Animal Wealth of the United States 



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Herd of Cattle on the Summer Range 





Oxen and other 









cattle. 



Milch 



cows. 



January 1 — 













Number. 



Value. 



Number. 



Value. 









15,952,883 



$353,152,133 



1891 



36 875,648 



544,127,908 

 570,749,155 







1892 



37,651,239 



16,416,351 



351,378,132 



1893 



35.954,196 



547,882,204 



16,424,087 



357,299,7S5 



1894 



36,608,168 



536,789,747 



16,487,400 



358,998,661 



189.S 



34.364,216 



482,999,129 



16,504,629 



362,601,729 



1X96 



32,085 409 



508,928,416 



16,137,586 



363.955,545 



'897 



30,508,408 



507,929,421 



15,941,727 



369,239,993 



189S 



29,264,197 



612,296,634 



15,840,886 



434.813,826 



1899 



27,904,225 



637,931,135 



15,990, 115 



474,233,925 



1900 



27,610,054 



689,486,260 



16,292,360 



514,812,106 



1901 



45,500,213 



906,644,003 



16,833,657 



505,093.077 



1902 



44,727.797 



839,126.073 



16,696,802 



488,130,424 



1903 



44,659,206 



824,054,902 



17,105,227 



516,711,914 



1904 



43.629,498 



712.17s.134 



17,419,817 



508,811,489 



1935 



43,669,443 



661,571.308 



i7.57 2 .464 



482,272,203 





47,067,656 



746,171,709 



I 9,793, & 66 



582,788,592 



1906, a gain of 51 per cent. The aver- 

 age under the Wilson-Gorman tariff was 

 about $860,000,000, while the average 

 value under the Dingley tariff has been 

 $1,237,000,000. 



Coming now to the cattle slaughtered, 

 I will give the number received at five 

 western markets during 1895 under the 

 Wilson-Gorman tariff, and 1905 under 

 the Dingley tariff. 



Number of Cattle Received at Markets Named 



It will be seen that the cattle of Jan- 

 uary 1, 1897, numbered 46,450,135, while 

 on January 1 last they numbered 66,861,- 

 522, a gain of 44 per cent. The value of 

 these cattle was $877,169,414 on January 

 1, 1897, and $1,328,860,311 on January 1, 



Chicago 

 Kansas City. 



Omaha 



St Louis. . . . 

 St Joseph . . . 



2,588,558 



i,6i3,454 



586,103 



851,275 

 49,203 



1905- 



3,410,469 

 2,180,491 

 1,026,392 

 1,254,236 

 501,200 



Total i 5,688,593 8,372,788 



A gain of 47 per cent. 



