FARM MANAGEMENT PRACTICE OF CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. 2] 
LIVE STOCK. 
The dairy cow is by far the most important farm animal in the 
Chester County area. This is shown very clearly in figure 6 and in 
Table V. Figure 6 shows the average number per farm of animals 
and animal units of each of the various classes.‘ There is an average 
of nearly 11 milk cows per farm for the 378 farms operated by their 
owners. 
KIND OF 
ANIMALS 
NUMBER ANIMAL UNITS PER FARM 
DAIRY COWS o.- : : 
BEEF COWS 
BULLS 
YOUNG CATTLE 
STEERS 
HORSES 
COLTS 
SHEEP 
HOGS 
POULT RY 
Fic. 6..—Number of animal units per farm; 378 Chester County (Pa.) owner farms. 
TAPLE V.—Distribution of animals and animal units on 378 owner farms, Chester 
County. 
Average Total Per cent of 
Kind of live stock. number of animal j|total animal 
animals. units. units. 
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IDRUT GOWNS. so 5S CERI aE Snag rn OSA ne enol Ss et irc ales Ma oes 10.9 10.9 56. 2 
EECIRC ONSET tie te ans ee ME DI RS Se aS ai a | ata) 
SSTGUUIS cee chs ae Rei eee ca ec ae Ae eG Ns .5 ay 2.6 
WOUIAS GRAN 35 aie BS Ce Re Be et Oe re ee eee ere ea ene aaa, 9.5 1.3 6.7 
ECCT CME Nee ce Lumet ese tad eee a he Se ol eo .6 .6 a Hil 
ELS CS Mp ani Riek fate tae a AEs Ps Se ee SO Ret ee 3.9 3.9 20.1 
ONS 5 Se ffs ie SU td Oe em ene ee ee .4 nD, 1.0 
SHDOSD o 5 5 a cS EB rs cee eee ee nn i Me A Cee ea fa re 1.4 Al 1.1 
EIGER oo on ab dase ae Sauer eee ee ge eee 2.4 .6 Syl 
Poultry 5 CS CEO BRR ORS CS SCE EE Pe EE a Ree Gr oe 2 Ea a ae 99. 2 . 99 5.6 
| 19.3 100. 0 
The number of young cattle is only about one-fourth that of 
mature cows. Since in order to keep up both numbers and quality 
in dairy herds it is necessary to keep about 50 per cent as many 
young stock as mature cows, it is clear that Chester County farmers 
are not raising sufficient young stock to keep up their herds. It will 
later be seen ‘that the major portion of the cows are bought. The 
reason for this is that the production of market milk is the dominant 
1An animal unit is a mature horse or cow or aS many smaller animals as require the 
feed of a horse or cow, namely, 2 head of young cattle, 5 hogs, 7 sheep, or 100 hens. 
