Domestic Animals in United States. 



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of all land suitable for cultivation ; so that many ranchmen 

 have been unable to secure pasturage for their flocks at a 

 reasonable rental. Throughout the older parts of the 

 country, and in a less degree in the more newly-settled 

 States, the small farmer has found it more profitable to keep 

 dairy cows and other cattle than sheep ; hence the decline in 

 sheep husbandry in all farming sections. In the western 

 States sheep raising is still a leading industry. There has 

 been in that region a large increase during the decade, due 

 in small part to a substitution of sheep for cattle, but more 

 largely to additions to flocks kept on the public domain 

 Seven States had over 3,000,000 sheep in 1900, viz., Montana 

 (6,170,580), Wyoming, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah, Idaho, and 

 Oregon. 



The number of swine on farms and ranges is stated 

 to have probably increased by about 10 per cent, 

 during the decade. . Nearly two-thirds of the swine are 

 raised in the north-central States, Iowa ranking first with 

 9,851,929, or over 15 per cent, of the total in the United 

 States. Illinois has 6,082,412, and other States with over 

 3,000,000 head are Missouri, Nebraska, Indiana, Kansas, 

 and Ohio. 



The following table shows the estimated value of the live 

 stock on farms and ranges of the United States ; no returns 

 were collected concerning those in barns and enclosures 

 other than farms. In 1890 the estimated value was 

 ^485,000,^.00, and in 1900 ^626,000,000, or an increase of 

 about ^14 1,000,000. Lt is thought, however, that the increase 

 is due rather to more careful enumeration than to actual 

 additions to value. 



Animals on Farms and Ranges, 1900. 



Live Stock. 



Total Number. 



Total Value. 



Value per Head. 

 All Ages. 







£ 



'£ 





Cattle - - 



67,822,336 



307,604,000 



4 



1 1 



Sheep - 



61,605,811 



35,483,000 



0 



12 



Swine - 



62,876,108 



48,339,000 



0 



15 



Goats .... 



1,871,252 



680,000 



0 



7 



Horses - 



18,280,007 



187,240,000 



10 



0 



Mules .... 



3,271,121 



41,002,000 



12 



i-3 



Asses and burros - 



95>6o 3 



1,213,000 



12 









626,163,000 







