REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



449 



States and Territories. 



Cali forma 



Oregon 



Nevada 



Colorado 



Arizona 



Dakota 



Idaho • 



Montana 



New Mexico 



Utah 



Washington 



"Wyoming 



Indian Territory 



Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast 



Total 



It should be understood, in examination of these figures, that the 

 original unimproved stock of different sections were very unlike. In 

 the Eastern and Middle States they were derived mainly from England 

 and Holland. In the Atlantic States of the South from various parts 

 of Europe. The Florida cattle are of Spanish origin j those of Texas, 

 from Mexico, derived remotely from Spain. There is a vast difference 

 between the English and Spanish stock, an immense distance between 

 the long-horn and the short-horn type. Hence a given per cent, of im- 

 provement does not mean the same in Texas as in Illinois. It repre- 

 sents the advance made upon the original standard. 



STOCK DISTKIBUTION. 



The initial movement in American stock distribution may properly be 

 reckoned the annual Texas drives, by which the surplus of overflowing 

 Texas herds is sent to the Northern plains and the mountains of Col- 

 orado and Wyoming for development of yearlings and two-year-olds and 

 for finishing of older cattle. In 1866 a drive that would be deemed 

 very respectable in numbers occurred. In two years following few cat- 

 tle were driven, owing to the opposition, sometimes amounting to re- 

 sort to arms, of the settlers of Northwestern Missouri and Eastern 

 Kansas, which was excited by heavy losses of native stock from the 

 disease known as the Texas cattle fever. The numbers annually driven 

 northward according to the record of the Kansas City Board of Trade, 

 have been as follows : 



Year. 



Amount. 



Year. 



Amount. 



Year. 



Amount. 



1866 



260, 000 

 35, 000 

 75, 000 

 350, 000 

 300, 000 

 COO, 000 





350, 000 

 405, 000 

 166, 000 

 151, 618 

 321, 998 

 201, 159 





265, 646 

 257, 927 

 394, 789 



1807 



1873 



1879 



18«8 







1809 



1875 





250, 000 

 250, 000 

 267, 000 





1876 





1871 



1877 



1883 











The movement of stock at Kansas City has been a marvelous growth. 

 Erom receipts of 4,200 cattle in 3868, 4,450 in 1869, and 21,000 in 1870, 

 the increase has been rapid, rising to 460,598 in 1883. The movement 

 of hogs has been equally rapid. There has also been a constant in- 

 29 A — '84 



Unimproved 

 value. 



Valne of im- 

 provements. 



per 

 cent. 



$19,813,507 



13, 120, 202 

 5, 439, 031 

 17, 619, 120 



3, 899, 437 

 7, 173, 774 



4, 931,937 

 15, 101,716 

 12, 417, 372 



3, 550, 356 



5, 958, 152 

 IS. 158, 568 



6, 800, 000 



133, 983, 172 



819, 263, 787 



$6, 340, 322 



3, 281), 050 



1, 087, 800 



4, 580, 971 

 584, 915 



2, 582, 558 

 986, 388 



3, 020, 343 

 1,986,770 



958, 590 



1, 429, 956 

 5,447, 571 



2, 040, 000 



34, 320, 255 



287, 451,916 



