Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-07-20

be noted that the census of 1900 showed
a larger number of calves, namely,
343, 141. This difference was due to the
fact that the census of 1900 was taken
as of date June /, after all the spring
calves were born and the group
"calves" included all cattle less than
one year of age, SO that the number
and average value of calves were
greater than in 1910, when the census
was taken on April Is, and only "calves
born in 1910" were included in the COM
parative group. In addition to the
above, 1921 cattle wer' reported
which were not classified by age or sex,
and their total value was given as
$308, 900, or an average value of $23. So.
The total number of horses and colts
reported in 1910 was $685. OF these
$40, 788 were classed by the census as
mature horses-that is, horses born
before 1904 their value was
sos, $50, 900 and average value 1905.
Yearling colts, which are colts born in
1909, numbered 70,032, and their aver
age value was $53.75. Spring colts,
born in 1910, were 1858 in number,
and there average value was reported
as $28.15. 1t may be noted that 1873
per cent of the farms of the state
reported colts born in 1910. There
were also reported 1878 horses, not
classified by age or sex, with an aver
age value of $3.50.
The total number of swine in 1910
was 1,109, 104, of which $50 per cent,
or 657, Sl9 were classed as "hogs born
before 1870" The total value Of these
was 50, 1894, 900 and the average value
$l4.6O. The spring pigs, born in 1910,
numbered 351, 1856, and their average
value was reported as 1925.
The total number of sheep and lambs
reported for 1910 was 610, 1928. Of
these, 412, 1855 were mature ewes, born
before 1910, and their total value was
81, 303, 900, or an average of $3.50.
This total value was over three fourths
of the total value of all sheep and
lambs. Rams and weathers numbered
SO, 372, and the average value was SIS. 35.
Spring lambs were 1l0,080 in number,
and their average value was given as
S2.05. The number of spring lambs
was 26.7 per cent of the number of
ewes. They having an average value
of $3.50.
The total number of mules of all
ages in 1910 was 12,415, which is 10
per cent of the number of horses and
colts. Of these, adult mules, born
before 1900, numbered 10, 1856, and their
average value was S146.50 Only 366
mule colts, born in 1910, were reported,
their average value being given as
$37.65 There were 1853 yearling colts
born in 1909, and their average value
was 74.80. Only 1893 asses and burros
were reported, with total value of
ST., 700, and the average value was
$215.2 %.
Poultry Statistics
The summary on poultry shows that
the total number of farms reporting
the different kinds in 1910 was 81, $50,
the total number of fowls being $751;
$50 and the total value So, 357,0
Of the total number of farms report
ing poultry, 61,560, nearly all, or 81, 492
reported chickens, numbering 4, 924, 349,
valued at S2,147, 900; 1882 reported
turkeys, numbering 1892, valued at
S78, 100; 1921 reported ducks, number
ing 1904, valued at $45, 900; 1883
reported geese, numbering 59,991,
valued at $65, 900; 2,S0l reported guinea
fowls, numbering 12,465, valued at
81, s57; and 3,031 reported pigeons, num-
bering 114,935, valued at $l4, 300.
They were also reported pea-fowls
valued at 1928, and swans valued at
$40.
Of the whole number of farms in
the state, those returning chickens
formed 1916 per cent; ducks, 21.1 per
cent; geese, 17.6 per cent; turkeys, IA
per cent; pigeons, 3.9 per cent; and
guinea fowls, SO per cent. The
increase in the value of poul-
try on South Dakota farms in the ten
years, 1900 to 1910, was IT'S per cent;
the increase IN the total number of |
fowls, 65.2 per cent. The number of
farms reporting poultry increased
l6, SOB, and the number of fowls per
farm reporting increased from " toss.
Number and Value of Colonies of
The number of farms reporting bees
increased from 1877 in 1900 to l,347
n 1910, or 248.1 per cent. The col
mics of bees on hand in 1910 showed |
In increase from zoos in 1900 to 6,553
II 2l7.6 per cent, and increased from
,06S ia 1900 to 6.55S, or 217.6 per cent.
md the value increased from $40, 900 in |
800 to 81, 600 in 1910, or 2lS per cent.
The actual and relative number of |
arms reporting bees, together with
he number Of colonies and the value,