22 BIENNIAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE 



swine on Kentucky farms January 1, 1929, is estimated to be approxi- 

 mately $103,660,000 compared to $100,475,000 January 1, 1928, $86,795,- 

 000 January 1, 1927, and $165,703,000 January 1, 1920. 



Compared to the estimates for January 1, 1928, this year's esti- 

 mates indicate Kentucky prices for all swine averaged $1.40 a head 

 lower than a year ago and $5.98 a head lower than two years ago, but 

 prices of all other kinds of farm live stock were higher than a year 

 ago. Numbers of hogs on Kentucky farms have decreased sharply 

 from a year ago; numbers of horses and mules have decreased slightly; 

 numbers of milk cows and of total cattle have remained stationary; 

 and numbers of sheep, and of heifers between one and two years old 

 being kept for milk cows, have increased. 



This estimate gives the numbers of live stock on farms in Ken- 

 tucky January 1, 1929, as follows: Horses and colts 278,000; mules 

 and mule colts 292,000; cows and heifers two years old and over kept 

 for milk cows 495,000; heifers one to two years old kept for milk cows 

 69,000; total cattle and calves including cows and heifers kept for milk 

 955,000; sheep and lambs 996,000; and swine of all ages 826,000. The 

 average farm value of horses and colts in Kentucky January 1, 1929, 

 was $56 compared to $53 January 1, 1928; mules $69 compared to $67; 

 total cattle (including milk cows) $52 compared to $46.90; milk cows 

 $65 compared to $60; sheep and lambs $11.40 per head compared to 

 $11.20; and swine of all ages $8.40 per head compared to $9.80. 



The following table gives numbers and value of live stock on farms 

 January 1, in Kentucky in 1929, 1928, 1927, and 1920. 



H. P. BRYANT, Agricultural Statistician 



FARM ANIMALS 

 JAN. 1 



Horses and Colts 



KENTUCKY 



Numbers 



1929 

 1928 

 1927 

 1920 



d- 



278,000 

 284,000 

 293,000 

 382,000 



Average Price 



$56.00 

 53.00 

 47.00 



105.00 



Total Value 



$15,486,000 

 14,952,000 

 13,740,000 

 40,110,000 



Mules and Mule Colts 



1929 

 1928 

 1927 

 1920 



-I- 



292,000 

 295,000 

 301,000 

 293,000 



$69.00 

 67.00 

 58.00 



130.00 



$20,192,000 

 19,755,000 

 17,572,000 

 38,000,000 



Cows and Heifers, Two 

 Tears Old and Over, 

 Kept for Milk (a) 



1929 

 1928 

 1927 

 1920 



493,000 

 493,000 

 469,000 

 515,000 



$65.00 

 60.00 

 45.00 

 73.00 



$32,045,000 

 29,680,000 

 21,105,000 

 37,595,000 



Heifers, One to Two 1929 



Tears Old, Being 1928 



Kept for Milk Cows 1927 



1920 



69,000 

 65,000 

 61,000 



All Cattle and Calves, 1929 



Including Cows and 1928 



Heifers Being Kept 1927 



for Milk Cows (a) 1920 



955,000 



955,000 



910,000 



1.093,000 



$'52.00 

 46.90 

 35.45 

 54.91 



$49,696,000 

 44,830,000 

 32,260,000 

 60,021.000 



