Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-03-10

STATISTICS ron FARMERS. We contn
ne our notices and comments, upon Thu
important subject
HoRsEs. If it should be necessary tt
place every farmer in the Union on horse
back, there are 1926, G52 horses in To,
country, for their service. Ohio has the
honor of rearing and keeping more horses
than any other state the whole number re.
ported being lG3, 397 New York hat
4470li; Pennsylvania, 330, 39S; and Ken
lucky, 3l5,5sl.
The improvement Of four and half mil
lion of horses, worth at least 5000 000 600,
is an object worthy OF more attention than
it has hitherto received. State and county
agricultural societies have been doing some
thing, and the high price of good animals
more, to encourage the breeding and rear
ing Of superior roadsiers, aud good horses
of all work. But the years of service rem
dered by a majority of them are fewer than
they ought 10 be in this country To pro-
long their lives aud increase their value,
their natural wants, constitution and dis
eases must be studied, aud better understood
by those that own aud use them. We ought
10 excel all other nations in the number oil
fine horses, for we possess unequalled adj
vautages for producing them 10 any desra-
bic extent And Vermont, even, ought To
excel every other state in the Union, IN the
improvement of her larlamed aud fine blood
ed animals for the turf, the harness aud the
draughi. And, if proper measures are
taken, she will assuredly equal, if She does
not excel, any sister state, Ia the speed
bottom and beauty OF her horses.
MILcH Cows The whole number of
cows in the United States, two years ago,
was G,99l ,9l6. OF these New York had
93l 1924; Ohio, 544, l90; PENNSYLVANIA,
53O,22l; and, Georgia, 33l ,233 Cows
differ very much il value for milking pur-
poses. Thousands fail 10 pay their way,
and instead of an income, are IA positive tax
upon their owners, while a really good COW,
first rate mixer, yield profit after pay
ing expenses Of keeping and rearing The
stock grower Who helps ban,sh the worth
less and improve the valuable, coniers
rich benefit upon bis country. 70 do tins
as general thing, cows and their offspring
must be better selected and, what is quite
as important must be better kept. High quail
ity in anc eslral blood ayais but liule ia the
veins of starved calf Without good keep
ing the best breeds soou become worthless.
WORKING OXEN AND OTHER CATTLE.-
The returns are imperfect as to Working
Oxen, some states returning three year ODDS
as working oxen others those only that are
older By adding together the mich COWS,
working oxen, and other cattle. the aggre-
gate of neat stock is lS 800, 3s7 head
New-York has 1890; Ono, G5, 3sl /;
Pennsylvania, 81 ,527 Missouri, III pos.
SuEEP-All the sheep in the u. States
numbered only 81 .62l ,4>2 at The last Cen
sus. II is only small increase on The re-
turns OF 1910 The number of sheep and
the value of their wool should have been
more than doubled in the last zen Years
Much has been written on this branch OF
husbaLdry, aud few intelligent and en-
terptising men, have done all ia their pow
er to promote its Advancement; but sonie-
how it happens that we import, annually,
many million pounds of foreign wool and
cut The throats of tens Of thousands of young
sheep for their pels aud talow Is this
as it should be Is dependence as desira-
bic as independence ilnot, why this de-
pendance on the foreign market for wool
Surely, economy, capital and skill is not
wanting among the farmers and flock mas
tiers of the Union, TO produce quite another
and better report upon our sheep aud
wool at the taking Of the next census.
SwINE.-ll is pretty evident from the
census returns that many American Farm
ers think more Of hogs than Of sheep, for
their hogs outnumber their sheep 10y nearly
ten millions. Rather a badly cultivated
taste, which prefers the flesh Of swine TO
that Of sheep, to say nothing Of the superi.
orily Of wool To hair. The whole number
of hogs returned is 30,3l5, 7i9-quite
sufficient stock for pork aud bacon making.
Tennessee takes ;he lead in this DEPART
ment, keeping nearly four times more swine
than sheep OF the latter, the census gives
her only sll sol; bur Of hogs, she claims
3,H4,llI. Kentucky has , ,S6l los swine.
Indiana is ahead of Ohio in the pig line,
having 2,26s, 776, while Ohio is content
with 1864 no
VALUE OF 1--we SrooK.-It is returned
al S543, s22,7il. Ofthis large sum New
York claims $3.50 400; Ohio, Sil,-
l2l,7lI, aud Pennsylvania, SAL 500 ,Oi3
II we add the value of live stock, farm i'm
plements and machinery TO lha, of farms,
the whole investment is found TO be sd
962, 353, 1896. Tito this be added the usual