IMPORTANCE OF FARM ANIMALS 11 



money here invested, besides the value of the animals them- 

 selves. The greatest live-stock producing section of the 

 country includes the states of New York, Ohio, Indiana, 

 Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, 

 North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, 

 and Texas. The two states of most importance in numbers of 

 each kind of live stock in the United States in 1920 are as 

 follows: 



Horses / Iowa first, with 1,386,000 head 



\ Nebraska second, with 1,-322,000 " 



Mules / Texas first, with 849,000 " 



\ Georgia second, with 407,000 " 



Miloh cows ( Wisconsin first, with 2,763,000 " 



\ New York second, with 2,081,000 " 



Other cattle/ Texas first, with 4,768,000 " 



1 Iowa second, with 3,048,000 " 



Sheep / Texas first, with 2,552,000 " 



\ California second, with 2,400,000 " 



Swine I Iowa first, with 7,864,000 " 



\ Illinois second, with 4,640,000 " 



We see from the above that Iowa ranks first with num- 

 bers of horses and swine, Texas with mules, sheep and other 

 cattle, and Wisconsin with milch cows. The two states, 

 however, that have the greatest numbers of superior farm 

 animals of the different kinds are Iowa and lUinois. 



The importance of our live stock may also be seen from 

 another point of view in connection with our local markets. 

 The city of Chicago is the largest live-stock market in the 

 world. The Union Stock Yards of that city cover 500 

 acres, and received in 1920 a total of 15^ millions of farm 

 animals, valued at over 665 miUions of dollars. Nearly 

 268,000 car loads of live stock were received in these yards 

 in 1920. This is equal to about 734 cars a day, which, at 

 an average length of 36 feet to a car, would make one solid 

 train of hve stock about 5 miles long. There are 

 300 miles of railway in and about the yards to handle all 

 this great traffic. Some 100,000 people live about the yards 

 and get their daily incomes from them. Here are immense 



