The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-07

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make ths bet tssss and n Is rsspeet thsr chis( e
celleucy consiIs The cows mako fair Mixers snA tAa
esh very good BEEF They ass posssS great aptitude -
The ksds Of sheep most sought for ars the pure bss61
Mernos the Saxons tho Cotswolds the LsIcestershics
the Oxfordshres and the South Downs The Mernos b.
Guiding the Ramboulets the Cotswolds the Lsisests
shres the Oxordshires and the 6axons. the ncse
highly priced for their wool This South Downs arc peg:
ticulary esteemed for the excesnos Of hsr fssh and
their wool valuable for many purposes, account e
the facility with which II can be wrought.
The prevailing breeds OF swine In the Middle Northern
and Western States the Berkshre the Leicester shire,
tue Suffolk the Essex the Nespotan and the chincss-
produced the more important Of which are the Bynsld
the Woburn the Bedford the Grass aud Macksy. The
Nesposns are particularly well adapted for Southern
In 1927. the plantation, James river contained
SPOUT 1000 head Of horned cattle goats in great ab
dance and wild hogs in the without number
1889 there were In Virginia 80 600 cattle 200 ana
70 aces; and In l64s there 10000 cows bulls and
calves 200 horses and Mares 90 1000 sheep 5000
goats swine beth tame and wild hens turkeys ducks
and geeee nnumerable. There exported from s.
i7o SIS horses so mules and Is steers and cows and in
172 1870 steers and In 1S2o there we're portsd
from the United States 1858 hores % mules 5os horned
cattle IL III sheep and 686 swins In 1891, lisa
horses 1910 mules ssl cattle s2e2 sheep and IA $50
swine In 1904 1870 horses AIS mules 1901 cattle
1859 sheep and Dol swine In 1901 1854 horses 400
mules, $50 cattle 1857 sheep. and 1880 swine.
According to the returns of 1870 there we're n
the United states s3b 66e horses and mules So
neat cattle 1881 34 sheep and 70 sol 203 swins q
1850 horses $50 and mules, lea
hor ned cattle Including 800 044 mch and Co.,
24i working oxen,) 2l72isl4 sheep and s0'slS'eos
swine.
In the tables OF 1sAO horses mules and asses were ~
turned ogether In those Of the last the numbsR
Of horsss given in column and and males In
another The in the aggregate number OF tnese
three casses of animals during the ton years, waS
5b9tt3 1t Is presumed the greatest increase has o.
Cured in the number Of mules Many suppose that the
with the Of large numbers OF horses; but very
good for the small apparent increase in the num-
1850 all In cities and includes all mainly such
are employed in agriculture owned by farmers. In
New York, where there are lass than thousand mules
mules together of 20 500 In Pennsylvani OF about
1900 in New England Of II 600 more than twenty
five per cent while oil these States railroad convey.
has almost superseded the Of horses for travel
ling purposes On main routes We would more readily
attribute the apparent dimnution to the omission .
enumerate the horses in cities and towns than to any
superediDg Of horse power which the opening Of rsu
roads would often bring into requon In various other
operations In Ohio and the States OF the North
west the increase Of horses has kept with that q
the population The four and quarter millions Of these
tion Of to Ave Of the inhabitants New York ha1
horse to persops to six and
free inhabitants The number horses In the United
States than three times large - that In Great
Britain.
As mentioned In the preceding paragraph We hnd In
the tables Of 1910 basis Of comparison In regard 70
the raising Of asses and mules by the Last return, 1t
shown that the number OF these animals In the Union In
$50 O70 which all but found In the Southern
States For various empoyments the mule far bett
adapted to that region than the horse Extreme and
long continued heat does not eneeble him. and the az
pense Of bis subsistence and general care much less In
comparison with the service he Is able to perform In
some Northern States considerable number formerly
reared for export and brisk trade was kept up
exported nom the points which formerly monopo
LIKED this branch Of traffic brought from tho South
Tennessee the leading State In the production Of mules
the number In that State in 1850, having been 7s30S;
Kentucky was next, having 900. In New Mexico the
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tention has tsen given to the Improvement Of mules In
some Of Southern States and hose sent from Ken
lucky Tennessee and Missouri to be employed In army
transportation in Mexico often not inferior In
height to the horses OF that country, and ct II
times superior to them In strength endurance and U.S.
fulness.
Under the general term Of neat cattle were In
the Sixth Census the three descriptions Of animate dos
mated In that Of 1850 mich working oxen and
other cattle The aggregate Of the three classes in 1870
between the two periods 338370l about twenty
per cent. They appear to be distributed quite equsy
the Union The amount Of butter gives avsrags
Of something over 40 pounds to each mich cos. Tbs
average cheese each il 1855 pounds
As with horses the same allowance must be made on AZ
OF the omission Of except In sonnecton with
The only schedule in which the live Stock
OF the country could bt enumerated those used for
obi aiming the agricultural products OF fsems Fem this
fact the schedules for population and manufactures being
aone used In cities, their live stock was not included II
thM
The Of 1870 furnishes staistcs from which
accurately determine the quantity OF butter and
cheese then produced The value OF both given under the
hed Of value Of the products the dairy 1T the Of
$33 1877 eco 1t is presumed that the marhs made their
returns in sccordaIc with the prices governing in their
respective districts which would differ widely
render any assumed average as conjecture. New
Yok is far In advance Of any other State in the produo-
tveness Of Us dairss They yield fourh Of all The
butter and nearly half the cheese produced in the
Union psnnsylvanis which makes 10000 pounds Of
butter Is les prolific in cheese than many smaller States
In this latter article Ohio is before all other competitors
except New York.
The following table shows the amount OF dairy pro-
ducts exported from the United States for several yeas
mat