REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



447 



PERCENTAGE OF HIGH GRADE CATTLE. 



The following table gives the total number of cattle, with the esti- 

 mated percentage of high grades, or cattle of more than one-half pure 

 blood of all breeds of thoroughbreds. . It is not assumed to be abso- 

 lutely correct; it may be difficult to obtain exact proportions by local 

 estimates. It is, however, a fair consideration of the estimates of cor- 

 respondents, made for each county respectively, and is entitled to be 

 considered the result of the deliberate judgment of a body of practical 

 farmers upon this important question : 





High-grade cattle. 









Total number 







ol cattle. 









Per 

 cent. 



Number. 



351, 014 



25 



87, 753 



23(5. 941 



2 1 



49, 758 



418, 250 



20 



83, 650 



2ti8, 019 



32 



85, 958 



35, 309 



34 



12, 005 



234, 446 



31 



72, 678 



2, 390, 945 



20 



4 iv, .Jcy 



231,513 



18 



42, 212 



1, 700, 315 



1 8 



olo, 862 



54, 367 



18 



9, 786 



201, 342 



15 



39, 651 



682, 173 



1 4 



95, 504 



653, 847 



11 



71, 923 



354, 643 



10 



35, 464 



95 1 . 859 



9 



85, 667 



6 ; >0. 054 



9 



54, 545 



759, 763 



8 



60, 781 



695, 323 



8 



55, 026 



425, 055 



7 



29, 754 



4, 945, 301 



10 



4 'J 4, OZO 



678, 628 



9 



01, 077 



779, 820 



18 



140, 369 



450, 897 



24 



108, 215 



803, 008 



40 



321,443 



1, 799, 816 



40 



719 926 



' 895,' 870 



19 



170! 215 



1,356, 148 



33 



447, 529 



2, 343, 328 



35 



820, 165 



1,215, 477 



16 



194, 476 



770, 948 



12 



92, 514 



3. 040, 887 



21 



638, 586 



2, 009, 647 



20 



401,929 



1.922, 133 



21 



403, 648 



1, 624, 044 



17 



276, 087 



830, 208 



12 



99, 625 



601,210 



13 



78, 158 



234, 389 



10 



23, 439 



815, 674 



12 



97,881 



216, 057 



5 



10, 803 



346, 537 



15 



51, 981 



220, 612 



9 



19, 855 



680, 839 



9 



61,815 



707, 305 



5 



35, 365 



170, 653 



15 



25, 598 



276, 008 



10 



27, 001 



901, 533 



10 



90, 153 



520, 000 



8 



41,600 



42, 547, 307 



18 



7, 723, 539 



States ami T. l i itorios. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massachusetts. . 

 Rhode Island .... 



Connecticut 



New York 



New J ersey 



Pennsylvania .. 



Delaware , 



Maryland 



Virginia 



North Carolina . 

 South Carolina .. 



Georgia 



Ploi ida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Arkansas 



Tenuessee 



West Virginia... 



Kentucky 



Ohio 



Michigan 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



Iowa 



Missouri 



Kansas 



Nebraska 



California 



Oregon 



Nevada 



Colorado 



Arizona 



Dakota 



Idaho 



Montana 



New Mexico 



Utah 



Washington 



Wyoming 



Indian Territory 



Total 



IMPROVEMENT BY BREEDING. 



An effort was made to indicate, roughly at least, the value of the im- 

 provement already attained by the introduction of European breeds 

 during the progress of the experiment which is now in full tide of suc- 

 cessful operation • of course it is difficult, and a close approximation 

 may be impracticable at present, but the views of our practical report- 

 ers, properly consolidated, may be presumed to come near to the truth. 



