The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-05-07
500 TEXAS FACTS
Compilation OF Statistics Shown IN
Brief Paragraphs by the Com.
nereisl Secretaries
Cattle

mereisl Secretaries
Cattle
There are e.23sOo0 head Of cattle
In Texas. which are valued at 1885,
$4,000. or this number. 5.l7f,0OO
are beef cattle. valued at si370si.-
600 while .O65.OO are milk cows, val
ued at SfS .56i 800.
From 1910 TO 1914. the value Of the
Texas steer has Increased sii.20.
Fifteen per cent OF the beef cattle
Of the United States are in Texas.
We have more than twice as many
as any other state
Texas ranks nth In the number Of
milk COWS and first in quality Of
milk. cream and butter produced.
The Texas milk COW. on January
J.. 1914. was valued at $3.50 by TN
Gle Sam. while five years ago she
was worth only s29.50
There are 1880 cowboys on the
cattle ranches in Texas.
our packing houses slaughter p
O00. 600 head Of meat animals annu-
ally.
More calves are received at Fort
Worth market than at any other mar
ket in the world
The largest cattle feeding plant in
the world is near Stamford. Jones
county. Texas.
There are "a packing houses in
Texas.
Texas is the leading meat produc
ing state IN the Union. We produce
worth Of livestock meat
products annually.
Population
Texas had g.s9e.5i2 people in 1910,
according 10 the federal census.
our population at the present time
is approximately i.5co00O
The first census Of Texas. taken
in 1850. showed 2i2.595 persons in
the state
Texas ranks fifth with other states
in population. having wrested that
place from Missouri during the past
decade.
In 1850 Texas ranked 9th with
other states In population.
The 1910 population classiies-3.- !
2ui.s4s white. 690.0fs uesroes. 702 In
dinns. gss Chinese. $40 Japanese, g
Flnplnos and Hindus
our population is 81 2.i0 per cent
white. III uosro aud per cent IN
iians. Chinese and Japanese.
There are $4,000 persons in Texas
who were born On foreign countries.
% our poupula'ion 1g per cent Is
rlral and % urban There are 2ol7.-'
i2s males and is1ssi6 females ina
Texas
Wc have l04 white mal-e to every
.0a wiiic females In Texas.
We have million persons IN Tex
,a who have moved here from other
states Most Of them are from Ala
sauna, Arkansas. Mississippi and Ten
iessee.
Oi the white population. Is per
.ent were born IN this state.
For every persons who leaves Tex
Il and moves 20 some other state
n the Union. we get eight in return.
Cochran county. 1910 had only SIS
,ersons living within its borders.
Railroads
Texas has more railroad mileage
han any other state in the Union.
Texas now has $1,000 miles Of
main line of railroads.
The first railroad was built In Tex.
u In 1854.
To encourage railroad construc-
ion. the state OF Texas gave away
e zoo coo acres Of land in the pio-
Ieer days. as subsidy for building
900 miles OF road.
Since the building Of our first road.
he mileage Of Texas has Increased
4 an average rate OF 800 miles per
mum.
During the last calendar year. f2i
niles OF railroad were constructed in
'exas.
The gross earnings Of the TeS7
In 1918 were ilio.s27.ooo.
We have 56s miles Of railroad TO
% square miles Of territory; ana
I miles OF railroad track TO every
o 700 inhabitants.
There are 1916 locomotives. f.2ss
assenger coaches. and t5.ss. freight