58 Domestic Animals in United States. 



than ten years previously. There has been a gradual 

 reduction in this age for many years past, and this was 

 accentuated by the high prices in icoo. 



Texas has more cattle within its borders than any other 

 State: it reports 9,595,611 head. Of the other States, 

 Iowa has 5,44.7,510; Kansas, 4,552,642; while Nebraska, 

 Illinois, and Missouri have each over 3,000,000. 



Five States have more than 1,000,000 dairy cows, New 

 York heading the list with 1,537,921, and Iowa following with 

 1,479,676, the other three being Illinois, Wisconsin, and 

 Pennsylvania. In number of " other cows," kept mainly for 

 breeding purposes, Texas heads the list with 3,403,625 ; no 

 other State has a million. Of calves, Texas reports 2,192,0085 

 and Iowa 1,299,294. Steers under two years old are 

 most numerous in Texas (965,602), Iowa (733,505), Kansas 

 (562,944), Nebraska, Missouri, and Illinois. Thus Texas, as 

 is shown by the foregoing figures for cows and calves, ranks 

 first in the breeding of cattle. 



The cattle raised in Texas are shipped in large numbers 

 to other States for feeding or fattening, and consequently 

 some States report more two and three year old steers than 

 does Texas. Of steers over three years old, Kansas reports 

 434,899 ; Indian territory, 354,964 ; Texas, 345,976 ; and 

 Oklahoma, 306,716 ; many of the steers in these other States 

 having been bred in Texas. Of steers between two and 

 three years old, Iowa has 606,636 ; Texas, 596,322 ; and 

 Kansas, 534,206; while Missouri, Nebraska, and Illinois 

 have over 300,000. The farmers of Iowa, as a rule, sell the 

 greater portion of their steers between the ages of two and 

 three years. Oklahoma and Indian territory farmers prepare 

 large numbers of Texas steers, of three years and over, for 

 market. 



The total number of sheep in the United States was 

 61,837,112, of which 61,605,811 were on farms or ranges. In 

 wool-bearing sheep — i.e., those of one year old and over — 

 there appears to have been a decline during the decade 

 of between 2 and 3 per cent. There was a large decrease 

 in Texas, where the growth in the number of farms has 

 materially reduced the range land, and enhanced the value 



