The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-01
MARYLAND RICHES
IN FARM ANIMALS
Horses Head The List Dairy Cows,
Swine And Hens Show Big Increase,
But Bees Are Less Busy

But Bees Are Less Busy
Census statistics relative to do
nestle animals, poultry and bees
on farms in Maryland, April IS,
1910, are contained in an official
statement issued lately. The fg-
ures are preliminary and subject
to slight revision later, when few
other farms, whose returns are
now incomplete, ARE included in the
final tables. 1t is not expected
that these additions will materially
modify the amounts or rates given
in the present statement. Special
attention is called to the fact that
the present statement relates only
to live stock on farms and ranges
and does not give the figures for
cities and towns.
The aggregate value of all do
nestle animals, poultry and bees
on farms and ranges in Maryland
in 1910 was reported as $32,57o,-
900, as compared with $2o,856,ooo
in 1000, the amount of increase
being $II,7I4,ooo, and the rate 56.2
per cent.
The total value of the domestic
animals was reported as $3o,o5o,-
900 in 1910, as against $Io,637,ooo
in 1000, the increase amounting to
$II,oI3,ooo, or SOL per cent.
The poultry were valued at ST.
$4,000 in 1910, as compared with
$I,I58,ooo in 1000, the gain being
SOL 900, or COS per cent.
The bees were valued at Sol 900
in 1910, and SOL 900 in 1000, the
increase amounting to 5000, or
per cent.
HORSES SHOW GREATEST
VALUE.
Horses and colts had a greater
value than any other class of do
mestic animals, both in 1910 and
in 1000. The total value reported
for horses and colts in 1910 was
$I6,7S7,Ooo, while in 1900 it was
$9,353,ooo; an increase OF 1915 per
cent. The total value of the cat
tie in 1910 was $7,S7o,ooo, as
against $6,S53,ooo in 1000; the
gain amounting to 1913 per cent.
Next in order in 1910 were mules
and mule colts, with a total value
OF S3,o44,ooo, as compared with
SI,395,ooo in 1000; the increase
amounting to 1888 per cent. The
total value on swine i'll 1910 was
SI,7Oo,OCo, while in 1000 it was
SI,320,Ooo; the increase amount
ing to 32.9 per cent. Sheep and
lambs IN 1910 were valued at ST.
$4,000, as compared with $6o7,-
Geo i'll 1000, an increase OF OIL per
cent. Asses and burros in 1910
were reported as valued at S35,45o,
as against $6SIo in 1000, the i'll
crease amounting to 1906 per
cent. Goats and kids in 1910 were
valued at $5lI5, as compared with
S4o23 in 1900, an increase of 27.I
per cent
Horses and mules in 1910 con-
stituted 6o.S per cent. of the value
OF all live stock; cattle, 24.2 per
cent: poultry, 81 per cent. ; swine
81 per cent. sheep and lambs, 3.5
per cent, and bees OF per cent.
The total number of farms in the
State in 1910 was 1923. OF these
95.4 per cent, or 46.Q72, reported
domestic animals; 800 per cent,
or 1854, reported horses or colts;
SI.I per cent, or 30663, reported
cattle; 10 per cent, or ,35,I04
reported swine; 1871 per cent, or
$500, reported mules or mule colts,
and I2.7 per cent. or 622S, report
ed sheep or lambs.
NEARLY $O,oOo,oCo IN DAIRY
COWS.
The total number OF cattle re-
ported in 1910 was 287.75I. OF
these, Ioo,S59 were dairy cows, the
total value OF which was over, S.
$4,000, and the average value,
$3.50. The number OF farms re-
porting dairy cows was 1880, or
Z9.4 per cent. OF the total number
OF farms in the State. Cows not
used for dairy purposes numbered
1880, and their average value was
S22. Yearling heifers-that is,
heifers born during the year 1900
Numbered 27,226; average value,
SIS. Mature steers and bulls,