Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-25
ANIMALS. ON FARM
Number Decreases 3 Per Cent,
Value Increases %.
MARKET PRICES GREATER
Bureau of Statistics Analysis Of
Estimates.
FIGURES OF 1901 AND 1910
Cattle Increase in Number IL Per
Cent, While Population Grows 16.
Advance in Grain Prices.
Bureau of Statistics Analyst:
Estimates.
FIGURES OF 1901 AND 1910

The number of food animals in the
United States has increased 100000 since
1901. and the number of consumers has
Increased 100000 in the same time.
This is the result of an analysis by the
bureau Of statistics of the department
of Commerce and Labor of the census
estimates of population, and the Depart
ment of Agricultures estimates of food
animals in the years 1901 and 1910.
The term food animals includes in
this instance all cattle, sheep and swine
in the United States as estimated by the
Department OF Agriculture and the term
| CONSUMERS includes all of the popula-
ton as estimated by the census.
Decrease in Food Animals.
The Department of Agriculture's figures
put the total. number of cattle in the
United States on January l. 1901 at g.
:3;3':3, 1888: sheep, 50. 10000 and swine ST.,
100000. a total of 179,OO0,OOO For Janu-
airy /, 1870 the estimate is cattle, 3d.
100000; sheep, 57.25o,o 600, and swine, Al
10000. total of 174,0OO.OOO, a decrease
of 5.OuO,OOO in the aggregate of three
groups of food animals. The census esti-
mates the population of the United States
on June J. 1901. at o a76a7'ooo, and on
of little more than 120OO,OO0 in the
population, while the number of food
animals was declining about 5.OOOOO.
This makes the total number Of food ami
mails to each 100 persons in 1901, 231 and
In 1910 but 1913. decrease of 1870 in the
number Of food animals to each 100 per-
sons residing in the United States.
In the meantime the total value of the
food animals in the country has in
creased despite the reduction in number,
the Department of Agriculture estimating
the aggregate farm value of the 179.U.n.-
tnnn
IS1.943 OOO, eco. and the aggregate farm
value of the Ia, 100000 in 1910 at So $685.
100000.
This gives an increase in the aggregate
value OF 800. while the number was
declining a little less than $50. the increase
in the average farm value per animal of
the entire number of food animals being
251af5.
Cattle Show Increase.
The one class of food animals which
| shows an actual increase in the period in
! question is cattle, Of which the number
in 1901 was g.. 333 SO, and in 1910. 1885,
600. an increase OF about II per cent.
while the population was increasing about
16 per. cent. The farm value of cattle
In 1901 is put at 81, ALI. 737. $50 and in 1910
at 81 .627. $4,000. an increase of 2Ol. per
cent in value, while the number was in
creas sing about Ii per cent. The average
farm value per head of all cattle is given
In 1901 at $22.65, and in 1910 at S24.5S, an
increase of but S1a per cent in value per
head on the farm.
In the markets, however, beef prices
showed a much larger advance, the New
York wholesale price of family beef as
! shown In reports to the bureau Of Stats
tics. Department of Commerce and Labor
being $3.50 per barrel in the first week
Of January, 1901. and SIG per barrel in
the first week Of January, 1910, an in
| he IA
value of cattle, according to the figures
Of the Department of Agriculture, was
advancing S1s per cent.
i Decrease in Swine.
i The number of swine in the United
! States is stated by the Department of
| Agriculture figures at 56,9S2,142 in Jan
uary. 1901. and F.1s2.OOO in January,
1910, decline of is per cent in number.
The value in 1901 is reported at $685.
OF, 143. and in 1910 at $436 sos, 900, an adj
vance of "a per cent in farm value, while
| the average price per head on the farm
in 1901 was SEQ, and in 1910, 1913, an in
crease of AZ per cent in the per capita
value. In the meantime the New York
| wholesale price of mess pork, new as
1 reported to the bureau of statistics, adj
vanced from $13.25 per barrel in the first
| week of January, 1901, to $24.75 i'm the
| first week of January. 1910, an increase
of 81 per cent, and lard is quoted in the
| same reports at IA cents per pound in
January, 1901. and IS cents per pound in
January, 1910, an advance OF 76 per cent
Fewer Sheep.
| The number of sheep decreased, ac-
cording to the Department of Agricul-
ture figures, from 59,756,71S in Janu-
airy, 1901, to 57,216,0OO in January,
1910, decrease of 43 per cent The
farm value is estimated at $17S,072, 476
in 1901. and s233, 900 in 1910. The
number was decreasing is per cent, the
| increase in farm value per capita be-
ing from 1898 to s4.0S. an increase of
/ 81 per cent. the New York price of a
standard grade Of wool (Ohio xN) |
having increas ed in the meantime from |
rs cents per pound in January, 1901, |
to 81 cents in January, 1910, an add |
vance of AZ per cent
Prices Of Grain Advance.
In the meantime prices of grains |
show similar advances. The quoted |
price of corn in the New York market |
! in the first week Of January, 1901. was. |
according to the bureau of statistics |
figures, Ash cents per bushel. and in
the first week Of January, 1910, 71k |
cents per bushel, an advance Of Sc per |
cent; of oats. In January. 1901, 2SA |
cents per bushel, and in January. 1910. |
1911 cents. an advance Of 75 per cent;
of wheat in the first week Of January, |
1901, 81 cents per bushel, and in Janu- |
airy, 1910, $1.30 per bushel, an advance |
Of COZ per cent.