The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-22

I Total. 80l2,s73 2,7l0,2 200 9,i2l,337 8,l4o 500
In sheep and hogs the Increase in
tho south has boon very great, and ns
the snvantageB for raising these anil
mais are In many respects superior to
what can b. found elsewhere, thoro ia
no doubt thet The number will con.
tinue 30 increaBe rapidly. Iu 1875 the
Soutt had 5,l93,300 sheep, out of y to-
tai In tho whole country of 35,035, 800,
or only one-sevonth. Tho South now
mas ls,6lo,3Z3, out OF n total OF 50,360, 2i3,
or ono-foutth OF tho total number. The
Increase IN sheep for the country at
large tetweBn 1875 aud 1885 has been
IL. 325,0O0, of which 7,45000O is In the
South. Thus the Southern Statog,
which have only third OF tho pop
nlation OF tho country, even including
the colored people, whose live stock
interests are exceedingly small, mado
much larger Increase IN tho number
OF sheep than ull tho rest OF the Coun-
try combined. While % considerable
part OF this gain Ia In TOxas, there has
nevertheless boon an increase in every
State, with the exception of South Car
olina. Maryland shows gain of
10000; Virginia, 10000: North Caro-
lima, 2O5,0t0; Georgia, 100000 Florida,
10000; Alabama, 100000: Mississippi,
100000; Louisiana, 5000; Arkansas,
5000; Tennessee. 100000; West Vir-
ginia, Q3 600; md Kentucky, 10000.
In 1915 the South had 1908, 900 hoss;
In 1850 1t bad 1862, SIG. an increase OF
6,50O,OoO. yhe increase in tho roat OF |
the country wag 1850, 0C0, tho total Ia |
crease being l0,000,0O0; so it
will be seen that as the
South has ono-third OF the popula.
ton, and the increase in tho member |
OF her hogs IN Just one-third of tho to-
tai increase In tho country, she is fully |
her position, notwith- |
standing what has boon consldered |
the remarkable growth OF the Western |
pork business. IA surprising as iL |
may seem, these statistics show that |
the number of hogs IN proportion 10 |,
population ID greater in the South |
than In tho rest OF the country, tho |
New England snd Middle States hay
ing comparatively few, being com |
pellod 10 draw much or their supply |
from the West. In 1915 tho country |
had ll,OS5,iO0 milch COWS, 2,509, 200 OF |
them being in tho South; in 1885 tho |
aggregate for the country la 1891, To-, |
OF which 3,6l2,6IS ara in tho South, |
The Increase for tho whole country has |
been 2,SO00OO, the gain in the |
South being q little over 100000, |
or One-third OF tho total, so that I'M |
proportion TO population the increase |
In tho NUMBER OF cows in tho South ia |
equally rs great rs in other sections,
The advantages for stock-raising and |
dairying possessed by almost ali, If
not overy ono OF tho II Southern |
Statos, are not surpassed elsewhere in |
the United States, and arc unequaled, |
except In rare cases. With u mild
climate that largely reduces the cost
OF food for cattle, and with an abund.
ance OF tho bost grasses wherever
proper attention is given TO tho mat
ter, IL IL quite certain that tho cattle
interests OF the South will rapidly
grow In extent and value. or oxen
and ether cattle there are now In tho
county @,sG6,5I3, against l6,7S5, 800 in
1875. OF those the South now has 9,423,-
3S7, compared with 6,li0,S00 In. 1875, an
increase OF 100000. Tue total num-
Der OF farm animals In tho South in
1875 aud In 1885 Will compare rs fol-
lnNas