KARM MANAUKMISNT HKACJTICK OK CHESTEB COUNTY, PA. 



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LIVE STOCK. 



The dairy cow is by far the most important farm animal in the 

 Chester County area. This is shown very clearly in figure 6 and in 

 ruble V. Figure 6 shows the average number per farm of animals 

 md animal units of each of the various classes. 1 There is an average 

 »f nearly 11 milk cows per farm for the 378 farms operated by their 

 iwners. 



Fig. 6. — Number of animal units per farm ; 378 Chester County (Pa.) owner farms. 



^ble V. — Distribution of animals and animal units 



County. 



on 378 owner farms, Chester 



Kind of live stock. 



Average 

 number of 

 animals. 



Total 

 animal 

 units. 



Per cent of 



total animal 



units. 





10.9 

 .1 

 .5 



2.5 

 .6 



3.9 

 .4 



1.4 



2.4 

 99.2 



10.9 

 .1 

 .5 



1.3 

 .6 



3.9 

 .2 

 .21 

 .6 

 .99 



.56.2 



eef cows 



.5 



ulls 



2. G 





6.7 





3.1 





20.1 





1.0 



heep 



1.1 



ogs 



3.1 



oultry • 



5.6 









19.3 



100. n 



- The number of young cattle is only about one-fourth that of 

 nature cows. Since in order to keep up both numbers and quality 

 n dairy herds it is necessary to keep about 50 per cent as many 

 oung stock as mature cows, it is clear that Chester County farmers 

 re not raising sufficient young stock to keep up their herds. It will 

 ater be seen that the major portion of the cows are bought. The 

 eason for this is that the production of market milk is the dominant 



1 An animal unit is a mature horse or cow or as many smaller animals as require the 

 ?ed of a horse or cow, namely, 2 head of young cattle, 5 hogs, 7 sheep, or 100 hens. 



