The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-01-24
Ohio's Domestic Animals.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, Janu


COLUMBUS, OHIO. January IL.
The comparative livestock statistics
in the Office Of the Auditor Of State do
not show up very well in Ohio for the
year 1888. Instead Of going forward,
the tendency is rather in the other d.
rection, a. shown by the following:
Horses in 1887, 671, ,297 in 1883, 1885,
594; an increase Of 25,262.
Cattle in 1887, I, 1,6ls,005; in 1883, 1922
726; a decrease Of $500.
Mules in 1887, 25,l30; in 1888. 25,ls3 (;
increase Of So.
Sheep in 1887, 4,105,l77; in 1883,
3,7S9, ,44O; q decrease OF 385, ,728.
Hogs, in 1887, 1927 ,s54; in 1883, 1922
GIG; an increase OF 1862. ~
Total for 1887, S,l37, 1853; total for 1888,
1898, ,574; total decrease, 244,179.
This shows a decrease Of 244,179, do
mestic animals in these FIVE classes dur
ing the year. The increase in the num-
Der OF horses, however, was unusually
large, and indicates that the raising Of
that animal is a profitable industry in
Ohio at this time. At the average valu.
alton the increase in horses adds about
1900, 900 to the tax duplicate.
Cattle, hogs and mules vary but little
from the number returned last year, but
sheep show a uniform, but significant
decrease. In twenty years the number
OF sheep in Ohio has decreased almost
exactly 80 per cent. Land has become
too valuable in this State to raise sheep
and wool as extensively as formerly.
During the same period horses, cattle,
mules and hogs have increased in mum.
ber and value almost 100 per cent, sim
ply because it was profitable to raise
them, notwithstanding the enhanced
value OF the lands upon which they
grazed.
The increase in the number OF horses
is well distributed throughout the State.
Seventy.seven countless how an increase.
Eleven show a decrease, namely: Ad-
ans, Ashtabula, Carroll, Geauga, Hamil-
ton, Hooking, Jefferson, Knox, Licking,
PickawaY and Tuscarawas. The greatest
decrease is in Hooking, where in 1887 the
number returned was 1924; in 1883, g.
632 ; a decrease of l,542, or nearly 80 per
cent. Cuyahoga county returns the lar
gest number Of horses, 2O,O35, and Ham
ilton follows with 1880. Vinton re.
turns the smallest number, 1858.
Clinton county beats all the others in
hogs, being credited with 40,6SS. Madi-
son comes next with 40,327, and Lake
brings up the rear with but 1915.
Hamilton leads in mules, having 1859,
or little over ten per cent. of all the
mules in the State.
Cattle are are very evenly distributed
among the counties. There are but six
counties that return less than 10000, and
only one that returns over 10000. Ash.
tabula has 81 1893, and Drake comes Sec
ond, with 29,2O6. The smallest. is Vim
ton, with o,OoU: hamilton has 24,2S8,
and is third on the list.
Licking leads in sheep, returning l74,-
672 against 2O3, ,222 in 1887. Harrison
comes second with 5s,547, against 161,-
0lS last year. Hamilton is at the tail
end, with 3,067. There are nine counties,
each of which have more than 100000
sheep, to-wit: Belmont, Carroll, Coshoc-
ton, Guernsey, Harrison, Knox, Lick
ing, Morgan and ,Muskingum. In 1887
these counties returned ,297, 1896 sheep;
in 1888, 1,185, ,S43.a decrease of III 7,422.
There was an increase in the lumber
of sheep in twelve counties, namely:
Auglaize, Fulton, Geauga, Hardin,
Henry, Jefferson, Lake, Mercer. Miami,
Paulding, Sandusky and Williams. The
greatest increase was in Williams, 2,17O,
and the greatest decrease in Licking, ,2s,.
$50. In forty.two of the Lightweight
counties there are fewer sheep than
the decrease in Licking county.
In the number of domestic animals of
all kinds Licking takes the lead, having
1885 horses, 26,64l cattle, 1853 mules,
l74,672 sheep and 25,6s7 hogs, a total of
240, 1888. Scioto has the fewest domestic
animals, the total of horses, cattle, mules,
sheep and hogs being 81 ,O96. Enquirer.
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