The Dickinson press., 1911-12-30
live STOCK
FIGURES OUT
Also Land Areas and Farms in
Acres in Stark, Dunn, Bill
lings and Hettinger
Counties.

The census bulletin sent out from
Washington to newspapers the first of
the week gives many interesting facts.
The population for North Dakota, as
already announced is 577,O56 as
against 319, 146 in 1900. or an increase
of 80.8 per cent.
Things that are of special interest to
people of Stark, Dunn, Billings and
Hettinger counties, are areas, popula-
tion, cattle. sheep. etc., which are
given below:
STARK COUNTY
Population, IL, 5O4 land area, 867. $40
acres; land in farms, $40. 511 acres
horses. ii, 466; sheep, including $50
lambs. IA. .321 dairy cows, 4,29O other
COWS, 1882; yearling heifers. 2,1S3;
calves, 2,565; yearling steers, 1897:
other steers, 1,640, a total of 1877
cattle.
DUNN COUNTY
Population, S, 3O2; land area, /, $685.
700 acres land in farms. 423. OF acres
horses, 1909; sheep. including, 2.7l2
lambs, 24,656; dairy cows, 2,698;
other cows, 6,515; yearling heifers,
1888; calves. 3,345; yearling steers,
2, 354 other steers. 3,456, total of 21.-
006 cattle.
BILLINGS COUNTY
Population. 10. 1856; land area. 2,17S,-
500 acres land in farms. 49S, $50 acres;
horses. 18, 764; sheep. including $3.50
lambs. 1851 dairy cuws, 3, 3,O23; other
cows. 12,648; yearling heifers, 2,979;
calves, a, 400; yearling steers, 2.179;
other steers, S, 6o0 total of 80, 1876 cat
tie.
HETTlNGER COUNTY
Population. 6,557; land area. 724, 480
acres. land in farms, 357, 1872; horses,
7, 1856; sheep. including 658 lambs, H.,
SIS: dairy cows. 1856; other cows,
1901; yearline heifers, S25; calves,
,223; yearling steers $50; other steers,
289, total of E, 844 cattle.
The census, as readers know, was
taken in the early summer of 1910, and
it will now be up to our resident read
ers to speculate on the correctness of the
government figures. Most people we'll
informed will say that stock figures are
considerably under actual numbers. 1t
is noted that Billings county is accred-
tied with one Negro while it is we'll
known there are two prosperous Negro
families engaged in stock raising south
of Medora.
MORE THAN HALF OF LAND is
EARNED
The land surface of North Dakota is
approximately 44,917. 12O acres and of
this area %, 426. $50 acres or 63.3 per
cent, are included in farms. Of this
farm acreage. 20, ass, ,O92 acres. or II
per cent, are reported as improved land,
representing ass per cent of the total
land area of the state. The total acre.
age of farm land increased by IL, 884.
O1O acres or 82.9 per cent, during the
last decade, and the acreage OF improved
land by 1O.S1O,572 acres, or 112. 1 per
J cent. The proportion of farm land
which is improved was higher in 1910
than in 1900. In the decade 1890 to
1900 beth total acreage and improved
acreage more than doubled.
FARMS WORTH 81, 600. 900, 900.
The total wealth in the form of farm
property is 1914. .S14. ooo, of which 94.4
per cent is represented by land and
! buildings, as per cent by Implements
and machinery, and ILL., per cent b,
live stock. The total value of farm
popertry is nearly four times what i
, was in 1900. and about ten times wha
/ it was in 1890. The absolute and rela
tive gains in all classes of farm, propert!
! have been rapid and continuous sine
1890.