Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-09-14
NO. OAK, LEADS IN
LIVE STOCK INCREASE
GREAT PROGRESS MADE IN
STATE IN LAST TEN
YEARS

While in the item of sheep North
Dakota is shown by 1910 census
statistics to have had decrease Of
over one-third in the last ten years.
in the matter of increase of domestic
animals and poultry on farms. the
state shows the largest increase OF
any state of the west or northwest.
Twelve of the northern, central
and northwestern states, including
Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Kansae.
Nebraska, Minnesota and the two Da-
kotas are divided into two districts
for convenience.
The aggregate value Of all domes-
tic animals, poultry and bees for the
two grand divisions as reported in
1910 was $2,525,276,000. as COM
pared with $1,576.sss,o00 in 1900.
the amount of increase being $948,
37S,0O0, and the rate 60.1 per cent.
Six states nave greater percentage
increases than shown by the entire
group. In order of their Importance,
they are: North Dakota, 1856 per
cent; South Dakota, 95 per cent;
Minnesota, S1.4 per cent; Missouri,
77.7 per cent; Michigan, 74.4 per
cent; and Wisconsin, 64.5 per cent
The increases in the other states in
the order of their importance are:
Illinois, 59.2 per cent; Indiana, 58.7
per cent; Ohio, 56.6 per cent; Ne
braska, 52.S per cent; Iowa, 40.8
per cent; and Kansas, 32.4 per cent
North Dakota's greastest increase
was in the number of horses, colts
and mules. The total value of North
Dakota's increased livestock of all
kinds was in 1910 over $685.
100000 and in 1900 it was about
$42,000,000. This state shows the
lowest percentage of investment in
swine, being only 80 per cent, while
Iowa is 17.7 per cent. The poultry
of this state is also less than 2
per cent of an investment of the
total value of all livestock named.
South Dakota is only "a per cent.
Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and Michi-
gan are the leading poultry states,
in the two groups reported. Michi-
gan and Ohio raised the most sheep.
Michigan, Missouri and Illinois the
most bees.
These figures show that North Da-
kota has yet great strides to make.
in increasing poultry, hogs and
sheep. Poultry is naturally grown
and easily raised in this region and
their feed is a light expense COM
pared with that of other states.
Another field for investment and
sure profit is in the increase of hogs;
and the increased corn crop, which
the state is producing will almost in
sure the increase of hogs at a heavy
rate during the next ten years.
With the decline in the profits of the
wheat crop and the necessary rota-
tion of land required for growing
profitable wheat crops, corn must
largely become the substitute crop,
and with corn must come cattle and
hogs to make the crop profitable.
Grain fed pork will always command
good price for the reason that the
use of improved and better grades
of bacon, ham and other products is
spreading all over the country.
Sheep will probably be the last of the
domestic animals to be generally
raised in North Dakota, but cattle
hogs and poultry can become paying
crops on every farm. The next CEN
sus ought to show as much Of an in
crease in these animals as the last
census has In horses.