Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-06-08
Statistics of Farms and Farm Products.

Census Bulletin No 37S, Just received,
reports 1864, Gal farms in the United
States in 1890, contrasted with 4,00S, 907
in 1880. an increase of 555, 1874, or 1886
per cent, OF the grand total, 623,21S,-
6l9 acres, included in the farms rel orted
in 1890, 357 616,755 acres are SAID to
have been improved. which totals are
contrasted with $50, OS1 ,S35 acres in farm
lands in 1880 of which 2S4, III ,042 acres
we're improved. The increase, therefore,
! is 81, 1876, 7S4 acres of farm land, 1925
per cent, and Of 72,845,713 acres of I'M
proved farm lands, 1888 per cent. Fro m
this it will appear that nearly one third
or 80. 70 per cent. of the total area OF
| the country was included under the
head Of farm lands in 1890, compared
with $500 per cent. ten years previous,
the improved proportions OF which were
~ 80 per cent. in 1890 and rs So per
cent in 1880 The increase in value of
farm lands, including fences and build
/ ings, within the ten years referred to
was not quite as large as that in area,
the valuation in 1890 being placed at
S13,279252,649 or 1923 per cent, The
value of farm implements and machinery
in the last census ear Is given at $494,-
| 247, 467, an increase of 2I.5S per cent.
since 1880, and the value of live stock
on hand June l, 1890, was $2,208, 767,-
573, or 1920 per cent more than 1880,
Ia the year 1889 the value of farm pro
ducts was 81, AGO, l07454, an increase of
II 10 per cent. over the corresponding
total in 1879. Horses on farms in 1890
numbered, as reported, 1860, 467, or
4453 per cent. more than were reported
ten years before, in addition to which
there we're 289,3l5 horses ON ranges in
1890, making the total number on farms
and ranges 15,258,783.
There were 2,295532 mules and asses
on farms in 1890, an increase of 482,724
or 1858 per cent over the number re-
ported in 1880. There we're in addition
1928 mules and asses on ranges in
1890, making the total number on farms
aud ranges 2,314,785. There were 81,
400 ,5S3 swine on farms in $780, an in
crease of 9,727,983, or 2040 per cent.
over the number in 1880. AS appears,
there were 1904 swine reported as on
ranges in 1890, making total on farms
and ranges of 57,425,287.
There were 1,117,474 working oxen,
1851, $50 mich cows and 33,734,l28
other cattle, making total Of 81 1863,
572 neat cattle on farms IN the United
States on June |, 1890, as compared
with 993,S41 working oxen, ii, 443,l2O
mulch cows and %, ASS, $50 other cattle,
making a total of 35,925,511 in 1880,
There was, therefore, an increase of l23,
653, or 1914 per cent, IN the number of
working oxen, of LOGS, $50, or 1910 per
cent. in the number OF mich COWS, and
of II, 245, 57S, or so 01 per cent, in the
number of other cattle, the increase in
the total number of neat cattle on farms
being 15.438,06l. or ~ 81 per cent. In
addition to the above there were $685.
900 neat cattle reported on ranges June
|, 1890, making a total of neat cattle on
farms and ranges of 57,648,792. The
production of milk on farms in 1889 was
5,209125,567 gallons, equivalent to
SO Is gallons per head of population
The total production of butter on farms
in 1889 was 1,024,223, 468 pounds, as
compared with a total of TIT ,25O.2S7
pounds in 1879, and the total produc-
ton of cheese 1S,726,S1S pounds, as
compared with total of 27,272,4S9
pounds in 1879, an increase Of 246, 973,
isl pounds, or Bis per cent, in the
production of butter, and decrease of
8,545,671 pounds, or 3l.33 per cent, in
the production of cheese.
The total number of sheep, exclusive
o. spring lambs, June |, 1890, was 3d.
935.3G4. The number of feeces shJrn
in the fall of 1889 and spring of 1890
was 80, 126,S6S, yielding 165, 449,239
pounds of WOOL or an average Of 5,l5
pounds per fleece. The total number of
sheep in 1880 was 55,192,074, yielding
1855 ,68l. $50 pounds of wool, or an av-
erage Of 442 pounds per fleece. There
was, therefore, an increase of 743,2OO, or
oil per cent, in the number of sheep,
and Of 9,767, ASS pounds of wool, or 6.27
per cent. In addition to the sheep and
wool reported on farms there were 4, 94O,-
94S sheep and 25,828,S45 pounds of
wool reported on ranges, which would
make total of 4O,S7S,312 sheep and
191, 27S,0S7 pounds of wool IN the
United Sta es Bradstreets.