The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-08-03
CENSUS OF SOUTH DAKOTA FARM
ANIMALS.

Statistics relative to The domestic an
imals, poultry and bees reported OF
farms and ranges for the state o
South Dakota at the Thirteenth De
c%ennial Census, April 10, 1910, arr
contained in an official statement is
sued today by Acting Director Falk
ner. 1t is based on tabular sum
maries prepared under IRE direction
Of DR.. lie Grand Powers, chief s~tatisti
clan for agriculture in the Bureau o.
the Census. The figures are prelimin
airy and subject to slight revision
later, when a few other farms, whose
returns, now incomplete, are included
in the final tables. 1t is not expected
that these additions will materially
modify the amounts or rates stated
herein Special attention is called &c
the fact that the present statement
relates only to live stock on farms
and ranges and does not give the
figures for the cities and towns OF
the state.
The aggregate value of all domestic
animals, poultry, and bees in 1910
was reported as $l27,O47 900 as com
pared with $65, 155, 900 in 1900, the
amount of increase being s61 1892, 900
and the rate 90 per cent.
The total value OF the domestic ami
mails was reported as $l24,G58, 900 in
1910, as against $G4, 2S7, 900 in 1900,
the increase amounting to 500 81 900,
or 93.9 per cent.
The poultry were valued at S2,357,-
goo in 1910, as compared with 1857,
600 in 1900, the gain being $1,000, 900,
or 175 per cent.
The bees were valued at $31, 500 in
1910 and $4,000 in 1900, the increase
amounting to $21,5OO, or 2l31 per
cent.
In 1910 horses and colts had a great
er value than any other class Of do
mestic animals, whereas cattle had
the greater value in 1900. The total
value OF horses and colts in 1910 was
$73, 1895, 900, while in 1900 it was 500,
086, 000, an increase Of 265.1 per cent
The total value Of cattle in 1910 was
$36,1S9,000. as compared with S37,-
$4,000 in 1900, a decrease of A. per
cent. The data show that the cattle
ranch has rapidly been displaced by
farms employing horsepower, which
accounts largely for decrease in cat
tie and increase in horses.
Next in order in 1910 were swine,
with a total value of $l0,3S2, 900, as
compared with $3,54O,0O0 in 1900, an
increase amounting to 1888 per cent.
The total value of sheep and lambs
in 1910 was $4,000, O00, while in 1900
it was $2,434,O0O, an increase of 232
per cent. Mules and mule colts in
1910 were valued at $1,667, 900, as
compared with $4,000 in 1900, an in
crease of 1923 per cent. Asses and
burros in 1910 were reported as valu-
ed at $7l,70O, as against $4,000 in
1900, the increase amounting to 276.S
per cent. Goats and kids in 1910 were
valued at $l1,40G, as compared with
SIS, 100 in 1900, a decrease OF 24,1 per
cent.
Horses and mules in 1910 constitut-
ed SO per cent of the value Of all live
stock; cattle, 2S.5 per cent. swine,
80 per cent; sheep and lambs, "a
per cent; poultry, 10 per cent; asses
and burros. OIL per cent; and bees
and goats and kids each less than
one-tenth Of l per cent.
The total number of farms in the
state in 1910 was 1884. OF these,
1913 per cent, or 72,100, reported do
nestle animals; 91.3 per cent, or TO-
624, reported horses or colts; 1914
per cent, OF 64,463, reported cattle;
62.1 per cent. or 1889, reported
swine; CT per cent. or 5,155, reported
sheep or lambs; and 6,5 per cent, or
5,022, reported mules or mule colts.
Only 90 per cent, or $50, reported
goats or kids, and OF per cent, or
1856, reported asses or burros.
The total number Of cattle reported
in 1910 was 1.532.751 OF these, $685.
465 were dairy COWS. the total value
of which was 11.493, 900 and the
average value s31.10. The number Of
farms reporting dairy lows was 81,
06S. or 70 per cent OF the total num-
Der OF farms in the state. On the
hand, cows not kept for dairy
purposes numbered 340.S30, and their
average value was s27. The cows
were reported by BLISS farms, or 1913
per cent Of the total number OF farms
In the state. The average number of
dairy cows per farm reporting was 6,
while the average number of cows
not Jort FOR MILK Nor farm rap0rtinP