696 



SHEEP INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES 



Tdbli! showing the nuniher of sheep in each State east of the Mississippi for the years 1840, 

 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1890. 



States and Territories. 



Nxunber of slieep. 



1860. 



1870. 



1880. 



1890. 



Maine 



Kew Hampshire . 



Vermont 



Ma^sacliusetts — 



Khode Island 



Connecticut 



640, 264 

 617, 390 

 1,681,819 

 378, 226 

 90, 146 

 403, 462 



461, 677 

 384, 756 

 1, 014, 122 

 188, 651 

 44, 296 

 174, 181 



452, 472 

 310, 634 

 752, 201 

 114, 829 

 32, 624 

 117, 107 



434, 666 

 248, 760 

 680, 347 

 78, 560 

 23, 938 

 83, 884 



666,918 

 211, 825 

 439, 870 

 67, 979 

 17, 211 

 59, 431 



642, 248 

 192, 824 

 362, 112 

 56, 530 

 20, 231 

 46, 759 



Total New England States . . 



3, 820, 307 



2, 257, 583 



1, 779, 767 



1, 460, 165 



1, 362, 234 



1, 220, 704 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania 



Delaware 



Maryland 



District of Columbia. . 



S, 118, 777 



219, 285 



1. 767, 620 



39,247 



257, 922 



706 



1, 453, 241 



160, 488 



., 822, 367 



27, 503 



177, 902 



150 



2, 617, 855 



135, 228 



1, 631, 540 



18, 857 



155, 765 



40 



2, 181, 678 



120, 067 



1, 794, 301 



22, 714 



129, 097 



604 



Total Middle States. 



7, 403, 567 



5, 641, 641 



4, 559, 285 



4, 248, 961 



"Virginia 



Nortli Carolina . 

 South Carolina. . 



Georgia 



Florida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



"West Virginia . 

 Kentucky 



1, 293, 772 

 638, 279 

 232, 981 

 267, 107 

 7,198 

 163, 243 

 128, 367 

 741, 693 



1, 310, 004 

 695, 249 

 285, 551 

 560, 436 

 23, 311 

 371, 880 

 304, 929 

 811, 591 



1, 043, 269 

 546, 749 

 233, 609 

 512, 618 

 30, 168 

 370, 156 

 362, 632 

 773, 317 



1, 008, 240 



1, 102, 091 



933, 990 



370, 145 

 463, 435 

 124, 594 

 419, 465 

 26, 599 

 241, 934 

 232, 732 

 826, 783 

 552, 327 

 936, 705 



Total Southern States . 



4, 330, 780 



5, 365, 641 



4, 801, 398 



4, 194, 779 



Ohio 



Michigan . . 

 Indiana — 



Illinois 



Wisconsin . 



2, 026, 401 



99, 618 



675, 932 



395, 672 



3,462 



Total Western States. 



3, 203, 135 



3, 942, 929 

 746, 435 



1, 122, 493 

 894, 043 

 124, 896 



3, 546, 767 



1, 271, 743 



991, 175 



760, 135 



332, 964 



4, 928, 635 

 1, 985, 906 

 1, 612, 630 

 1, 568, 286 

 1. 069, 282 



790 6, 911, 774 



11, 164, 789 



1, 716, 180 

 117, 020 



1, 776, 698 

 21, 967 

 171, 184 



1, 548, 426 

 103, 170 

 945, 002 

 22, 294 

 153, 703 



3, 801, 949 



2. 772, 655 



497, 289 

 461, 633 

 118, 889 

 527, 589 

 56, 681 

 347, 838 

 287, 094 

 672, 789 

 674, 709 

 1, 000, 269 



444, 563 

 414, 819 

 102, 031 

 411, 846 

 110, 351 

 286, 218 

 240, 148 

 511, 118 

 508, 164 

 805, 978 



4, 645, 445 



3, 835, 256 



4, 902, 486 

 2, 189, 389 

 1,100,611 

 1, 037, 073 

 1,330,807 



10, 566, 266 



3, 913. 589 



2, 240, 841 



1, 278, 000 



688, 387 



809, 009 



9, 159, 826 



EECAriTULATION BY 6E0TJPS. 



The following table shows the comparative number of sheep east and 

 west of the Mississippi from 1840 to 3890: 



The most noticeable feature of this table is the fact that the country 

 east of the Mississippi has not held its own, the country west of it 

 more than trebled its number from 1840 to 1850, nearly trebled it from 

 1850 to 1860, and nearly doubled in each of the two following decades. 



There has been great difficulty in ascertaining the true amount of the wool product 

 of the United States, especially prior to 1860, and even now some of these difficulties 

 still exist, and all estimates arc necessarily imperfect. There are several reasons for 

 this state of uncertainty about the wool crop, the principal being (1) the imperfect 



