The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1911-08-18
.fiEWS OF MONTANA ;
Important Happenings Of the
Week Briefly Tc!o.
ANIMALS WORTH $s4,s11,ccc.
Bureau Of the Census Issues a Report
On Montana Stock.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. relative to
the domestic animals, poultry and
bees reported on farms and ranges
for the state of Montana at the thir-
teenth d%ecennial census, April Is, 1910, |
are contained in an official statement
issued by Acting Census Director Falk-
ner. 1t is based on tabular summaries
prepared under the direction Of DR..
LIE Grand Powers, chief statistician for
agriculture in the bureau of the CEN
sus. The figures are preliminary and
subject to slight revision later, when
a few other farms. whose returns are
now incomplete, are included in the
final tables. 1t is not expected these
additions will materially modify the
amounts or rates stated herein. The
present statement relates only to live
stock on farms and ranges, and does
not give the figures for the cities and
towns of the state.
Aggregate Increase Of S33,542 COG.
The aggregate value of ali domestic
animals. poultry and bees in 1910 was
reported at $S5.57l Gee, as compared
with $o2, 029. 600 in 1900, the amount Of
increase being $33,542, 600, the rate CAS-
per cent.
The total value of the domestic ami
mails was reported as $S4 ,31l geo in
1910. as against $~J1,124.000 in 1900;
the increase amounting to $33, 1871 600,
Or 64.2 per cent.
The poultry were valued at $62e.400
in 1Q1n DC cnno,,orc6 with cCGE SII i,
1900, the gain being 1891 600, or ILL
per cent.
The bees were valued at $50, 100 in
1910. and $500 in 1900, the increase
amounting to $24, eco, or 294.5 per cent.
Increase Of Domestic Animals by
Glasses.
In 1910 the three classes, sheep and
lambs. cattle, and horses and colts,
were of almost equal value, with sheep
and lambs slightly in the lead, while
in 1900, cattle had a greater value
than any other class. being nearly half
the total value of all domestic animals
at that time.
The total value Of sheep and lambs
in 1910 was SIS, $4,000, as compared
with $lS,1G5,000 in 1900, the increase
amounting to 500 per cent. Ire total
value of cattle in 1910 was $27,459. 900,
while iE 1900 it was $25,362 .000, an in
crease of S.3 per Ger Next in order
in 1910 were horses, with a total value
of $27,071 900, as compared with
$7,7S9,O00 in 1900. the increase amount
ing to PAS per cent. Swine in 1910
We're valued at $S5S.6 coo. as compared
with $2S1 400 in 1900. an increase of
203.l per cent. The total value Of
mules and mule colts in 1910 was
$443,3OO, while in 1900 it was $102, 700,
the increase amounting to 1854 per
cent Asses and burros in 1910 were
reported as valued at $4,000. as
against $4,000 in 1909, the increase
and kids in 1910 We're valued at 522.-
400, as compared with 1900 in 1900,
an increase of 1S4.S per cent.
Sheep and lambs in 1910 constituted
1913 per emf of the alu OF all live
stock; horses and mules, 32.1 per
cent: cattle, 32.1 per cent: swine, l
per cent; poultry, + per cent; and
bees, less than Il of ! per cent.
Number Of Farms Reporting Each
Glass.
The total number Of farms in the
state in 1910 was 2G.213. OF these,
sos per cent, or 23,S05. reported do
mestic animals: SEQ per cent. Or g..
rs, reported horses or colts; 11.9 per
cent, or 1880, reported cattle: 34.9
per cent. or 9.l52, reported swine;
Sc per cent, or 2.267, reported sheep
or lambs: II 4 per cent, or l,05S, re
ported mules or mule colts.
Number, Ages and Average Values o.
Domestic Animals by Glasses.
The total number of sheep and
| lambs reported for 1910 was 1872, $50.
The total number of cattle reported
in 1910 was 942,G04. The total mum.
) Der OF horses and colts reported was
l 315.3S7. The total number of mules
of all ages was Ala, which is l.3 per