Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-04-07
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AS might he expected. the cattle belt
occupies about the same territory as
the corn belt, although there are, OF
| course, fluctuations. The figures show
that the United States has over "a
600, 600 dairy COWS. or one to each
four OF the whole population. 23,000,-
600 horses. 1000, 900 mules, Gi,00O,-
GOO swine, CT, 200, 600 sheep ana lambs,
:, 100000 goats and 100000 cattle
of all kinds. In every case except that
of cattle it surpasses every other coun-
try in the world. British india alone
has more cattle. Based ON these fig
urcs each man. woman ana hill in
The country is entitled to Onc-tourth
of a horse. one tWcnty-second part OF
a mule, over threc-qiartors of a pig.
two-thirds Of q sheep, less than one
fortieth Of Il goat, almost one head Of
/ cattle ana onc-fourth OF a mileh COW,
or rather Of her products, These, nc
| cording to the latest government IE-
uros, showed a total for ono year of
les 900, 000 gallons of milk. $l,afV,-
000. 900 pounds of butter and 3oo,-
coo. 900 pounds of cheese. There might
also be divided the country's 2b0,-
000. 600 fowls, which during a single
year lay upwards of 1i,000,0O0,0o 900
eggs.
Cnriously enough the animal with
the greatest average value, according
to the governments figures, IS the
lovlv mule. at SEA q head A steer
| three years old or over is worth on
...- .l,,,,t VQtM according to
these figures, "a COW about SIG, while
the goat brings up the end of the pro-
ccssion with an average value OF $l.io,
In the distribution by states, lowa
holds first place for the greatest total
value of all animals with 32Tl '0oo,oOe
worth. Texas is second with $236,-
o00. 600. In the number of neat eat"
tie Texas leads with $500. 600, Illinois
has the most horses. 1000, 600, ana
Iowa is second with 1,547,0 600. Mis-
souri, leads I'm mines with 2i2,O0o,
while Montana is first with 6,l70,000
sheep and Wyoming second with D.
100. 900. Texas has the most goats.
Gao 600 of them, and Iowa the great-
est number of swine, l~O,0O0.O0O in all,
Illinois being second with SO, goo, 600.
Nevada with only $4,000 has the few
est. Neat cattle and horses would seem
to be rare c%uriositics in Alaska since
the report credits that territory with
only is Of the former and s Of the
latter.
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s'oW'" ~ nn"I nthnr or tbe
"N"i' o., u.hilo M average
n,i1o IN tbo ,anfd
a m.Etoh ,hav indicate he
AZ 49, an IN tbo. stiu moro
r a. i,.r"asc If nrices ana wants to
'iP'N - 80 90 Inc dorn ,hout
cao an. yory I'm
- y - n, an, ana bas
20" ,rs~not hv rho most
80 na+ hv 1ooislotion or legal
- NY, tv ,hn consumer him
la,r h,,t hy inst nbout the last agency
~. .un,on ,.nnld thtnk of
mn "a tbc scientists Interested in the
e,,,du and c,rc of disease. II they
ha,n mo-, succeeded in reducing the
,rico of meot they have done the next
he's, thinp-kent il from going to n
noint sim hiehey than the present one.
~, oo man the manner in
hoh a.. modicaI nrofession has been
~ e. a-cnomniisb This result-a re-
EN-, whicb ma other agcncv has yet
bepn able To achieve may
he obscure. Both the methods
ana the results, however, are clearly
indicated in o brief treatise by Or.
Vrranus A. Moore. director of The
New York state veterinary college a.
Cornell university, issued by the Ann
orican Mcdican association for the
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