Evening journal., 1921-06-15

total number ............ 3f.9sf.52
- Lambs under ! year OF age. s.s3l 7o5
Ewes 1 year old and over... 80. .i62, $50
Rams ! year old and over. S26.373
Msissr5 nelsssse6 year old and over s59ss ss5 9ss
total number 49,. ............. - 52.a45ssl
Spring lambs ............... 12,sO3,Sl
1910 ..............:........ ss,s44,ois
total number ............. M - s.42s.5os
Kids under j year Of age,
raised for heeces. $780, 1853
Goats 1 year old and over,
= raised for neeces. 1569.s3f
All other goats. 1.325.9O9
Goats on farms, Apr Is, 1910. 2915,125
The number of sheep on farms in
: the United States on January 1920,
according TO the Fourteenth Census,
was 34.9S4.52A This number in
y cluded S.931.7O5 lambs under one
year of age. 23.462.6S9 ewes one year
old and over. S26,373 rams one year
4 old and over, and 1.494.032 wethers
one year old and over.
The number Of goats reported for
The same date was 3.426,5O6. includ-
ing 530,763 kids under one year OF
age. raised for feeces, 1,569,S34
goats one year Of age and over.
raised for fieeces. and 1926. 9O9 other
goats-goats and kids Of all ages not
kept for their fieeces.
The number Of sheep reported at
. he census Of 1910 was 52,447,S61,
but the change in the date of emu
meration, from April Is in 1910 to
! January / in 1920, must be taken
into account in making any COM
parisons between tho two years. Tho
! 1920 census. taken as OF January /,
was too early to include any spring
lambs. while the 1910 census, taken
as Of April IS, included 12.sO3,S15
lambs born between January / and
April IS, 1910. On the other hand,
the sheep enumerated as Of January
1. 1920, included large numbers OF
animals destined 10 be slaughtered
or marketed before April Is.
The relative Importance Of these
two factors resulting from the
change in the date Of enumeration
varies from State to State In some
states the number OF lambs born
during the first three and one-hali
months OF the year would greatly ex-
coed the number Of sheep and older
lambs slaughtered or sent 70 market
while In other States the number OF
sheep slaughtered during this period
might also offset the number Of
lambs born.
Taking as a basis Of comparison
the sheep reported IN 1910, exclu
sive Of spring lambs. the figures foi
the United States as whole show q
decrease Of 4.659.522 sheep betweer
1910 and 1920. The actual decrease
however. after due allowance hal
10 uk eli IA n.
well as for spring lambs, is consider.
ably more than this, but less thar
the difference between the tota
number Of sheep reported In 1915
and the number in 1920.
The total number OF goats report
ed at the 1910 census was 2.915,125
AS compared with this figure the
number Of goats reported for 1926
represents nominal increase OF
511.3S1. The actual increase, aftel
making allowance for the change ir
date Of enumeration. is doubtless
considerably less than that.
Six States reported more thar
1000. 900 sheep on farms for Janu
airy /, 1920. as follows: Texas g.
552.412: California, 2.4OO.151; Idaho
. 2.S56,27O; Ohio. 2.1O2.55O; Mon
tana, 2,0S2,9l9; and Oregon, 2OO2,
37S
The States reporting the larges
numbers Of goats were Texas, will
1,706, ,606; New Mexico, with 226,
S62: Arizona, with 161,124; oregon
with 133.6S5; Arkansas. with 1913,
500; Missouri, with 121,O12; ant
California with 1879. These sever
States arc also among those report