The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-16

erage value $125.50. Yearling colts
which are colts born in 1909, mum
bered $500, and their average val
ne was 5000. Spring colts, borr
in 1910, were 1854 in number, anG
their average value was reported
as $4,000. 1t may be noted thai
only 7.S per cent of the farms oil
1.-THE state reported colts born in
1910.
| The total number of mules of al
ages in 1910 was 5,765, which is
0S per cent of the number of horses
and colts. OF these, adult mules
born before 1909, numbered 5,20S
and their average value was $133..
go Only 11S mule colts, born in
1910, were reported, their average
value being given as 1855. There
were 444 yearling colts, born in
| 1909, and their average value was
$40.
Figures on Swine.
The total number of swine in
1910 was l,519,472, Of which more
than one-half, or S33,444, were
classed as Hogs born before 1870
The total value of those hogs was
SIP, 100000, and the average value.
$14.70. The spring pigs, born in
1910, numbered 6S6,02s, and their
average value was reported as $240.
The total number of sheep and
lambs reported for 1910 was 637, 1888.
OF these, 417,239 were mature ewes,
born before 1910, and their total
value was $2,1S8,000, or an average
of $500. This total value was 81.3
per cent of the total value of all
sheep and lambs. Rams and weth.
ers numbered 34,3S9, and the av-
erage value was $3.50. Spring
lambs were 185,405 in number, and
their average value was given as
$17O. The number of spring lambs
was 444 per cent of the number
of ewes.
The Poultry Statistics.
The summary on poultry shows
that the total number of farms re-
porting the different kinds in 1910
was 1865, the total number of
fowls being 10,697, 166, and the to-
tai value, $4,647 900.
OF the total number of farms
reporting poultry, 1866, nearly all,
or 1858, reported chickens, num-
bering 1O,293,924, valued at $4,232,-
OOG; 31,751 reported turkeys, num-
bering 147,335, valued at 1924, 100;
27,S65 reported geese; numbering
1O5,161, valued at $122,600; 1852
reported ducks, numbering 94,269,
valued at $55,3OO; 2,674 reported
guinea fowls, numbering 20,929, val
ued at $4,541; 2,433 reported pi-
geons, numbering 1929, valued at
$500; and 107 reported peafOwls,
numbering 268, valued at 1914.
Among the 107 farms, 1 farm re-
ported 6 wild geese, valued at 500,
and 1 farm reported pheasants,
valued at SO.
OF the whole number of farms in
the state, those returning chickens
formed 91.3 per cent; turkeys, 20.3
per cent; geese, 17.8 per cent;
ducks, 1872 per cent; guinea fowls,
IL per cent; pigeons, 1.6 per cent;
and peafowls less than one-tenth
of / per cent. The reported increase
in the value of poultry on Mime
sofa farms in the 10 years 1909 to
1910 was 1913 per cent; the in
crease in the total number of fowls,
314 per cent The number OF farms
poultry Increased 6,O33
and the number of fowls per farm
increased from so to rs.
The number of farms reporting
bees increased from 6,078 in 1900
to 1922 in 1870. or 56.7 per cent.
The colonies of bees on hand in
1910 showed an increase from As
S77 in 1900 to 56,677, or 23.5 per
cent, and the value increased from
$167, 300 in 1900 to $221,SO in 1910,
or 1926 per cent. The number OF
farms increased more rapidly than
the value or number of colonies of
bees, and the value per colony in
creased during the decade. A little
more than 6 farms in each 100 re-
ported bees in 1910, while a little
less than 4 farms in each 100 re-
ported bees in 1900.