The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-04
$50, 900, 900 OF ANIMALS AND
POULTRY ON GEORGIAFAR

ana their average value was $1O.17.
1nese COWS were reported by S.
zzo farms, or 20 per cent of all
farms. The average mum Der of dairy
COWS per farm reporting was 2, while
the average number of cows not kept
Tor milk per farm reporting that
CLASS was over 4. Yearling heifers-
tnat is, heifers born during the year
19O9-numbered 126,34S; average
value, sos. Mature steers and bulls
born before 1909 were $500 in
number; average value, $500.
fearling steers and bulls born in
1909 numbered 1916; average val
ne, $685.. The total number of
spring calves born in 1910 was 1885,
$4.3O.
The total number of mules of all
ages in 1910 was 294,720. Of these
adult mules born before 1909 num-
bered 292, sos, and their average val
ue was $149.45 Only 363 mule colts
born in 1910 were reported, having
an average value of $40.82, and l.
lo2 yearling colts were reported,
with an average value of 1882.
There were 764 asses and burros re-
ported, with total value of $751;
400, and an average value of
$106.53.
The total number of horses and
colts in 1910 was 1888, which is
two-fifths of the number of mules.
| OF these 114,445 were classified by
the census as mature horses-that is,
| horses born before 1909, and their
value was $13,887,000 and average
value S121.24. Yearling colts, which
are colts born in 1909, numbered g.
9O3, and their average value was
$64.63. Spring colts, born in 1910,
were 1,475 in number, and their av-
erage value was reported as $4,000.
1t may be noted that only 0.5 per
cent of the farms of the state re-
ported colts born in 1910.
The total number of swine in 1910
was 1,780,618, of which nearly two
thirds, or 1,139,152, were classified
as hogs born before 1910" The
total value of these was $4,536, 900
and the average value 1898. The
spring pigs, born in 1910, numbered
GAL, 466, and their average value was
reported as $137.
The total number of sheep and
lambs reported for 1910 was 1877
$50. OF these 105, O08 were mature
ewes born before 1910 and their to-
tai value was 1884, 900, or an aver
age value of $1.75. This total value
was three-fifths of the value of all
sheep and lambs. Rams and weth-
ers numbered 48,2O3, and the aver
age value was SLIP. Spring lambs
were 38,378 in number, and their
average value was given as S1.19.
The number of spring lambs was
32.7 per cent Of the number of ewes.
There were 89,439 goats and kids
reported, having an average value
OF SO.78. The farms reporting goats
show an average of over IA per
farm.
Poultry Statistics.
The summary on poultry shows
that the total number of farms re-
) porting the different kinds in 1910
was 244,719, the total number of
fowls being 5,328,584 and the total
value $2,O89,O0O.
Of the total number of farms re-
porting poultry nearly all, or 243,-
453, reported chickens numbering
1880, 1853, valued at $1,S33,000; 3D.
12S reported turkeys numbering 49,
634, valued at $4,000; 1915 re-
ported ducks numbering 42,221, val
rued at $4,000; 1874 reported
geese numbering III ,625, valued at
$88,200; 1912 reported guinea
fowls numbering 1O1, 453, valued at
$33, 500; 1927 reported pigeons
numbering 43, 193, valued at $3.50;
and 101 reported peafowls number
ing 299, valued at $780,
Of the whole number of farms in
the state those returning chickens
were 1878 per cent; turkeys 8 per
cent; guinea fowls, 6.7 per cent;
geese 6.3 per cent; ducks 2.6 pei
cent; pigeons OF per cent, and pea
: fowls less than one-tenth of one pei
| cent. The number of Georgia farms
! reporting poultry increased 49,583
or 25.4 per cent, during the past de-
) cade, and the value of poultry in.
> creased 1873 per cent, but the tota
number of fowls increased only So
r per cent. The average number OF
fowls per farm reported decreased
from 25 to 22