Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-03

These figures are worthy of some par
ticular comment. The large increase
in horses is specially noteworthy. In
nearly every State an increase is report
ed both in numbers and value. This is
due to the constantly charging demand
for these animals for various draft pur-
poses, chiefly for the numerous car
routes in the large towns and cities, and
for hauling freight to and from the rail-
road depots. This class of horses is in
creasing in size and value. The very
numerous importations of the large En-
glish, Scotch and French breeds during
ten or fifteen years past, but more par
ticularly for five or six years back, have
added greatly to the value of the ordi-
nary farm and draft horse, while the
lighter kinds for road and saddle have
kept even pace with them in this direc-
ton. The tendency is all toward
heavier draft horses, and the Normans
and Percherons, Clydes and English
carriers have all shared in the general
popularity. This, however. is more
noticeable in the West and Northwest;
in Kentucky, Virginia and New En-
gland the lighter roadsters and saddle
horses are more favored, while in Penn
sylvania, Ohio and New York large car
rage horses, of which the Cleveland
Bay is type, are found The most prof
table. With regard to COWS it is inter-
esting to note that against 14,25O, 900 of
natives there are but $4,000 of the
pure-bred races, or, if an allow
ance of one-fourth is made
for bulls, there are only 10000
of these, number exceedingly dispro-
portionate to the noise made about
them. The small number of Jerseys,
estimated at ZOO now living, is note
worthy, although credit should be given
for probably a full million of half-bred
and high grades which are doing ex-
cellent service in the dairy. The falling
off in sheep is due to the senseless panic
two years ago, in which at least 4,OOO,
900 of these useful animals were sacri-
feed. The large increase of grazing
cattle is chiefly on the plains, but it
would be far more agreeable could we
believe that a large proportion of the
increase was on farms, where stall-feed
ing should become more common than
it now is.
The decrease in the value of farm
stock is by no means surprising consid-
ering the reduced values of all other
property. 1t will be noticed that mules
are worth more than horses, fact
which proves the propriety of our fire.
quent remarks upon the profit of rear
ing these useful animals. At the value
given to COWS the whole stock is worth
1856, OO0, 900, and of cattle the stock is
worth $3.50, 100000; giving an aggre-
gate of about 81, 600, OOO.0 900 as the sum
total of our horned stock. The value
of horses is highest in New Jersey, prob
ably due to the large number of highly
estimated breeding animals in that
small State. The average value is
given at $118.17. Pennsylvania comes
next at Sly. In Ohio the average
value is 800. In New Mexico the value
is only $50. New Jersey makes the
highest price for COWS, viz: $34.36, a
figure much too low, while SIG in Flor
ida is much too high. The highest
price in grazing cattle is given it Wash
ington Territory at $50, and only
$50. So in Ohio; in Florida the value is
given at 312.46. Rhode Island and
New Jersey had the most highly valued
sheep, viz: $3.50 and 1888 per head;
1921 is the value in Ohio, and $1.64 in
Oregon and Alabama. The Southern
sheep is victim to the carelessness of
its owners, who have a country and eli
mate unsurpassed for growing the
finest of wool. Probably, had the stat
istician enumered and valued the dogs
as compared with the sheep, the poverty
of the latter might have been accounted
for. The decrease in sheep in Pennsyl-
vania amounted to twenty per cent. On
the whole, this report of our livestock
interests is by no means discouraging,
but quite otherwise. when we consider
the condition of the general business of
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