The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-06-13
ANIMAL VALUE IS HIGH
Census Shows Minnesota Live Stock
to Be Worth $161, $4,000, In
crease Of $72,000,o00.
HORSES ALONE COST $s2,ooo,o 900

Washington, D. c., June 13.-
| Especial Service Daily Pioneer. y
Statistics relative to domestic ami
mails, poultry, and bees reported on
farms and ranges only for the state
| of Minnesota at the Thirteenth De-
cennial Census, April Is, 1910, are
contained in an official statement is
sued today by Acting Census Direct
or Falkner.
The aggregate value of all domes-
tic animals, poultry, and bees, in the
state in 1910 was reported as $751;
$4,000, as compared with $89,063,-
900 in 1900, the amount of increase
being $72,465,000, and the rate
S1.4 per cent.
Total Value of Domestic Animals.
The total value of the domestic
animals was reported as $156, $685.
900 in 1910, as against $S6,621, 900
in 1900, the increase amounting to
$7O,O3S,O0O, or 500 per cent
The poultry was valued at $4,-
$4,000 in 1910, as compared with
S2,275,000 in 1900, the gain being
$2,372,O00, or 1913 per cent.
The bees were valued at $4,000
in 1910 and $4,000 in 1900, the
increase amounting to $4,000, or
1926 per cent.
Horses Increase in Number.
Horses and colts had a greater
value than any other classes of do
nestle animals, both in 1910 and in
1900. The total value reported for
horses and colts in 1910 was $685.
100000, while in 1900 it was $42,-
$1,000, and increase of 1905 per
cent
The total value of the cattle in
1910 was $5O,346,OOO, as against
$36,249,OO0 in 1900, the gain
amounting to $3.50 per cent. Next
in order in 1910 were swine, with a
total value of $13,921, 900, as COM
pared with $5,S66,OO0 in 1900
Sheep and lambs in 1910 were valued
at $2,691,0O0, as compared with ST.
100000 in 1900.
The total value of mules and mule
colts in 1910 was $4,000, while in
1900 it was $487,000.
156,137 Farmers in State.
The total number of farms in the
state in 1910 was 156,137. OF these
96.9 per cent, or 151,336, reported
domestic animals; 93.9 per cent, or
1866, reported cattle; ola per
cent, or 1868, reported horses or
colts; 69.5 per cent, or 10S,515, re-
ported swine; 1877 per cent, or a.
$40, reported sheep or lambs; and
is per cent, or $500 reported mules
or mule colts.
The total number of cattle reported
in 1910 was 2,354,724. Of these, L.
0S4,399 were dairy COWS, the total
value Of which was over $33,240,0O0,
and the average value 5000. The
number of farms reporting dairy
COWS was 145,439, or 93.1 per cent
of the total number of farms in the
state.
Nearly Million Horses.
The total number of horses and
colts reported in 1910 was 752,O71.
The total number of mules of all
ages in 1910 was 5,765.
The total number fswine in 1910
was l,519,472, of which more than
one-half, or S33, 444, were classed as
"Hogs born before 1910" The
total value of these hogs was $12,-
100000, and the average value
$14.70. The spring pigs, born in
1910, numbered 6S6,O2S, and their
average value was reported as $40.
637,033 Head of Sheep.
The total number of sheep and
lambs reported for 1910 was 697,033.
Of these, 417,239 were mature ewes,
born before 1910, and their total
value was $2,1S8,0OO, or an average
of $500.
The number of farms reporting
bees increased from 6,O78 in 1900 to
1922 in 1910, or 56.7 per cent. The
colonies of bees on hand in 1910
showed an increase from 1851 in
1900 to 56,677, or 23.5 per cent,
and the value increased from $751;
800 in 1900 to $221,S0O in 1900, or
1926 per cent.