The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-31
FIGURES AS
TO LIVESTOCK
cHoUTEAU LEADS ALL OTHER
COUNTIES IN SHEEP.
FERGUS A CLOSE SECOND
Custer the Only County That Appears
to Be Without Hogs-Goat
Statistics.

Chouteau leads all other counties
in the number OF sheep, according to
figures which have been compiled by
Clerk j. j. Ryan of the state board
OF equalization says the Helena Inde-
pendent. This county has 672,855 stock
seep, valued at $3.50 per head, 1o4,3e7
lambs, valued at 81 per head, and 6,851
rams, valued at 1915 per head. The
value of the stock sheep is $1,513,925,
OF the lambs, $2O8,775 and OF the rams
$4O,O95, making the total valuation
OF all the sheep IN the county, $1,762,-
795.
Fergus Is Second.
AS sheep growing county Fergus
ranks second, having 586,83O stock
sheep, valued at $1,34O,869; 1880
lambs valued at s175,767, and 6,133
dams of valuation of $31, ,O95, making
total sheep valuation of $1,547,731.
Dawson is third on the list with
407,348 stock sheep, valued at 81, ,016,-
613, and 2,768 rams, valued at $14,249.
ty. Meagher county is well up in front
as sheep growing county, listing
34O,465 stock sheep at 1851, ,162; H.
300 lambs at $22,6OO, and 3,490 rams
at $17,986, making the total sheep
valuation of the county $880,747.
According to the assessment returns
and Clarke county valued at $233, OPS.
No lambs or rams are returned from
that county: Every county in the state
contains sheep, Flathead, with but 271,
being. the lowest on the list.
Return on Hogs.
With the exception of Custer every
county in the state makes a return on
hogs. Ravalli, with 1902 head, val
ued at $10460, leads on the list, while
Gallatin county, with 1861, head, val
ued at $4,000, is close second. Flat
head, with 1900 head, valued at ST.
S74, is third on the list. All of the as
SCISSORS did not list hogs at the same
price. The highest assessment on
this property returned was from Madi-
son county, in which hogs were as
sessed at 81 per head Thirteen head
in Dawson county were assessed at
$6.77. The lowest assessment was
from Granite county. in which 1870
head were assessed at SO per head
The most OF the counties assessed
hogs at SIS, which was the price agreed
upon by the assessors at their state
meeting.
Angora Goats.
Twelve counties in the state make
return on Angora goats, Lewis and
Clarke county, with 1,O3l head, lead
ing the procession. Tne total value OF
the goats in the county is given at $5,>
| 7S5. Sweetgrass county, with $50 head,
valued at $4,000, is second on the list,
Powell county, with $50 head, valued
at $2,495, is third. One Angora goat
is returned from Cascade county, while
five are returned from Meagher. There
is a great discrepancy in the value
of the individual goat in the several
counties. In Madison county the goats
are valued at $40 per head, while Lew
is and Clarke, with a valuation of
1851, is next highest. In Park county
the goats are listed at $2.65 per head,
while the assessors of Meagher and
Sweetgrass list them at So per head
In Dawson county the Angora goat is
apparently worth $4 while it is worth
SIS in Cascade or Chouteau.
Thoroughbred Horses.
Madison county leads in thorough
bred horses, having 562 head, valued
at $42,150. Gallatin county is Sec
ond with 800 head, valued at $18,95O,
while Custer is third with "a head,
valued at $10,675, and Powell is fourth
with SO head, valued at $1O,375. The
difference in the value of thorough
bred horse-for purpose of taxation
in the different counties is very ap-
parent. In Meagher county thor
oughbred is worth $23O77, in Cascade
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