STOCK BREEDIXG INDUSTRY. 5 



The figures given do not tell the whole story of the magni- 

 tude of the animal-breeding industry of the country. They 

 deal only with the live stock actually on the farm. Besides 

 this are the exports to be reckoned with. Table III gives the 

 facts regarding exports. 



TABLE III. 



Number and Value of Live Stock Exported from the United States 

 During the Year Ending June 30, 1911. 



Kind of Stock Number Value 



Horses 25,145 $3,845,253 



Mules 6,585 1,070,051 



Cattle 150,100 13,163,920 



Sheep 121,491 636,272 



Swine 8,551 74,032 



■ Total 311,872 $18,789,528 



Over against the exports are to be set the imports. Animals 

 are imported into the United States for purposes falling into 

 two general classes. On the one hand, are the imports, mainly 

 from European countries, of superior animals to be used as 

 breeding stock. The ultimate object of such importation is the 

 improvement of the live-stock of the countr}-. On the other 

 hand, there are some importations of animals for purposes of 

 slaughter and utilization in other ways than breeding. The live- 

 stock imports of. each of these classes for the fiscal year 1910-11 

 are given in Table IV. 



TABLE IV. 



Number and Value of Live Stock Imported into the United States 

 During the Year Ending June 30, 1911. 



Kind of Stock. 



Horses 

 Cattle 

 Sheep 



Total . 



Why Imported. 



Number. 



For breeding purposes 

 " other 



" breeding " 



" other " 



" breeding " 



" other 



6,331 

 3,262 

 2.441 

 180,482 

 5,341 

 48,114 



245,971 



Value. 



§2,055,418 

 636,656 

 362,220 

 2,590,857 

 116,277 

 261,348 



36,022.776 



