El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-30
Ell PASO HERALD

animal of the entire number of food
animals being 2511 percent
The one class of food animals which
shows an actual increase in the period
in question is cattle, of which the num-
Der in 1901 was 62.333,S70, and in 1910.
So. OSO, 900, an increase of about II per-
cent, while the population was increas-
ing about is percent. The farm value
of cattle in 1901 is put at s1,411,737. OS0
and in 1910 at 1857, 761 900, an increase
of 21a percent in value, while the
number was increasing about l / percent
The average farm value per head of all
cattle is given in 1901 at S2265, and in
1910 at s24.5S, an increase Of but S11
percent 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
statistics, 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 increase of % percent, while
the farm value of cattle, according to
the figures of the department of agri-
culture was advanced So percent.
Statistics On Hogs
The number of swine in the United
States is stated by the department of
agriculture figures a 56.9S2,142 in Jan
uary, 1901. and 47.7S2.O 900 In January,
1910, a decline of 16 percent in number
The value in 1901 is reported at $685.
012,143. and in 1910 at s436,6Os 900, an
advance of "a percent in farm value,
while the average price per head on
the farm in 1901 was $500 and In 1910
1913, an increase of AZ percent in the
per capita value. In the meantime the
New York wholesale price of mess
pork, new" as reported TO the bureau
of statistics, advanced from s13.25 per
barrel in the first week of January.
1901, to s24.T5 in the first week of jan
uary, 1910, an increase of 81 percent:
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 rs percent
Sheep.
The number of sheep decreased ac-
cording to the department of agriculture
figures from 52,756,71S in January. 1901.
to 57.216,000 in January, 1910. decrease
of As percent The farm value is esti-
mated at s17s,072.476 in 1901, and $685.
$4,000 in 1910. The value increased 81 /;
percent. while the number was decreas-
ing 4.3 percent, the increase In farm
value per capita being from s2.eS to
s4.0S, an increase Of 81 percent; the !
New York price of a standard grade |
of wool (Ohio XXX having increased |
in the meantime from 26 cents per
pound in January. 1901, to 81 cents in |
January, 1910, an advance of AZ per-
cent.
nj 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, IS "a cents per bushel, and in |
the first week Of January, 1910, 711h /
cents per bushel, an advance of Sc per-
cent; on oats, in January, 1910, 2Sl. |
cents per bushel, and in January, 1910. |
1919 cents, an advance of 75 percent; !
Of wheat. in the first week of January,
1901, 81 cents per bushel, and in JAN
lary, 1910. $3.50 per bushel, an adj
vance OF 601b percent. p