Weekly journal-miner., 1912-12-18

NIZona are presented in a bulieti,
 ,oon 10 be issued sby Director Du
 fand. of the Bureau of the Census Department ofsCommercc and Labor
 !, was prepared under the supervision oi John Lee Coulier,- expert speeia, agent for agriculture.
 The returns for live. stock p,o. duets obtained at the census of 1910 like those for crops, relate to th, production of the calendar year ioOo li is impossible to give a total rep. rescnting the annual production of live stock products. for the reason that the net value of products from inc business of raising domestic ami. mals for use. sale, or slaughter can not be calculated from the census returns.
 Dairy Products.
 The number of farms in Arizona reporting dai,y cows on April IS. 1910. was 1000 but only 2,73% re- ported dairy products in 1909. That there should be this difference is not surprising Doubtless some farmers who had dairy cows in 1910 had none in i90o, while other farm. CTS neglected to give information for the preceding year. or were un- able 10 do SO, perhaps, because the farm was then in other hands. Dairy products in general are somewhat less accurately reported than the principal crops This is particularly the case as regards the quantity of milk produced. The number of farms which made any report of milk pro- duccd during l909 was 2,333 (siigh,. ly less than the total number re- porting dairy products). and the number of dairy cows on such farms on April IS. 1910, was l7.6oS The amount of milk reported was 6.882,- 600 gallons. Assuming that there were the same number of cows in l9O9 as in 1910, this would represent an average of 3s9 gallons per cow In considering this average, how ever, it should be borne in mind that the quantity of milk reported is probably deficient and that the distinction between dairy and other cows is not always strictly observed in the census returns.
 By reason of the incomplcteness of the returns for milk produced the Census Bureau has made no attempt 10 determine the total value of dairy products for 1909. For convenience q partial total has been presented, comprising the reported value of milk. cream. and butter fat sold and the reported value of butter and cheese made, whether for home con or for sale. The total thus for 1909 is $o0o,00 which may be defined as the total value of dairy products exclusive of milk and cream used on the farm producing.
 About one-half of the milk report cd as produced by Arizona farmers was sold as such. The butter made l on farms in 1909 was valued at slos,O0O.
 Wool.
 The total number of sheep oi shearing age in Arizona on April IS, 1910. was 916,600. representing an in- crease of N.i per cent, as compared with the number on June !. lW '6bS,0O0). The approximate pToduc- lion of wool during 1909 was 9i'W Hecces, weighing s.So@.000 pounds and valued at $oS4.000. Of these totals about P per cent represent estimates. The number of heeees produced in 1909 was i6l per cent than in 1899. The average weight per fleece in 1909 was SIX pounds. as compared with 42 pounds n 1899, and the average value per pound was IS cents, as compared with I3 cents in l8oo
 Poultry Products
 The total number of fowls on Arr 'ona farms on April IS, l9io' was 10000. Of the s,040 farms report ng fowls, 1910 did not report any ,ggs produced in 1909, and l,s'3 dld 10, report any poultry raised in i'' The production of eggs actually re ported for the year 1909 was i''ih' )oO dozens, valued at s399,0oo' Ae- ,ording to the Twelfth Census re re- ports the production of eggs in 'c'' was 820,0OO dozens. the value be'hs 'l65000. The latter figures, now ,yer, are somewhat in excess or ,he 'etual returns at that census pe ,ause they include estimates naae To cover those cases where '". schedules reported fowls on haho