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generally throughout the farming portions of the country, and it is a 

 cause of discouragement also in Texas and in the other pastoral districts. 

 In most places tbe feeling of discouragement has not been permitted 

 to assume the phase of a panic, causing slaughter for pelts and tallow. 

 A feeling has prevailed that from favorable legislation, or other causes, 

 prices may rally, which has exercised a conservative influence towards 

 retaining Hocks a little longer. A small further decline might precipi- 

 tate a disastrous panic among wool-growers. In some places there has 

 been a dispersion of flocks. In Walworth County, Wisconsin, sheep 

 have been sold by thousands. Statements of decrease from this cause 

 come from the extreme West, from Iowa and Missouri, as well as from 

 more eastern States. 



In some parts of Texas, the low price of wool, as a cause of discour- 

 agement, is supplemented by the rising value of land. 



The losses by dogs are an ever present and almost universal cause of 

 complaint. 



Table shouing the estimated numbers of animals on farms, total value of each kind, and 

 average price, January, 1884. 



Stales and Icnitones. 



Horses. 



Mules. 



XT 1 



^ umber. 



Average 

 price. 



v aJue. 



.N um ber. 



Average 

 price. 



V alue. 





88, 509 



$8-2 31 



$7, 285, 1 76 



304 



$81 44 



$24, 758 





49, 385 



79 76 



3, 938 948 



89 



80 00 



1, 120 





7G, 880 



78 36 



6, 024, 317 



300 



90 00 



27] COO 





GJ, 429 



104 72 



6, 432, 845 



249 



115 00 



28, 635 





9, 758 



102 58 



1, 000, 976 



46 



112 00 



5, 152 





ai oo'? 



98 70 



v. UOU, I? 1 U 



555 



110 00 



61, 050 





628, 853 



99 48 



60, 042, 884 



5, 082 



111 19 



565, 008 





89, 574 



103 00 



9, 226, 122 



9, 280 



121 14 



1, 124, 906 





557, 920 



96 31 



53, 733, 275 



23, 909 



110 74 



2, 647, 683 





21,999 



93 57 



2, 058, 446 



4, 001 



113 30 



453,313 





122, 788 



83 85 



10, 295, 774 



12, 839 



112 12 



1, 439, 509 





225, 897 



73 32 



16, 562, 768 



34, 002 



88 41 



3, 006, 117 





137, 055 



77 21 



10, 582, 017 



84, 749 



84 32 



7, 14G, 030 





GO, 948 



90 G8 



5, 892, 453 



60, 718 



192 80 



7, 167,010 





102, G95 



84 37 



8, 6G4, 377 



139, 653 



9G 60 



13, 490, 480 





27, 202 



S5 30 



2, 320.331 



11, 221 



97 56 



1, 194,721 



Alabama 



119, 727 



73 67 



8, 820, 288 



127,221 



92 22 



11,732, 321 





120, 294 



75 29 



9, 056, 935 



139, ( 58 



91 20 



12, 682,090 





110, 749 



59 74 



0,610, 145 



75, 830 



89 19 



6, 763, 278 





889, 0G3 



38 87 



34, 557, 879 



149,121 



59 30 



8, 842, 875 





161,455 



58 95 



9, 517, 772 



102, 729 



69 14 



7, 102, 083 





274, 704 



71 24 



19, 509,913 



178, 191 



77 59 



13, 825, 840 





126,510 



70 25 



8, 887, 327 



6, 349 



79 94 



507, 539 





370, 028 



74 08 



27,411.074 



113,785 



79 35 



9, 028, 840 



Ohio 



724,414 



83 05 



60, 162, 583 



21, 601 



90 46 



1. 954, 026 





408, 005 



85 33 



34, 815, 067 



5, 606 



103 90 



582, 463 





593, 131 



77 13 



45,748, 194 



52, 815 



85 81 



4 . 532, 055 





1, 028, 094 



77 33 



79, 502, 509 



123, 265 



86 26 



10, 632, 839 





381,296 



81 93 



31, 239, 581 



7, 423 



9G 23 



714,315 





306, 399 



82 00 



25,124,718 



9, 853 



99 83 



983, 625 





891, 173 



76 98 



G8, 602, 498 



48, 0GG 



91 89 



4,410, 785 





701, 702 



60 59 



42, 516.124 



194,917 



74 88 



14, 595. 385 





522, 945 



72 57 



37, 950. 119 



75, 073 



91 55 



G, cS72. 933 





284, 753 



77 59 



22, 093, 985 



24, 958 



94 13 



2, 34!). 297 





252, 595 



Gl 33 



15,491,651 



29, 765 



80 18 



2, 386, 558 





142, 222 



63 10 



8, 974, 208 



2, 917 



73 81 



215, 304 





39, 326 



55 47 



2,181,413 



1,406 



87 01 



122, 336 





94, 000 



65 89 



6, 193, 600 



7, 200 



93 70 



674, 640 





8, 628 



57 00 



491,796 



1,075 



70 00 



75, 250 





84, 240 



79 52 



6, 698, 765 



3, 872 



98 33 



380, 734 





29, 252 



56 00 



1,638.112 



796 



72 00 



57, 312 





45, 885 



55 07 



2, 526, 887 



1,022 



73 17 



74, 780 





17, 139 



43 50 



745, 546 



10, 183 



53 77 



547, 540 



Utah 



48, 510 



47 87 



2, 322, 174 



3,152 



62 73 



197, 725 





68, 994 



68 68 



4, 738, 508 



874 



85 87 



75, 050 





16, 335 



50 00 



816, 750 























11, 169, 683 



74 64 



833, 734, 400 



1, 914, 12G 



84 22 



161, 214, 97S 



