Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-01
live Stock IN Michigan.

Issued a very interesting report on d
live stock of that state. 1t contains
much food for thought. and is as fol-
lows:
1t appears that the number of horses
in the state June 1, 1894, was 63.SS2.
of which 81, $3.50, or 4.81 per cent were
under / year old; 40,028. or COB per
cent we're l year old and under TWO;
48.111, or 7.25 per cent were 2 years old
and under 8: and 543,333. or s1.91 per
cent wer 3 years old and over.
The number of mules IN asses was
$3.50.
The number Of cattle, exclusive of
mich cow and working oxen. was
554,5S3, of which 242,2 20, or 1857 per
cent were under / year old; l9S,548, or
$3.50 per cent were l year old and under
2: 89.821, or 1920 per cent were z years
old and under 3; and 1884. or 4.SS per
cent were 3 years old and over.
The number of mich cows was 5Ob,-
800. and of working oxen 11,267.
The number of hogs under ] year old,
including spring pigs, was S37,365, or
80.S9 per cent, and the number l year
old and over, 1877. 1856, or 1911 per cent
of the total number.
The number of sheep under l year
OlO. lnEtuuiLA SDIAfl6 AAA4Oog ga $500
OZ4. or 34.29 per cent, and h number
/ year old and owe was 2,262,9 5T, or
65.7l per cent of the total number
The census of 1884 shows the number
of Zach OF the several classes OF I've
stock, but not the number at the differ
ent ages as reported in the present CEN
sus. Assuming hat horses and other
cattle" In 1884 include all ages, horses
have increased In the ten years 2l7 ,1b6.
mules and asses 612, cattle. other than
milch cows and working oxen, 81, 4O2.
mich COWS 9 1885. and hogs 36.75T.
while working oxen have decreased
1907, and sheep 633. s54.
The state totals OF live stock o aboFe
given" include livetstocksin cities -. The
| totals for cities are az follows: Horses:
Under 1 year old, including spring
colts, 241; 1 year old and under 2. 1sS:
2 years old and under 8. 1901; . years
old and over. 49.147. Mules and asses
all ages, 249. Cattle. exclusive Of milch
COWS and working oxen: Under l year
old. including spring calves. SOL: l rear
old and under 2, 4S9: 2 years old and
under 3, $50; 3 years n over. 81.
Number Of milch cows. $1,000. Num-
Der Of working oxen Is.
or other stock returned from outside
II cities In 1894 there Ia. compared with
$50, q decrease Of 1874 In the numbey
OF mich cows. OF 1854 In working
oxen, of 10000 In hogs. and OF 1877 1851
in sheep. and an increase OF 1881 In
mules and asses.
The census OF 1890 shows ST.
979 colts foaled on farms In 1889.
II the number OF horses outside
of cities under l year old. In
the state June 1. 1894, be taken az the
number foaled on farms In that year,
which for this state Is substantially
accurate, the number foaled In 1894
was 1880 less than in 1889. a decrease
OF more than As per cent. The decline
in value OF horses will readily account
for this large decrease in the number
of colts foaled.
BY the census of 1890. 90, 631 horses,
mules, and asses on farms died in this
state in 1889. This is 11,01S less than
the number of colts foaled outside OF
cities in 1894. Assuming the loss by
death as reported for 1889 represents
with substantial accuracy the annual
loss from this cause. the number of
colts foaled in 1894 exceeded the loss
by death by 400.
The number of sheep sheared in the
state IN 1894 was 1928, 1S9, or 60, 232
more than on hand June l. The total
wool clip of the state was 1896 1923
pounds, an average of 6.33 pounds per
head. The average per head in 1890
was 6.2S pounds: in 1884, 5,63 pounds.
and in 1880. 5.43 pounds. In 1894 the
average per head in the southern coun-
ties was 6.40 pounds; in the central
counties. 5.92 pounds: III the northern
counties, 8 10 pounds and in the upper
peninsula. 6.S2 pounds,
The number OF pure bred recorded
cattle in the state June l. 1894. was
l0.99t distributed as TO breed as fol-
lows; Attorney 8, Angus 81, Ayrshire
81, Brown Swiss 8, Devon IS. Galloway
553. Guernsey IS, Hereford 444, Hol-
stein liza Jersey 1852, Red Polled 131.
Shorth0rn 1859.