The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-15

uoV 10 l9,Ie3.Do0, Or 10y $4,000 IS the
south. with an Increase in the rest OF
the country OF only 25e, 900 from &C.
t'o'o"e 10 36,s2a.0oo. In sheep there
was a decrease o: 25S 900 in the south
and o. l,5o5.0oO in the rest Of the coun-
try swine Increased in number by
1000. or II the rate OF nine-tenths Of
] pcr cent. in tile South, from 23.3lO.-
600 10 e3.j24. o0o, but there was :, de-
crease from 1865 900 to s5..os.ooo. or
by 2.+'9.o0o equal 10 s. per cent, in
the rest Of the country These figures
are as OF January IN the years men
toned Comparing them with the nc-
uFcS OF june !. 1850. which may account
Tor some differences. especially III
sheep on account Of the lambs, it ap-
pears that the South to-day has actu-
ally l3o0.eoo fewer sheep than 1t had
IN 1850. Dealing with 1910. ONLY four
years ago. there are fewer cattle now.
IMAM In 1910 In every Southern state
except Florida, Maryland and south
Carolina. the aggregate decrease
amounting 10 l,9l6,000. ana fewer sheep
except III Florida Louisiana. Missis
sippo' Oklahoma ana Texas, the aggre-
gate decrease being 420,0oc. and al
though there has been an aggregate
increase Of i3s.ooo in the number of
swine, there have been decreases IN
Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma
AZ the Years Go by.
IN 1850 there were 1856. 600 cattle,
sheep and swine in the South and 10
10000 III the rest OF the country. In
thirty four years the number increased
TO ol.So7.ooo in the South and l13.437.-
900 IN the rest of the country The
failure to maintain the Increase in the
number Of such live stock on parity
with the Increase in population be-
comes more apparent when II Is seen
that while in 1850 there were 2.5l OF
such live stock per each inhabitant In
the south ana ..i9 per each inhabitant
In the rest Of the country. the proper
ton in 1914 is only $50 in the South
ana l.91 In the rest OF the country.
using 1910 figures OF population.
Between 1850 and 1910 the popula-
ton OF the South increased from 49,
Gl5,Oo0 TO 32,4S0.0O0, or al the rate of
so per cent, and the population in
the rest OF the country increased from
3l,1so.0o0 to 59.+9o.00o. or At the rate
or SI.2 per cent. Between 1850 and
1913 the increase in the mum Der OF live
stock in the rest OF the country was.
cattle, from 20,142.000 to 36,S29. 900. or
at the rate of 77.5 per cent sheep, from
31,S27 900 to 4l,l19.000, or 29.4 per cent
and swine. from 26.550.O0O to 35.t09, 600
or 33.i per cont, and in the South the
increase was, in cattle. from l4lS?O 900
to l9.763,000. or 1913 per cent, and in
swine from 21,132.000 TO 23,52A.0OO or
11.2 per cent, while there was n de-
crease in sheep from 1885. 900 to $780,
600, or at the rate OF IFS per cent.
The Lesson of 1t All.
In these figures one fact is obvious
The South is not living up to its OPP
portunities, especially favorable in view.
of the open winters, in live stock pro-
duction. 1t is either not consuming it's
fair proportion of meats, or is losing
money by buying them from other parts
OF tho country, and it is also not max
ing the money that it might by raising
II sufficient number of live stock to sup
ply packing houses. in spite of the
demonstration in four or five Southern
States Of the benefits OF such plants to
agriculture and general Industry