AN APPRAISAL OF POWER USED ON FARMS 
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Table XXI. — Average weight of horses and mules and estimated horsepower- 
hours developed annually per average work animal 
State 
Maine 
New Hampshire 
Vermont 
Massachusetts- - 
Rhode Island - . - 
Connecticut 
New York 
New Jersey 
Pennsylvania- -- 
Delaware 
Maryland 
Virginia 
West Virginia... 
North Carolina - 
South Carolina.- 
Oeorgia. 
Florida 
Kentucky 
Tennessee 
Alabama 
Mississippi 
Louisiana 
Arkansas 
Texas--. 
Oklahoma 
Aver- 
age 
weight 
of 
horses i 
Pounds 
1,325 
1,270 
1,200 
1,255 
1,290 
1,220 
1,180 
1,220 
1,210 
1,080 
1,150 
1,100 
1,165 
980 
950 
940 
850 
1,010 
990 
895 
870 
900 
960 
1,000 
1,080 
-\ver- 
age 
weight 
of 
mules 1 
Pounds 
1,050 
1,050 
1,000 
1,040 
1,020 
1.O40 
995 
1,010 
1,000 
920 
995 
950 
950 
880 
925 
970 
970 
950 
890 
895 
865 
940 
890 
930 
960 
Horse- 
power- 
hours 
per 
average 
work 
animal ^ 
Horse- 
power 
550 
550 
500 
570 
540 
530 
500 
500 
490 
520 
400 
420 
460 
420 
420 
400 
360 
380 
370 
400 
State 
Ohio 
Indiana --- 
Illinois 
Michigan - 
Wisconsin- 
Minnesota 
Iowa 
Missouri 
North Dakota. 
South Dakota. 
Nebraska - 
Kansas- -- 
Montana-. 
Wyoming. 
Colorado.. 
New Mexico - 
Arizona 
Utah 
Nevada 
Idaho 
Washington. 
Oregon 
California... 
United States - 
Aver- 
age 
weight 
of 
horses ' 
Pounds 
1,310 
1,255 
1,270 
1,295 
1,300 
-1,305 
1,320 
1,130 
1,290 
1,245 
1,255 
1,220 
1,290 
1,290 
1,230 
1,030 
1,150 
1,270 
1,200 
1,270 
1,350 
1,310 
1,285 
Aver- 
age 
weight 
of 
mules 1 
Pounds 
1,040 
1,040 
1,050 
1,040 
1,025 
1,035 
1,050 
1,015 
1.040 
1,010 
1,040 
1,040 
1,010 
1,080 
1,050 
920 
970 
1,020 
980 
1,050 
1,110 
1,100 
1,065 
956 
Horse- 
power- 
hours 
per 
average 
work 
animal * 
Horse- 
power 
570 
530 
550 
590 
590 
550 
570 
450 
480 
470 
450 
400 
340 
430 
190 
180 
420 
330 
480 
670 
600 
620 
465 
1 Table 306, Yearbook, Department of Agriculture, 1918. 
2 Estimated from farm management data and all other available sources. 
Table XXII. — Estimated farm tonnage hauled annually 
HAULED TO MARKET 
Field crops: 
Corn 
Wheat 
Oats - 
Barley 
Rye- ... 
Buckwheat 
Rice 
Flax 
Tons 
. 15,519,000 
- 22,407,000 
- 5, 108, 000 
. 1. 666, 000 
- 1, 984, 000 
344,000 
559, 000 
269, 000 
. 6, 444, 000 
- 2, 779, 000 
- 14, 850, 000 
. 7, 559, 000 
687,000 
380,000 
267,000 
44,000 
- 2, 803, 000 
411,000 
14,000 
- 6, 266, 000 
. 8, 457, 000 
. 10, 750, 000 
348, 000 
104,000 
3,000 
117,500 
27,500 
758,000 
Animal products— Contd. 
Poultry 
Meat 
Cattle 
Swine 
Sheep 
Cordwood 
Miscellaneous 
Tons 
211,000 
337, 000 
- 10, 785, 000 
. 4, 767, 000 
556, 000 
. 38,717,000 
. 20,000,000 
. 186,298,000 
Potatoes- 
White... 
Sweet 
Hay and seed 
HAULED FROM MARKET 
Grain and mill feed . 
. 21, 946, 000 
Commercial fertilizer 
- 6, 458, 000 
'Vc\Y\^oon 
Lime and ground limestone 
1, 522, 000 
Beans 
Cowpeas 
Broomcorn-- 
Machinery and building supplies 
- 2, 000, 000 
- 8, 000, 000 
Food and miscellaneous 
Total 
HAULED ABOUT FARM 
Field crops 
. 10, 000, 000 
Peanuts 
Hops 
Sugar beets - .. - . 
. 49,926,000 
Fruit and truck crops 
Animal products: 
Milk 
- 269, IM, 000 
- 253,239,000 
Cream 
Butter 
Truck and fruit crops 
Manure and fertilizer 
9, 855, 000 
250, 000, 000 
Cheese--- 
Wood and fuel 
150, 000, 000 
Miscellaneous 
Total 
. 50, 000, 000 
Honey and wax 
Eggs 
- 982,248,000 
' Based on 1920 census figures. 
