Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-01
TO LIST LIVE STOCK.
Census Enumerators Will Count
Them In the City.
HAVE NOT BEEN LISTED HERETOFORE
Instructions for Census Enumerators-
Tell How 1t is Done-Strict Clas.
sification-Big Increase in
Farmers, Aerds.

Among the instructions being receiv-
ed by the census enumerators are
those relative TO listing live stock in
the towns and cities. Heretofore il
seems that the department has not ia
ken into accounr horses, mules, cattle
and other animals of value inside the
corporate limits, altho the practice in
other census enumerators data has
been taken relative to those on the
farms. Recently a law was passed by
congress directing the director of the
census to instruct census enumerators
to list all live stock. Those in the
towns are reported on a special SEIZED
ule that in a manner separates them
from those on ranges, farms, etc. BY
combining the results of the two the
census office should obtain full and
accurate picture of live stock condi.
tions as it exists in the United States
in the month of June.
Will Secure Young Stock.
This improvement will be of value
not merely for itself, but because oil
the department of agriculture each
year makes an enumeration or esti.
mate of the number of live stock in
the country by correspondence with its
thousands of special agents scattered
over the United States. Now, in Jan
uary, 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 agri
culture enumeration tends to exceed
the truth. On the other hand that de
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farms and ranges, emitting live stock
in barns and enclosures. The latte,
class are worth more on the average
sources of error thus tend to counter
balance.
How Classified.
The animals are to be classified by
age somewhat as the people of the Uni
ted States, but Of course, with much
less detail. The special schedule elias
sified 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-dividel
into those one and under two and thos.
over two, the latter being subdividee
into those 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 ov
er one, with the distinction in the lat
ter class into ewes and rams and weth
ers. The other classes of live stock
namely asses and borros, swine ant
goats, are not classified by age
Objects of Grouping.
The object of this grouping of live
stock is 10 furnish some basis for esti
mating the probable increase of horses
mules, cattle, or sheep in the near flu
ture. The widening of the inquiry t,
include live stock not on farms Of
ranges has the same end in view
namely, to afford a survey of TIL,
. whole live stock interests of the coun
( try, since animals are constantly pass
ing from the farms or ranges to til,
barns or enclosures and back.
A table of the increase and the de
creased Of the number of animals il
81 the United States for the last tw,
years show that since 1898 there ha
been an increase of 4,677,579 in TIN
!. number of sheep and mich cows and ;
decrease in the number of other cat
f'eAS, SbiiA iiOl SCo liz UIC Illu
of 2,249,16s. 1t will thus be seen tina
the estimated number of live stock, ex
Guiding swine, goats, asses, and bur
ros, in the country has increased owe
100000 in the last two years and j
must be borne in mind that these fig
4, ures apply to farms and ranges only
The value of the same classes of liv
y stock, according to estimates from til
same source, has increased both be
cause the value per head has risen, TIL
{ net addition to the wealth of the coun
try from this source in the last tw,
years being nearly one third of a bill
Z lion dollars. The total value on thi
national asset at the present time, in
!, Guiding with these classes of live stool
asses and burros, swine and goats an,
the animals off the farms and range
: is probably not less than $3,0OO,o 100000
To euro a Cold In One Night
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if j
fails to cure. E. w. Groves signature
is on each box. csc.