Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-12

lend g.GtV.olo Ia 1900. Indiana. sis..
liti m 1910 aud LOiU.GiS Ia 1900.
Illinois. CGl.iNi Ia 1870 ana 62p15O n
1900. Michigan l.ji6.2it ia 1910 nnd
i.Glt.H3O n 1900. Wisconsin. G2N.58aa
lin 1910 ANA gNG.1l2 ~ 1900, Mime
sofa. ti1Ut3 boo 1870 and 35B.32S m
1900. Iowa. ,Gp.9tt Nv 1919 and g51.
NGs u 1900. Missouri. i.iii.stG iu
1910 ANA GG3.iU3 Joe 1900, North Ia.
EoD 2agIll u 1870 ana iil.l31 IN
1900. South Dakota, 5n2.5u5 In 1910
and 5O533s in 1900. Nebraska. 2i5.-
1875 Ice 1870 and 33..gao in 1900 aud
kansas. zoo o., boa 1910 ana 1897
iu 1900.
lu the Western division the number
of wool producing sheep reported tor
Montana was t95NpG3 IN 1870 aud
lis15.sli IN 1900. wyoming. L6ic.go6
IN 1910 ana 3.3e7.lN5 m 1900. Colo-
tudu. l313.UtS la 1910 uud l3JI. NI3
boz lnuU, New Mexico. 2.H3l4OI n
1870 ana 3,333,Ti3 In 1900. Arizona.
Sia.aNJ n 1910 ana 6GN.t5N IN 1890,
Utah. lG1u.Ngo In 1910 AMI 2.553.l3t
in 1900. Nevada, St0.ptJ in 1870 and
5Gs,gjI u 1900. Idaho. s.1B0.U2g iu
1910 and t,gG5.iG5 m 1900. Washing
ton. 3UN.NG2 boz 1910 ANA 55N.Vt3 in
le0U oregon. t.pN2.552 Ia 1910 aud
lgGl3a5 iu 1900. and California,
I.4lU.532 la 1910 and l,t2i,g6s In
1900.
Although tho number of mature
sheep decreased very slightly during
thc decade tho number OF farms rec
porting sheep decreased from i63.alN
Co COS. 500. which is ta5.t55 ~ 20 per
cent Tho decrease 90 the number ot
furms iu the Nurth Atlantic states
was ut practically the same rate as
the drrrcu-, In tho number OF mature
sheep. leaving the average number ut
sheep ger farm approximately - at
both periods.
IN the South Atlantic division. how-
over There vas Il decrease OF prar
ucail Ju.U0o iu the number ul farms
reporting. with ouly a slight decrease
iu the number Of sheep. Ca 1900 the
number of mature sheep per farm iu
That group of states WAS ~, whereas
in 1910 The average number p,, farm
had increased TO lU.
IA tho South Central division the
number of farms foll oft about - n0o.
which is much creator rDiatiy, de-
crease than that n the number -
sheep la 1900 the average number
of sheep per farm was ..i whereas
iu 1910 b. Was about 29.
lu the North Central division both
the number ct farms aud tb, number
ui mature sheep increased slightly. the
number of sheep per farm being about
80 40 each census period
ln tho Western division tho increase
100 number ol farms corresponds very
closely 60 th, incr.as, iu number of
sheep, the average number uf sheep
per farm rcpurtIug being aPpruNt-
mat,ll 500 at each ut ia, rou4us,s.
Tho numh,r uf nr,rrs eft wool aud
tho total weight of ths vpul clip for
1909 h1s not Yet been .umplotr;y u,h.
ulatrd The atorag, N,iaht per fleece,
tor group ot l6 states already muu-
lated b. - pounda In 1900 IA, aver
age weight per fleece fur these states
was 6.N pounds. uud for the entire
United states G.3 pounds Or the aver
ag, weight tor tuc entire United
States Tor 1903 b. "a pounds, TIA, ag-
grogaty weight "t wool shoru 900 that
year Including that clipped from Ga,
sheep uu farms and 100 cities at the
date ot enumeration and that shoru
from sheep afterwards slaughtered bon
the spring ot 1910. H,for, the date OF
enumeration. viii no approximate,
200 Uuu. 900 puuuds while it the aver
age weight fui CO., farms OF tine coun-
a., is only 3 pounds. tho weight of the
farm clip viii NOT greatly ditt,r from
that returned Bog th. census oi 1900.
or about .1lUuo.uuu pounds