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CENSUS OF FARM ANIMALS. 
CENSUS OF FARM ANIMALS. 
From statistics received from the Census Bulletin in Wash¬ 
ington dated August 19, 1891, it is shown that in the States 
and Territories there were on hand June I, 1890, 14,976,- 
017 horses, 2,246,936 mules and 49,109 asses; that in 1889 
there were foaled 1,814,404 horses, 157,105 mules, and 7,957 
asses ; that there were sold in the same year 1,309,557 horses, 
329,995 mules, and 7,271 asses, and that there died from all 
causes 765,211 horses, mules and asses during the same period. 
The increase of horses from 1880 to 1890 is shown to be 
44-59 P er cent -, as against 44.95 per cent, between 1870 and 
1880, and 14.34 per cent, between 1860 and 1870. The in¬ 
crease of mules from 1880 to 1890 was 26.66 per cent.; between 
1870 and 18B0 the increase was 61.08 per cent., while from 
i860 to 1870 there was a decrease of 2.24 per cent. 
Of the aggregate number of horses and mules in the whole 
country June 1, 1890, 86.95 per cent, were horses and 13.05 
per cent, were mules. The North Atlantic group of States 
had the smallest proportion of mules, 2.41 per cent., while the 
South Atlantic group had the largest proportion, 32.04 per 
cent., as against 67.96 per cent, of horses. 
POSITION WANTED. 
Wanted, by a graduate, a situation as assistant. Will be 
willing to stay one or two years. 
For further information, address 
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916 Sixth Ave., New York. 
