The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-06
|FNsUS FIGURES OF TEXAS,

reaened after consolidating cer.o,, IT,,
siTiis. mills, sawmills, etc, which slns.
estahiisbrnianras.h ufaeturing operations In one
oSnini,in This discrepancy H. f,ii
eApialhed In the Texas bullstIn r-hi, iq u
MOI yet been published. "hich mas
u1se fulmore obtains his knovvtad,o -.
cation 20, uunetln from a premature nnbl.
tor Is familiar Wv" "nlch the direc-
T., AS tr 70 the number OF cotton seed oil mill.
risl liz, winch is put down in The sne
claI bulletin ON that subject as Zoe ~ spe
very wei be the case that Jndgo t-ti,i nay
Us @s N ~ MS possession a Hist giving ia s,c6
essssupnshments In Texas We hive IN ~
tifty cott Sr1''ii s list giving the names Of
xvb9Ss 'ot. s seed oil mills In that Stata
whose operations were not included in az
X e ~. puletln by reason of the fact tbat
~ were an established since the close ~
has hod m scM. rms particular Industry
SS4s na1 remarkable DEVELOPMENT in tba,
State since the census closed Tndol,bt "a
y tue SINE is true Of many Other inSS,t
dire s in IeAas, particularly those connect a
uIItclly or Indirectly with the rscant az "a u
coyery OF oil in that Stota '"' recent as
40 douht Judge Fillmore IL correct T.,
80 upln!on mat more frequent censts
" manufactures would be OF great yaIys
So 80 'ns sa country, but until a permanent cen.
sus oiuce Is established and nuthoriis @
teal1u on the bureau II Is of courke i'm
poSs,o I 70 continue these investieations
annually or otherwise, in the manper In6gs
very respectfully,
Chief statlstician for Ma mr. fSSrtn,
Mr. r.. Edward Edward Mccauley, Chief Clerk. Etc
MaShington. January 2S.-Dear sir.
herewith send q statement Of tbe r.,n,bo
VI domestic animals I'm Texas A. show ~
uur preliminary tnbulatlon. The final toJ
vii 'o s VIII ne ready In about a week. but
VI SuQM no material changes from this
MI. Austln's figures which Jndao III
more quotes, are the estimates of Mo a,rl
tvtn!lnral department and our fgnrns shogy
fTd S 20 ee erroneous inst the same as the
SHOWS 0,Oi5.3S5 neat cattle ana he
t saS Iue assessors lists show 6.30S OIL
bs se Gs4 1sg rs SHOWS 9,54697o OF this num
697 e1Is C 80. We're calves under / year
599od'2119 were steers ] and under = wears.
998'lt4 We're steers and under 2 ySSr.
80 40 We're steers 8 wears and over: oai
o w. were bulls ] year and over: n779
were heiters ! and under wears. $40 90
were dairy cows wears ana 90 90,
over ''"9 years ana
The variation between the assessors, and
Sne census figures Is suhstantialIv what t
found In most parts Of tho country ON,
ngu I as stated above, justify tbe gen.
w. ttsLlticISm 81 Judge Fillmore concern
lux nose quoted by Mr.. Austin from the
sgrlcultursl departments estimates Tho
meat cattle In Texas constitute abo,,+ onn
s Sc EN- OF the total ~ tho United state
0hvuJd2. The relative pronorrion f,
cAus IN the live stock industry is thrrn
a ,o4 somewhat less than Judge Fulmor,
me horses in Texas numbered !. 28e s0o
OF when NS,6Sl were colts under reor
, Yg w. colts I and under , years, and io7i.
10Y horses years and over
Inc mules In Texas numbered 5O7 G2e
gd %hicb ~ 922 We're colts under I yeor
81 lOo colts ! and under years and 42g
oJ ~ mules years and over
me number of asses and hrrros ~ al
ages numbered 1867 '''