The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-11-24
HORSES ON THE FARM,
COUNT MADE IN 1910


farms, by y Tor cOntlnental
United the thirteenth de-
cenni2aN April Is, 1910, are
cont. N official statement
iss,<T by Director Durand, of
tk| of the census, in the de-
pan of commerce and labor.
Then, dgures relate only to those
animals on the farms.
The value of all horses, mules, and
asses and burros in 1910 was $2,612,-
900, 900, as compared with $1,099,00O.-
600 in 1900; the net amount of in
crease being $1,513, 100000 and the
rate 1877 per cent. The total number
of animals increased from q $685.
800 to 24016,024, or Ills per cent.
Had the census of 1910 been taken
as of the same date June II as the
census of 1900, the increase would
have been greater, possibly reaching
Is or IA per cent.
Increase of $1,17e, 100000 in Horses.
All horses were valued at $2,076,-
OOO, 900 in 1910 and at 1897, 100000 in
1900, showing an increase of $1,179.-t
000,0 900, or 1916 per cent for the
decade.
This increase occurred chiefly in
the mature horses class, which were
valued at 1851 ,808,000 in 1910 and
at $S22,31S,OOO in 1900, showing an
increase of $1,129,00O,0O0, or 1874
per cent. The number OF mature
horses increased from 15,505,966 in
1900 to 17,344,916 in 1910, gain of
1,S38,950, or 11.9 per cent The in
crease in total value is therefore
largely accounted for by the higher
average value per head, which was
$53O3 in 1900 and $112.53 in 1910, a
gain of 1922 per cent.
There is also a great increase i'll
the value of yearling colts, WHICH
were reported at SOL 100000 in 1910
and at $4S,300,000 in 1900, an in
crease of 1902 per cent. The number
of yearlings was reported as 1,721,-
964 in 1910, as compared with 1,446,-
225 in 1900, an. increase of 49, per
cent. The average value per head in
creased 76.5 per cent.
The Only Decrease.
The only decrease in this class of
domestic animals is found in the
young colts, which were valued at
$25,897 900 in 1900 and $20,535 900.
in 1910, loss of 20.7 per cent In
829 in 1900 to 607,957 in 1910, a de-
crease of 7O6,S72, or 53.8 per cent.
The average value has therefore in
creased from $19.7 in 1900 to $33 IS
in 1910, gain of Ills per cent. The
falling off in both number and total
value is accounted for by the change in
the date of enumeration and the form
of inquiry In 1900 the Genus was
taken as of date June 1, and all
horses less than l year old were
included in this group, making the
number larger than in 1910, when the
census was taken as of date April Is.
and only colts born in 1910 were
included in the group.
Increase in Value of Mules.
The aggregate value of all mules
for 1910 was $522,OO0,000 and $780,
100000 in 1910, showing an increase
of $326,000,O00, or 1862 per cent. The
greater part of this increase is &C
counted for by the increase in the
value of mature mules which was
reported for 1910 as $495, 158, 900, as
compared with $17S,265,000 in 1900,
a gain of $316,893,0 900, or ITS per
cent The number of mature mules
increased from 2,753,486 in 1900 to
3,764,342 in 1910, an increase of 36.7
per cent, while the average value
per head increased from $64.74 in
1900 to S131.54 in 1910, gain Of
1882 per cent. 1t may be noted
that in 1900 there were only a little
over onesixth as many mature mules
as mature horses, while in 1910 there
were more than one-fifth as many.
-&nJ - nd hrtr
ros for 1910 was reported as $13,-
$4,000, as compared with 1851, 900
for 1900. This increase is largely
accounted for by the rise in average
value The number showed but
slight increase, from 94,165 in 1900
to 101,392 in 1910.
Table No. shows the total num-
Der and value of horses, mules, and
asses and burros, also the number
and value of each class, and the
number of mature animals, by
states, as enumerated on April Is,
1910.
OF all the horses on farms in the
United States, 56.7 per cent are in
the east and west north central
divisions, while only 23.4 per cent
of the mules and asses and burros
are in these states. On the other
hand, the South Atlantic and the
east and west south central divi-
sions together show % per cent OF
all horses and 71.5 per cent of the
mules and asses and burrOs; in
these divisions the number of mules
is, in fact, about three-fourths as
great as the number of horses. In
the New England, Middle Atlantic,
Mountain and Pacific divisions, as in
the two north central divisions
horses are several times as numer-
Gus as mules.
The Number in Iowa.
Iowa has the largest total value
of all classes of draft animals
combined on farms, amounting to
$1S5, 100000, or considerably more
than four times the total for the entire
New England division. Illinois ranks
a close second, with total of $751;
755,000. Five other states report
more than $1OO,O0O,0OO each as the
value of these classes of domestic
animals on farms These are Mis-
souri,, $160,115, 900; Texas, s159,01O,-
900; Kansas, $139,1S1,000; Nebraska,
$113,521 900; and Ohio, $101, 6S8,000.
In these seven states the total value
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