The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-08-19
GEoRclA,s LIVE STOCK
RESOURCES.

stock on Georgia's farms on June l.
1921, than a year preceding, according
to an announcement made by John S.
Dennee, agricultural statistician for
the Georgia Cooperative Crop Report
ing Bureau, a coordination of the
forces of the United States Bureau of
Crop Estimates and the statistical
division fthe Georgia Department of
Agriculture. The statistician bases
! his estimates upon large volume of
reports received by him direct from
the farmers of the state.
Horses remained the same in NUM-
bers as a year ago; mules decreased
slightly, 1000, or 1 per cent; milk
cows increased 5000, or 2 per cent;
other cattle decreased 5000, or l per
cent: swine decreased $4,000, or 2 per
cent: and sheep decreased 5000, or
| 4 per cent.
The total numbers on farms and
ranges June 1, 1921, are estimated as
follows. Horses, 10000; mules,
BAT 900; milk cows, 100000; other cat
tie. 10000; swine, 100000; and
sheep, 10000.
| The total value of livestock on
Georgia farms has declined SCI 1884,
900, or 80 per cent, during the year
that is, from a total of 1901 $4,000 on
January i, 1920, to $140,446,000 on
January /, 1921. This decline is due
in part to the reduction Of per cent
i'm numbers, but more to the lower
value per head.
Horses, with value I $112 per
head as compared with $3.50 year
ago are lower than they have been
since 1905 The total value of horses
is estimated at $14,7S4,00O, which is
sc, 100000, or 80 per cent less than
a year ago.
Mules have declined in price rela-
lively more than horses, due, proba-
bly,, to the depression in the price of
cotton. as mules are largely used in
the cotton-growing areas of the state.
The June price, 1853, is the lowest
value since 1916, whereas the value
year ago, $216, was the highest on
record. The total value of mules Is
$50. O9f 10000, a reduction of $22,725,-
900, or 30 per cent as impaired with
year ago.
Milk cows have declined 30 per cent
| in value per head, from $65 to $45,
and in total value have declined So,
815 900, or 29.4 per cent from $29,965,
900 to $21, 10000. Other cattle have
declined 26,4 per cent in value per
head, from $272O to $4,000. and In
ltotm value have declined $5,711,OOO-
Ior 27.2 per cent, from $20,S71,00 tc
$l5 1850 10000. All cattle have thus de.
clined $14526.O00, or 2S.5 per cent,
from $50 $4,000 to $36,410,00
Swine have declined in value per
head 80 per cent. from $1,000 to $l1.oO
and In total value have declined ST.,
s14,0 900. or SO per cent, from $5S.4SS,.
900 TO sS5,67S.ooo.
Sheep have declined in value per
head 1863 per cent, from s4.9O to $4.lO
and In total value have declined $l24.
100, or 2O.s per cent, from $4,000 &c
$4S7, 300
There are not near enough milk
COWS and sheep in Georgia. according
TO Mr.. Dennee. II pro rata distri
button OF the milk cows were made
he says II would give to each fern
only n cow and a half And the sheep
industry is fading away, due in part
he says. TO the lack of permanent
pastures. the settling up of fhe range
counties, vagrant dogs, and the low
price of wool and mutton, Every
farm should grow some sheep, he be
lieves, as the animals are not costly
to maintain. and they serve admirably
| 10 keep the weeds down and the farm
revenues up.
Livestock forms an important part
az Georgla's wealth. In the prssuc
ton of hogs she ranks sixth in the en-
tire United States. She excels al
other southern states A comparison
OF aggregate livestock values place;
Georgia sixteenth amongst the forty
eight states. in the value of her farm
animals,