The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-11
Number Shows an Increase of 1858
Per Cent Compared With Figues
Submitted in 1900.
STRAWBERRIES LEAD IN FRUIT
Raspberries and Loganberreis Rank
Next-Value of Potatoes Placed
at $11,0M,391.
Special to The Pioneer.

Special to The Pioneer.
Washington D. c., Jan. 11.-Sta-
tistics for products for Minnesota are
presented in bulletin soon to be is
sued by Director Durand, of the bur-
eau Of the census, department of COM
merce and labor. 1t was prepared un-
der the supervision of John Lee Coul-
ter, expert special agent for agricul-
ture.
The returns for live stock 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 represent
Ing the annual production Of live
STOCK products for the reason that the
total value of products from the bust
ness of raising domestic animals for
use, sale, or slaughter can not be
calculated from the census returns.
Dairy Products.
The number of farms in Minnesota
reporting dairy COWS on April is,
1910, was 145,584, but only 1887
reported 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 1909, while other farmers neg
lected to give information for the
preceding year, or were unable to do
so, perhaps, because the farm was
then in other hands. Dairy products
In general are somewhat less accu-
rately reported than the principal
crops. This is particularly the case
as regards the quantity of milk pro-
duced. The number of farms which
made any report Of milk produced
during 1909 was 96,413 CONSIDER
ably less than the total number re-
porting dairy products), and the num-
Der Of dairy COWS on such farms on
April Is, 1910, was 10000. The
amount of milk reported was 273,-
100000 gallons; assuming that there
were the same number of COWS in
1910 as in 1910, this would represent
an average of ST. gallons or 3O:6
pounds per COW. In considering this
average, however, it should be borne
In mind that the distinction between
dairy and other COWS is not always
strictly observed in the census re-
turns.
BY reason of the incompleteness OF
the returns for milk produced the
census bureau has made no attempt to
determine the total value of dairy
produces for 1909. For convenience
a 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-
sumption or for sale. The total thus
obtained for 1909 is $29,219,OOO,
which may be defined as the total
value of dairy products exclusive OF
milk and cream used on the farm
producing.
Only about one-fifth of the milk re-
ported by Minnesota farmers in 1909
was sold as such. Comparatively
large quantities of milk and cream
were sold on the butter fat basis. The
butter made on farms in 1909 was
valued at $S,593,000.
Wool.
The total number of sheep OF
shearing age in Minnesota on, April
Is, 1910, was $4,000, representing
an increase of 25.8 per cent, as COM
pared with the number on June l.
1900 (359,00O. The approximate
production of wool during 1909 was
900 fleeces, weighing 3,259,0O0
pounds, and valued at $4,000. OF
these totals about 15 per cent repre-
sent estimates. The number Of heeces
produced in 1909 was 20,6 per cent
greater than in 1899. The average
weight per fleece in 1909 was 7.2
pounds, as compared with 60 pounds
in 1899, and the average value per
pound was twenty-five cents, as COM
pared with eighteen cents in 1899.
Is -.-s. -. a 7rEs a"z Il
.s-s5 Poultry Products. {
The total number of fowls on Min.
nesota farms on April Is, 1910, was
10,697,OOO. OF the 142,65s farms re-