Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-08-25
STATEMENT ISSUED RELATIVE
TO DOMESTIC ANIMALS, BEES
AND POULTRY.
s71,266,OOO OF AN INCREASE
Good Roads Exhibit to Be Made at
State Fair-Warden Jones Closes
Refreshment Stands at the
Ohio Penitentiary.


domestic animals, poultry and bees re-
ported on farms and ranges for the |
State of Ohio at the Thirteenth Decen-
nial Census, April 15, 1910, are con-
tained in an official statement issued
by Census Director Durand at Wash |
ington, D. G. 1t is based on tabular
summaries prepared under the direc-
ton of DR.. LIE Grand Powers, chief
statistician for agriculture in the Bu-
reau of the Census. The figures are
preliminary and subject to slight re-
vision later, when few other farms,
whose returns, now incomplete, are in
cluded in the final tables. 1t is not
expected that these additions will ma
terially modify the amounts or rates
stated herein. Special attention is
called to the fact that the present
statement relates only to livestock on
farms and ranges and does not give
the figures for the cities and towns of
the state.
An increase Of S71,266, 900.
The aggregate value of all domestic
animals, poultry and bees as reported
in 1910 was $197 7,221, 900, as compared
with $125, 1885, 900 in 1900; the amount
of increase being $71,266,OOO and the
rate 56.6 per cent.
The total value of the domestic oni-
mails was reported as $1S7, ,412,000 in
1910, as against $120, ,466,00O il 1900;
the increase amounting to $66,946,0 900,
or 55.6 per cent.
The poultry were valued at $685.
900 in 1910, as compared with $685.
900 in 1900; the gain being s4,447 900,
or S7.4 per cent.
The bees were valued at $276,000 in
1910 and $403,000 in 1900; a decrease
of $127 900, or 31.5 per cent.
Farms Reporting Each Class.
The total number OF farms in the
state in 1910 was 271,3S3. Of these
s5.9 per cent, or 26o,2O1, reported do
mestic animals; 500 per cent, or 244,
O61, reported cattle; 1895 per cent, oil
243,215, reported horses and colts
7O.3 per cent, or 190,725, reported
swine; 264 per cent, or 1928, re
ported sheep or lambs; and 3.9 pc
cent, or 10,261, reported mules or mul,
colts. Only O3 per cent, or 92S, re
ported goats or kids, and OIL per cent
or 259, reported asses or burros.
The total number of cattle reported
in 1910 was 1,s36.403. OF these, 904,
603 were dairy cows, the total valu
of which was $33, 3,944, 900, and the aver
age value, $37.52. The number o
farms reporting dairy cows was 241
5S5, or SO per cent of the total mum
ber of farms in the state.
The total number of swine in 191
was 3,104,26S, of which considerabl
over one-half or 1,573,192, wer
classed as Hogs born before 1910.
The total value of these was $16,172
900, and the average value STOPS. Th
spring pigs, born in 1910, numbere
;. 1881 ,076, and their average value wa
: reported as $2.11.
The summary on poultry shows tha
the total number of farms producin
the different kinds in 1910 was 25
685, the total number of fowls bein
d 17,342,2S9, and the total value SO, ,53s
v 900.
n The number of farms reporting bee
e decreased from "a, ASS in 1900 to 1920
il in 1910, or 1927 per cent. During tt
e same time the colonies of bees d
S creased from Isl, 1891 to 9s,241, or 35
a. per cent, and the value decreased fro
s4O3,000 to $276,000.