Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-10

Guilty, congress has passed . law, ap-I
proved Feb 1, 1900. which allows the
director Of the census to collect .'lnfor-I
nation concerning the number and
kinds OF live stock not on farms
For this purpose q special schedule
has been prepared by the census office,
on which all live stock not on farms or |
ranges are to be reported by the barns
or enclosures In which they are kept. |
BY combining the result OF this sched-
iule, the office should obtain full and
accurate picture of the live stock con-
lditions OF the United States on June i, |
1900.
This Improvement Will be of! value,
not merely for itself, but because the
department of agriculture each year
makes an enumeration or estimate of
the number of live stock in the coun-.l
try, by correspondence with the thou
sands of special agents scattered over
the United States. Now in January
there are few young animals, and
prices of live stock are high. For both
reasons the average valuation per
head obtained by the department of
agriculture enumeration tends to ex-
eceed the truth. On the other hand, that
department confines it's attention to
farms and ranges, emitting live stock
in barns and enclosures The latter
class are worth rather more on the
average per head than the former.
These two sources Of error thus tend to
counterbalance.
The animals are to be classified by
! age somewhat ss the people % the
United States, but of course with much
\ less detail. The special schedule class
lsifies the meat cattle into those under
one year and those over one. The Sec
ond class is divided into steers, bulls
and COWS, the steers being sub-divided8
into those one and under two, two and
under three. and over three: the cows
being classified into those one and un-
der two, and those over two. the latter
being sub-divided into those kept for
milk and those not kept for milk.
Horses and mules are classified as
those under one. those one and under
two, and those over two. Sheep are.
classified into those under one and over
one. with the distinction i'll the latter
class into ewes and rams and wethers.
The other classes of8live stock. namely,
asses ard burros, swine and goats, are
not classified BY age.
The object of this grouping of live
stock is to furnish some basis for esti-
mating the probable increase of horses.
mules, cattle nr sheep in the near flu
ture. The widening of the inquiry to
INCLUDE live stock not on farms or.
ranges has the same end in View.
namely, to afford a survey OF the whole
l live stock interests of the country,
ssince animals are constantly passing
from the farms or ranges to the barns
Tor enclosures and back.
The following table derived from the
statistics of the department of agricul-
ture shows the way in which the num-
Der of live stock has been Increased
within the last two years:
ON FARMS AND RANGES.
sheep s, 49, :a 1sss assoc. 1ess
Mich COWS. 5st0.s.6 l5s9V.ll5 .l6.2g2.a6O
9sher s ~ s sss. s3s Ssa s
Horses i s. -. l:Ssasii ,ssss. ..lSss.ssi
Total. 8. % .sso.slo os.ses.sis loi..oe.oso
slncrcase, Two years, sheep, 4,926, Jos;
milch cows. 45l,4T4; total. 4.677.579
t*Decrease, two years, other cattle,
ll.645,14s; mules. 17l,6ss: horses 423. 5s7:
total. 2,2i9,1S6
1t will be noticed that the estimated
4 sIluI1lUe Oh i've SlUCh, 2eACluutuS SNlIes
goats. asses and burros. in the country.
i has Increased over two and a half
millions in the last two years. and it
must be borne in mind that these fig
4 lures apply to farms and ranges only.
The value of the same class of live
stock. according to estimates from the
same source, has increased both be-
4 cause the number has grown and be-
|scause the value per head has risen. the
net addition TO the wealth Of the coun-
TRY from this source in the last two
years being nearly ore-third of a bill
4 ion dollars. The total value of this
national asset at th. present time, in
cluding- with these classes of live stock
fasses and burros, swine and goats. and
1.-the animals of the farms and ranges
is probably not less than three billion
i dollars.
HAIR CUTTING AT ANN ARBOR.
IsStudcnts of Freshmen ana sopho.
more Glasses Revive the spring Gus
tom.
Ann Arbor. Mich. April 1O--The hail
& cutting custom which prevails among
the freshmen and sophomore classes
u every spring at the time of the former.