Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-13
SHEEP AND LAM es.
Preliminary Statement of Thirteenth
Census Statistics.

sions, at the thirteenth decennlal CEN
sus. April 10, 1910. are contained IN an
Official statement issued by Acting Dl-
rector Falkner 1t is based on tabu-
lar summaries prepared under the dl-
rection of DR.. lie Grand Powers, chlel
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 are now incomplete, are
included in the final tables.
Number of Sheep and Lambs, 1910,
and 1900, for the United States.
In summing up the results Acting
Director Falkner states that, for the
country as whole, there was no ma
terial change in the sheep industry
i'll the ten years between 1900 and
1910.
The total number of sheep and lambs
in the United States reported for 1910
was 51.S3S,5 $50 made up of 29,101 ,00O
ewes, 7,l4S,366 rams and wethers,
12,1GS,27S lambs, and 2.6l4946 sheep
and lambs not classified by age or
sex in the 1910 reports. In 1900 the to-
tai number reported was 6l.503.113,
comprising 81 S55T So" ewes, ,995,Si3
rams and wethers. and 2i.65o.746
lambs.
In the north central division the
number of woolproducing sheep re-
ported for Ohio was 2.S92272 in 1910
and 2.64S.25o in 1900; Indiana, Sl2,427
in 1910 and 1010,64S in 1900; Illinois,
6614S4 in 1910 and e29,150 in 1900;
Michigan. 1.545.241 in 1910 and 1,625,-
$50 in 1900: Wisconsin. 62S,539 in
1910 and 9S6,212 in 1900: Minnesota,
452,043 in 1910 and 359,32S in 1900;
Iowa, 769,917 in 1910 and 657 ,S6S in
1900; Missouri, 1,114,216 in 1910 and
663.703 in 1900; North Dakota. 239.-
j IA in 1910 and 45l 437 in 19o0 South
Dakota, 502,505 in 1910 and 507,33S in
1900; Nebraska, 245.195 in 1910 and
335, $50 in 1900; and Kansas, 206,49S in
1910 and 17o,907 in 1900.
Number of Farms Reporting Sheep.
Although the number of mature
sheep decreased very slightly during
the decade the number of farms re-
porting sheep decreased from 736,51S
to 60S,363, which is 1855 1855, or 20 per
cent.
In the north central division both
the number of farms and the number
of mature sheep increased slightly,
the number of sheep per farm being.
about 30 at each census period.
Wool.
The number of ieeces of wool anc
the total weight of the wool clip for
1909 has not yet been completely tab.
ulated The average weight per fleece
for group of Is states already tabu.
lated is IA pounds. In 1900 the aver.
! age weight per fleece for these states
| was 6.S pounds, and for the entire
United States 6.3 pounds. If the av-
erage weight for the entire United
States for 1909 is IA pounds. the ag.
sregate weight of wool shorn in that
year, including that clipped from the
sheep on farms and in cities at the
date of enumeration, and that shorn
| from sheep afterwards slaughtered in
| the spring of 1910, before the date Of
enumeration, will be approximately
| 296,OOO,000 pounds; while if the aver.
age weight for the farms of the coun.
try S only pounds, the weight of the
! farm clip will not greatly differ from
that returned by the census of 1900,
or about 277,0O0,O0O pounds.
20 Appraise Lands.
| Pierre.-State Land Commissioner
Brinker, with Frank p. Glasner, of that
| department., has gone to Onida to start
from that point over the proposed line
! of the Northwestern road to Hitch
cock, to place an appraisal price on the
state lands crossed by that line. II.
| O. Refvum, of Washington Springs,
another member of the state lands de-
partment, has gone to the southern
part of the state to take up the work
of appraisal of lands which will be
| offered for lease for agricultural pur.
poses next year. and in that work sew.
eral men from the department will be
busy for the rest of this year.
Petitions for Nine Wells.
Pierre.-The state engineers de
I partment has received petition from
residents of Grouse township, Lyman
county, for the location of nine arte.
sion wells in that township. to be sunk
at township expense. This township
Hes northeast of Presho, and is in q
section Of the state where the artesian
flow has been shown to exist.
State Engineering Fees.
Pierre.-The state engineers de
partment has turned over $213 of fees
collected for the last quarter.
Rebuilding at Mobridse.