The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-07

! is, heifers born during the year
1909-numbered 692,933; average
value, $1234 Mature steers ami
! bulls, born before 1909, were $685.
| 304 in number; average value, $27.
So, Yearlipg steers and bulls, BON
in 1909, numbered 636. 444: average
value, $15 80 The total numebr
/ 709663 and the average value
| s6.9S 1t may be noted that the
| census of 1900 shows a larger num-
Der of calves, namely, 2,l48,261.
| The difference is due to the fact thai
the census of 1900 was taken as OF
| date of June l. after all the spring
calves We're born, and the group
calves" included all cattle less
than 1 year of age; so that the num-
Der and average value of calves was
greater than in 1910, when the cen
sus were taken as of April IL, and
| only calves born in 1910 we're
| included in the comparative group
| Besides the decrease of nearly j.
| 100000 in the number and about
SIS, 900 900 in the value CT calves
reported, there was a decrease OF
| over 100000 in the number OF
| Cows and heifers not kept for
milk" and of about $22 ,001, 900
| in their value. These are the most
important changes In addition 70
the above, 344,S77 cattle not CLASH
fled by age or sex were reported,
having an average value of Sos
The total number of horses and
colts reported in 1910 was Il . -
749 OF these, 1,0l1,0SS were
classified by the census as mature
horses is, horses born be-
fore 1909-and their value was
|$77.01 Yearling colts, which are
colts born in 1909, numbered &c.,
I63, and their average value was
reported as $41.61. Spring colts,
born in 1910 were Al 65S in number,
average value, $30.03. 1t may be
noted that only per cent of the
farms of the state reported spring
colts There were also reported
6,440 horses not classified by age
OF sex. having an average value of
$5294
The total number of mules of all
ages in 1910 was 672,7S1, which is
nearly three-fifths of the number or
horses and colts OF these, adult
mules born before 1909 numbered
615,332, and their average value was
$114.9s. Only 1894 spring colts
| n % ho @
ported having an average value o.
1866: yearling colts numberas
42,125, with an average value o
s5S.52 There were ISL asses ant
: burros with total value of 81 ,697,
! ooo and an average value of $91 81
& The total number OF swine
IA 1910 WAS 2,329.723, OF which sever
e tenths. or l,636.41o, We're classed
Hogs born before 1870" The tot
value of these was 81 0,051 900, al
=, the average value $6,14 The sprir
| pigs born in 1910. numbered 695
/ 313 and their average value was r.
ported as Spa.
II The total number of sheep an
| / lambs reported for 1910 WAS 1858,
| I 0S4 OF these, 902.0 were matur
ewes born before 1870 and their to
| tai value was $3.543.000, or an av
erage of So 93 This total value wai
nearly three-fifths of the total value
of all sheep and lambs. Rams and
wethers numbered 436,3So and
their average value was $4.14.
Spring lambs were 419,626 in num-
Der, and their average value was
given as 81 IS. The number OF
spring lambs was 46.5 per cent of
the number of ewes. There were l.
079,277 goats and kids reported,
having an average value of $2.22
The average number of goats per
farm reporting was 1873.
Poultry Statistics.
The summary on poultry shows
that the total number of farms re-
porting the different kinds in 1910
was 357. 1853. the total number or
fowls being ! 1868 45. and the to-
tai value s4,S07,000
| OF the total number of farms re-
porting poultry, nearly all, or 356,-
| SIS, reported chickens, numbering
I12,749, 572. valued at $4,139.0
.429 reported turkeys, numbering
1853, 666. valued at SAL 600: 4,001
valued at 10000; 26,S07 reported
geese. numbering 244 ,991, valued a,
| s127,000; 1926 reported guinea
fowls, numbering 170,107, valued
at $47, 900; and 1854 reported pig
cons, numbering 1925, valued at
| $14 500. There were also reported
ostriches. valued at $4,000 pea
fowls, valued at 1913; pheasants,
valued at $40; and wild geese,
/ valued at 81,
OF the whole number of farms in
the state. those returning chickens
were 85.7 per cent; turkeys, 1874
per cent; guinea fowls, 81 per cent;
geese, ga per cent ducks, "a per
cent; pigeons, 3 per cent; and all
other, OIL per cent The number or
| Texas farms reporting poultry in
creased 17.2 per cent during the
| past decade, and the value of poul-
| fry Increased "a 7 upr cent but the