448 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



At least they are entitled to consideration and fair criticism, with the 

 confident expectation of deriving some aid in the investigation of so 

 important a subject as the value of the improvement made already by 

 the breeders of the United States, which may prove an incentive to 

 future effort. 



The present value of cattle is taken as estimated in January last, 

 which includes two elements, viz, the original value of the unimproved 

 stock, and the percentage of improvement added by breeding. Thus, 

 in Maine,. the original value may be represented by 100, the improve- 

 ment by 35, so that the present value is 135 per cent, of the unimproved 

 value. 



The average value of the improvement throughout the United States 

 is also 35; therefore, of the present value of cattle, $1,100,715,703, the 

 unimproved valuation would be $819,263,780, and the value of the im- 

 provement $287,451,916— added to the value of our cattle by infusion 

 of superior blood during many years of judicious and scientific practice 

 of enterprising breeders. 



States and Territories. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massachusetts 



Rhode Island 



Connecticut 



New England . . . 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania 



North Middle . . . 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



South Middle . . . 



North Carolina. 



South Carolina 



Georgia 



Florida 



Atlantic South . . 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



Cotton States ... 



West Virginia 



Kentucky 



Ohio 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Iowa 



Missouri 



Kansas 



Nebraska 



Western Central 



Michigan 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



Lake States 



Unimproved 

 value. 



Value of im- 

 provements. 



Per 

 cent. 



$8, 024, 706 

 5, 898, 705 

 9, 943, 807 

 7, 356, 313 

 995, 296 

 6, 162, 322 



$3, 018, 647 



1, 946, 573 

 3, 380, 895 



2, 574, 709 

 298, 589 



1, 848, 696 



35 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 30 

 30 



38, 981, 149 



13, 008, 109 



34 



62, 839, 938 

 7, 000, 223 

 44 289, 057 



25, 135, 975 

 2, 100, 067 

 15, 944, 060 



40 

 30 

 36 



114, 129, 218 



43, 180, 102 



38 



1,394,209 

 5, 905, 020 

 10, 644, 501 



400, 089 



2, 303, 192 



3, 938, 406 



33 

 39 

 37 



17 044. 



6, 701, 747 



38 



6, 463, 053 

 4,166, 301 

 10, 278, 634 

 4, 714, 937 



2. 068, 177 

 1, 458, 227 



3, 391, 949 

 1, 084, 435 



32 

 35 

 33 

 23 



25, 622, 985 



8, 002, 788 



31 



32 

 30 

 3.3 

 35 

 33 

 38 



7,618, 827 



7, 037, 677 

 4, 852, C41 



67, 597, 200 



8, 522, 295 

 11, 001,057 



2, 438, 025 

 2, 111, 303 

 1, 601,372 

 23,659. 041 

 2,812,357 

 4, 180, 401 



106, 629, 757 



36, 802, 499 



35 



8, 929, 801 

 16, 879, 011 

 41,776, 513 

 29, 155. 854 

 51, 782, 505 

 60, 930, 182 

 35, 570, 562 

 39, 114, 029 

 31, 868, 037 



3, 482, 646 

 6, 751, 604 

 16,710, 605 

 11,370,783 

 20, 195, 201 

 24, 372, 073 

 13, 510. 813 

 16,428, 144 

 12, 747, 455 



39 

 40 

 40 

 39 

 39 

 40 

 38 

 42 

 40 



316, 007, 814 



125, 575, 324 



40 



33 

 26 



3a 



21,420, 947 

 28, 192, 548 

 10, 351, 867 



7, 068, 913 

 7, 330, 003 

 5, 396; 116 



05, 965, 362 



19, 795, 092 



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