December, 1931] Dairy Faeming in Grafton County 



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Cows, young cattle and bulls, all dairy cattle, represented a total of 

 85 per cent of the animal units. Livingston County farms had 23.2 ani- 

 mal units per farm with 80 per cent of them in dairy cattle.^ The 

 New York farms had 3.9 fewer cows per farm and two more work 

 horses than those in this study. 



Table 12 — A comparison of the average distribution of livestock by animal 

 units found in two different years on farms in Grafton County, New Hamp- 

 shire. 



CLASS OP 

 ANIMAL. 



Farms reporting. 

 A 



Number. 



Per cent 

 of total. 



Average number of 

 animal units per 

 farm for all farms. 



Per cent 



of 

 total ani- 

 mal units. 



414 farms in 1929 



Cows 414 



Young cattle 405 



Bulls 304 



Steers 10 



Horses 406 



Colts 7 



Ponies 5 



Sheep 31 



Hogs 87 



Poultry 316 



Total 



Cows 74 



Young cattle 71 



Bulls 51 



Steers 10 



Horses 73 



Colts 24 



Ponies 



Sheep 9 



Hogs 52 



Poultry 71 



Total 



74 farms* in 1915 



25.4 



100.0 



/ 



23.2 



100.0 



* Less than 0.05 animal unit per farm. 



There has been little significant change in types of livestock as in- 

 dicated by the present survey figures compared to those for the smaller 

 group in 1915. Dairy cattle of all kinds had assumed a little larger im- 

 portance both ill absolute members and in percentage. Steers had 

 nearly disappeared in 1915, and five-sixths of those remaining had 

 gone by 1929. 



Dairy Cows 



The average number of cows per farm was 15.9 for 414 herds. One 

 farmer reported Shorthorn cows, one some Brown Swiss, but with very 

 few exceptions, these farms harbored cows of the four most important 



