Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-02-15
LIVE STOCK VALUES
SHOW BIG DECREASE
Shrinkage in Markets Given as
Cause for Great Reduction
in Annual Reports


farms January i. 1921, was ap-
proximately $12O,S1S,OO0 as com
pared with approximately S107,-
100000 on January |, 1920, &C
cording to annual estimates is
sued Jointly by the United
States Bureau OF Crop Estimates
IL cooperation with State Com
missioner OF Agriculture w. G..
Hanna. The decrease. accord
ing to the report Of the estimate,
IS due chiefly to the shrinkagc in
market value per head, though
there has been a considerable
shrinkage in numbers. especially
OF hogs. Dairy cattle show a
slight increase in numbers.
This estimate gives the mum
bcrs Of live stock Of various class
cS i'll the state January |. 1921, as
follows: Horses. $4,000; mules.
10000; milk COWS, 10000: 9th,
cr cattle, $4,000; sheep. 1.1N.-
Goo; and swine 100000. This i'll
Dictates the number Of mules on
Kentucky farms is the same as
on january I, 1920: milk COWS
have increased 2 per cent, while
other cattle have decreased 5 per
! cent, horses Il little more than 2
per cent, sheep about s per cent
and swine nearly IS per cent.
The average farm value Of milk
! COWS january |. 1921. was $57
per head. as compared with SIS
! the year previous other cattle
| SOTO compared with S41.2O;
| horses SS4 compared with S1O1
mules SlO7 compared with S12O:
sheep 500 compared with $1,000
and swine 5000 compared with
$12.
The number OF animals on the
farm January |. 1920. was horses
100000: mules 25C.OCO; milk
COWS. $4,000: other cattle. 502.-
COO: sheep, 100000 and swine
1851, 600.
The value OF the various ami
mails for the two years follow:
Horses. 1920, $43.239OOO; 1921.
| S35.2S0COO; mules. 1920. SCI 500
OGO; 1921, $2OZ5OOOO: milk COWS.
1920. S33,30l GOO, 1921. S2O.502.-
600; other cattle, 1920. S24. 800
coo. 1921, $1O.01OOOO; sheep. 1920
| S15,472.4O0, 1921. $7.1O3.1OO:
swien. 1920, S21,S53.CCO. 1921.
! S14.147.1OO.
The total number OF horses in
! the United States. according to
the report. was 20,1S3.OOO on Tan
! uarv !. 1921, as compared with
2OIS5.OOO on January |. 1920.
and the total value was $1.O44.-
100000, as compared with 1862
2O5.COO or an average Of SS2.4
on January |. 1921, as compared
with S94.42 on january. l, 1920.
Mules in the nation numbered
100000 on January |. 1921. as
compared with 5.O41 900 the wear
previous, and were valued at
$57S.4z3.O0O as compared with
$I4l 100000. an average of S115.-
y. as compared with S147.O7.
Milk COWS numbered 23.321OOOI
on January |. 1921. as compared
with 23,Ol0,OO0 the wear previous,
and were worth $1.401.OOO asI
compared with S1.O1O.OCO or an
average Of $3.50 per head as
compared with SSH.
Other cattle in the nation num-
bcred 42S70.OOO as compared
with 42750,OCO on January IL
100. and were worth on January
|. 1921, Sl.,346.O55OOO as co1npar-
ed with S1.934.lS5.OOO the year !
previous. The average price perl
head on january !. 1921. was
S5l.4l. as compared with $43.22
the year previous.
Sheep numbered 45.OO7 .OCO on
January /. 1921. as compared
with 47.114,OOO the wear previous.
and were worth $2SS.z32.OOO, as !
compared with $495.OOO,OCO or an
average of $6.41 as compared
with $1O.42.
Swine numbered O0.O40.OOO on
January |. 1921. as compared
with z1.727,00O the previous year
and were valued at $7O5.033.COOI
d compared with $1.3O3 .2o7,OOOI
or an average of $500 per head
as compared with $19O1 the year
Leforc.