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explanations offered by the demagogue until at last we have 

 reached a point where these things no longer act as palliatives 

 and we are face to face with the necessity of studying and solving 

 economic questions through the exercise of the highest intelli- 

 gence and skill which we as a nation are in position to bring to 

 their correct solution. I have no apologies to offer, therefore, for 

 the statistical data presented in this paper, as I consider it nec- 

 essary to the elucidation of the discussion which follows. 



A survey of the live stock situation must, of necessity, deal 

 with the past, present and future conditions and possibilities of 

 this industry in the South. In this connection, it is proper to state 

 that this discussion is based on a consideration of the number of 

 live stock held on the farms in the following fifteen states as taken 

 from the 1910 census : Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North 

 Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, 

 Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas. Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. 



Animals in Southern States 1910. 



Number 



TheSouth's j3^j ^Q^g 5,651,000 



Part in the ^ ^ ■' ^ , _ _„- -^-^ 



Nation's Live Other cattle 13,795,000 



Stock Indus- Sheep 7,196,000 



try Swine 18,374,000 



Total 45,016,000 



Value 



$149,462,000 



216,993,000 



25,574,000 



80,670,000 



$472,699,000 



Animals in United States 1910. 



Number Value 



Dairy cows 20,625,000 $706,236,000 



Other cattle 41,178,000 793,287,000 



Sheep 52,447,000 232.841,000 



Swine 58,185,000 399,338,000 



Total 172,435,000 $2,131,702,000 



It appears that in 1910, there were 45,016,000 head of live 



Live Stoclc stock, worth $472,699,000, owned on Southern farms. At that 



Values Double time, there were 172,435,000 head of live stock on all the farms in 



in Six Years the United States, worth $2,131,702,000. It appears that a little 



more than one-fourth of the live stock owned in the United States 



