kan 



Neb 



N. D 



S. D 



Cal 



Ore 



Wash. . . . 



Okla 



Other 



Total.. 21,521 $35.24 $758,434 48,780 $20.76 $1,012,847 



Something more than 60 per cent of the sheep of 

 the country are in the Rocky Mountain states and 

 on the Pacific coast. Ohio is the only mixed farming 

 state making a large showing in numbers, followed 

 by Michigan and New York in the order named. 

 New York leads in average value per head again 

 on account of its location and accessibility to 

 market. Naturally, the heavy hog states are the 

 states of the corn belt, Iowa leading, with 6,487,000, 



