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Table 5. - Horses and mules: Numbers disappearing off farms, and 

 slaughtered in federally inspected plants, 1940-58 



Year 



; On farms 1/ 



. Disappeared 



; Slaughtered 2/ 





: Percentage 







> Number 



: of total 

 : disappearing 



• Thous. 



Thous. 



Thous. 



Pet. 



• 14,478 



314 



18. 7 



6.0 



14, 104 



374 



25.9 



6. 9 



13,655 



449 



28. 9 



6.4 



13,231 



424 



56. 5 



13.3 



12,613 



618 



52. 1 



8.4 



11,950 



663 



77. 9 



11.7 



11,108 



842 



192. 2 



22. 8 



10,129 



979 



276.4 



28. 2 



9,279 



850 



304. 



35.8 



8,498 



781 



237. 8 



30.4 



7,781 



717 



275. 9 



38. 5 



7,036 



745 



340. 3 



45.7 



6,150 



886 



357. 1 



40. 3 



5,403 



747 



270. 5 



36.2 



4,791 



612 



247. 3 



40.4 



4, 309 



482 



196. 1 



40.7 



3, 928 



381 



185. 



48. 6 



3, 574 



354 



141.7 



40.0 



3, 348 



226 



107.4 



47. 5 



1940 



1941 



1942 



1943 



1944 



1945 



1946 



1947 



1948 



1949 



1950 



1951 



1952 



1953 



1954 



1955 



1956. 



1957. 



1958 



1_/ Livestock reports of the Agricultural Estimates Division, Agricultural 

 Marketing Service. 



2/ Reports of the Meat Inspection Division, Agricultural Research Service. 



