Evening journal., 1912-12-20

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 20
Statistics for farm products for Della
ware are presented in a bulletin soon
TO be issues by Director Durand of
the Bureau of the Census, Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor. Il
was prepared under the supervision
of John Lee Coulter, expert special
agent for agriculture.
The returns for livestock products
obtained at the census of 1910, like
those for crops, relate to the activi-
ties of the calendar year 1909 1t is
impossible to give a total representing
the annual production of livestock
products for the reason that the total
value of products from the business
of raising domestic animals for use,
sale, or slaughter can not be calcu-
lated from the census returns.
Dairy Products.
The number of farms in Delaware
reporting dairy COWS on April 15,
1910, was $3.50. but only 6,645 report
ed dairy products in 1909 That there
should be this difference is not sur
prising Doubtless some farmers
who had dairy COWS in 1910 had none
in 1903. while other farmers neglect
ing year, or were unable to do so,
perhaps, because the farm. was then
in other hands. Dairy products in
general are somewhat loss accurately
reported than the principal crops.
This is particularly the case as re-
CARDS the quantity Of milk produced.
The number of farms which made any
report of milk produced during 1909
I.a.N N4.t
total. number reporting dairy pro-
duts), and the number Of dairy cows
on such farms on April 10, 1870, was
25,600. The amount of milk report
ed was 100000 gallons; assuming
that there We're the same number Of
cows in 1909 as I'm 1910, this would
represent an average of 307 gallons
per cow In considering this aver
age, however, it should be borne in
mind that the quantity of milk report
ed is probably deficient and that the
-distinctiOn between dairy and other
cows is not always strictly observed
in the census returns.
81 reason Of the incompleteness of
the returns for milk produced the
Census Bureau has made no attempt
70 determine the total value of dairy
products for 1909 For convenience
a partial total has been presented
composing the reported value of milk
and cream sold as such and sold on
the butter-fat basis and the reported
value of butter and cheese made
whether for home consumption or for
sale The total thus obtained for
1909, is S1.0S9,O0O which may be de-
lined as the total value of dairy pro-
ducts exclusive of milk and cream
used on the farm producing.
Somewhat more than one-half OF
the milk reported as produced by Del
aware farmers in 1909 was sold as
such The butter made on farms in
1909 was valued at 100000.
Wool.
The total number of sheep of shear
ing age i'm Delaware on April 10, 1910
was 4415. representing a decrease OF
36.6 per cent. as compared with the
number on June 1, 1900 (6964). The
approximate production of wool dur
ing 1909 was 5000 ieeces, weighing
10000 pounds and valued at $4,000
OF these totals about one-third rep.
resents estimates. The number OF
neeces produced in 1909 was SOL pei
cent less than in 1899 The average
weight per fleece in 1903 was g.
pounds, as compared with 4.6 pounds
i'm 1899, and the average value pei
pound was n cents, as compared
with 20 cents in 1899
Poultry Products.
The total number of fowls on
Delaware farms on April 10, 1910, was
5000. OF the 10,095 farms reporting
fowls. S45 did not report any eggs
mi
report any poultry raised in 1909
The production of eggs actually re
ported for the year 1910 was 4224,00l
dozens. valued at 100000. Accord
ing to the Twelfth Census report.
the production of eggs in 1899 was
3.572 600 dozens, the value beinl
S4SS, 600. The latter figures, how
ever, are somewhat in excess of th'
actual returns at that census, be
cause they include estimates made t
cover those cases where the sched
ules reported fowls on hand withou
reporting the production of eggs. il
order to make the returns for 190'
comparable with those published fo
1899 similar estimates have beei
made the method of estimate and tn
justification therefor being substan
TALLY the same as in the case o
wool
The total production of eggs in
1909. including these estimates, wa
444S,000 dozens, valued at SS69,OOO
The total production of poultry II
1909. including estimates made on th
same basis as for eggs. was l,562,00
fowls. valued at SS39000.
Animals Sold or Slaughtered.
The total value of domestic ami
mails sold during 1909 was S76S,00
and that of animals slaughtered o
farms S57l,000. making an aggregat
of S1,339,O0 This total. however, i'm
wolves considerable duplication re
sulting from the resale or slaughte
of animals which had been purchas
ed by the farmers during the sam
year.
The value of the cattle Gncludin
calves sold during 1909 representa-
considerably more than one-half o
the total value of animals sold, an
the value OF horses sold represente
about one-ffth of the total
The census of 1900 called for tn
receipts from the sale of all domes
tic animals raised on the farms re
porting and the value Of thos
slaughtered during the year 1879!
which amounted. respectively. &
S396,0O0 and S424.000. The item q
sales is not closely comparable wit
that for 1909, when the inquiry GOV
cred all sales. whether of animal
raised on the farms reporting or els,
uhorp II IL beiiovnd hoVovor fha