508 DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

wheat than before the war. The Pacific States have more 
than increased their share in the country’s production of 
wheat, although even here the centre of production has been 
shifted northward from California towards Oregon and 
Washington. The chief development, however, nas been the 
‘concentration of the surplus wheat production in the vast 
territory west of the Mississippi River. 
[The Grain Trade of the United States.— Treasury Department Bureau of Statistics. | 
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DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN BARNS OR INCLOSURES IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
Particulars of the domestic animals on farms in the United 
States were recorded, at the census of 1900, in the regular 
farm schedule, but in addition to these there were many 
animals in barns and inclosures, for which special schedules 
were prepared. Animals coming within this definition 
included all domestic animals in cities, towns, and villages; 
in stock yards; all employed in manufacturing, lumbering 
and mining indutries, and kindred enterprises; and all used 
for pleasure or profit by individuals other than farm 
proprietors. The present is the first occasion on which these 
animals have been enumerated, although estimates ef such 
stock were made in 1860 and 1670. A census bulletin (No. 17) 
has recently been issued, giving the results of this enumera- 
tion, but it is stated that the figures are to be regarded as 
to a certain extent preliminary. 
The number of barns or inclosures in the United States 
reporting domestic animals not on farms or ranges on the 
ist of June, 1900, was 1,878,207. This was substantially one- 
third of the total number of farms at the same date. The 
numbers of various kinds of domestic animals in these barns 
and inclosures were —cattle, 1,466,970 ; horses, 2,833,077 5 
mules, 162,115; asses, 12,870; sheep, 156,470; swine, 
