Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1911-08-31
VALUE o. DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
giTglala's Live Stock Census VERY
Encouraging.


Statistics relative to the domestic
animals. poultry. and bees reported
on farms and ranges for the state OF
virginis at The Thirteenth DecennisI
Census. April Is. 1910. and con-
tanned ia an official statement issued
today by Census Director Durand.
The figures are preliminary and sub
jet to slight revision later. when q
few other farms. whose returns. now
incomplete. are Included in the final
tables.
The aggregate value of all do
nestle animals. poultry. and bees in
1910 was S74.S24.OOO. as compared
withS42. or. 900 il 1900; the amount
Of increase exceeding SO. 797. 900.
and the rate Of Is per cent.
The total value Of the domestic
animals was reported as S7l.12o. 600
in 1910, as against $50. $4,000 in
1900; the increase amounting TO
S5l. 2oz. 90, OF 7S 8 per cent.
The poultry were valued at S.
500 600 il 1910. as compared with
81 SS7. 900 in 1870. the gain being
81. sos. 90. or so per cent.
The bees were valued at about
/ $500. 600 in 1910 and S3OS.OOO in
1900; a decrease Of 5000, or 10
/ per cent
Horses and colts had a greater
value than any other clsssof 6ones-
nc animals IN 1910, whereas cattle
had the greater value in 1900. The
total vslu- Of horses and colts in
1910 wss S54.s25.OOO. while in 1909
IL vas SIS. $4,000. an increase of
III 2 per cent. The total value OF
cattle in 1910 was S2I,IO3, 600, as
eonpaie6 with SO. S5o. 900 in 1900.
an increase Of 25.3 per cent. Next in
order IN 1910 were mules and mule
coils. with a total value of s.. sol 900.
as compared with s.. $4,000 in 1900.
an increase amounting 70 l56 per
cent. The total value OF swine IN
1910 was S4.l61 900, while in 1900
il was S2.573.OO0. an increase Of 81. g
per cent. Sheep and lambs in 1910
were valued at s., 2o4,COO, as com
pared with S2.O90.OOJ in 1900. q
gam o. $40 per. cent. Asses and
buros IL 19IOweTe reported as valued
at $4,000, as against SS2.2OI in
1900, the increase amounting 10 1929
per cent Goats and kids in 1910
were valued at SIS. 800, as compared
with $1,000 in 1910. an increase OF
1928 per cent.
Horses and mules In 1910 constitu-
ted 500 per cent Of the value OF al
1--we stock; cattle. 28.2 per cent; swine,
SO per cent poultry. As per cent
sheep and lambs. - per cent; bees,
o 4 per cent asses and burros, o.
per cent and goats and kids. less
than One-tenih Of l per cent
The total number OF farms in the
state II 1910 was I85.762. Ofthese
| IS. 9 per cent. OF 175,645, reported
domestic animals; SIS per cent, q
1882, reported cattle; 76.2 PEI
cent. or 14O.O86. reported swine; %. s
per cent. OF ~. $50. reported horse.
and colts, l6.7 per cent or 5O,675
reported mules OF mule colts; and
III per cent. OF 21.496. reported
sheep or lambs. Only o. per cent
or 738. reported goats or kids. anc
OF per cent. or $50. reported asse.
or burros.
The total number OF horses anc
colts reported II 1910 was 330,l3S
OF these, 288. 1913 were clsssed by
the census as mature hcrses-that is,
horses born before l9O9-and their
value was $32,522. 900. and average
value. SLIGO. Yearling colts,
which are colts born in 1909. mum
bered 29.9S7. and their average value
was S63.1I. Spring colts, born in
1910. were lI.58S in number. and
their average value was reproted as