DOMESTICATED MAMMALS 8l 



The number and value of the more important domesticated mam- 

 mals in the United States in 1925 was estimated by the Department 

 of Agriculture as follows: 5 



Number Value 



Cattle 61,572,000 $3,651,970,000 



Horses, mules, etc 22,267,000 2,569,570,000 



Sheep 35,251,000 395,401,000 



Goats 3,459,000 17,565,000 



Swine 51,842,000 988,582,000 



Total 174,391,000 $7,623,088,000 



In 1927 there were 1,499,000 Angora goats in the Union of South 

 Africa, 3,162,000 in Turkey and 3,159,000 in six of the United States 

 Arizona, California, Missouri, New Mexico, Oregon and Texas. 6 



The following is an estimate of the number of cattle, swine and 

 sheep in some of the principal countries of the world, based partly 

 upon census reports, not including Central America and large portions 

 of Asia, South America and Africa, which would very much swell 

 the total: 7 



Cattle Swine Sheep 



Europe 133,001,000 74,224,000 183,299,000 



United States 59,829,000 51,223,000 40,748,000 



Canada 9,307,000 4,426,000 2,756,000 



Australia 13,358,000 898,000 80,1 10,000 



New Zealand 3,504,000 440,000 24,548,000 



Asiatic Russia 10,247,000 2,196,000 14,558,000 



India 143,403,000 33,539,ooo 



Japan 1,469,000 668,000 15,000 



Korea 1,605,000 1,130,000 3,ooo 



Formosa 3,ooo 1,000 



Argentina 37,065,000 1,437,000 36,209,000 



Brazil 34,271,000 16,169,000 7,933, ooo 



Total for the countries in- 



eluded 447,062,000 152,821,000 423,718,000 



Exports from and imports to the United States in 1925:" 



Exports Imports 



Cattle $2,388,000 $5,173,000 



Sheep 370,000 498,000 



Hogs, about 1,000,000 



Horses, mules, burros, etc 4,141,000 1,640,000 



Total $7,899,000- $7,311,000 



5 Statistical abstract of the United States for 1925, U. S. Bureau of Commerce, 

 1926. See also an interesting paper by Senator Warren, National Geographic Maga- 

 zine, xvn, 511-524, 1906. Estimates of numbers and values vary considerable from 

 year to year ; compare statistics of farm animals and animal products, Yearbook 

 U. S. Dept. Agric. for 1927, pp. 980-1060 (Separate No. 976). 



'The Angora goat and mohair industry, Interdepartmental Committee of U. S. 

 Dept. Agric. and Dept. Commerce, Miscell. Circular No. 50, 1929. 



''New York World Almanac for 1929, p. 376. 



8 Statistical Abstract of the United States for 1925, U. S. Bureau of Commerce, 

 pp. 466, 504. 



