The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-15
VALUE OF PURE BRED
LIVESTOCK IN THE
UNITED STATES

Washington. d. c. Sept. l5.-The
Bureau of the census OF the depart
nent OF commerce. announces, subject
TO correction. the following preliminary
flgures from the 1920 census of Agri
culture for the United States:
or the total number of farms in the
United States on January /, 1920 &C
44s,366), according to the fourteenth
census, 6,llS,s56 reported domestic
animals of any kind, and 693,724 re-
ported pure-bred livestock. Thus in
1920 los per cent of all farms re-
ported pure-bred livestock, while IL 3
per cent of the farms which report
ed domestic animals reported pure.
bred livestock.
Purebred Horses
OF the 1S,7s5,933 horses on farms
in the United States on January /,
1920. l20,540 or 0.6 per cent were
classed as pure bred. The states re.
porting the largest per centages Of
pure bred horses were as follows
Illinois, 1.2 per cent; Rhode Island,
IL per cent; Iowa, IL per cent; Massa-
chusetts, l per cent: Vermont, 0.9 per
cent; Ohio. 0.9 per cent; Kentucky
0.s per cent; and Kansas Os per cent
The state reporting the largest num-
bers Of pure bred horses in 1920 were
Illinois with 1853; Iowa, with 15,450;
Kansas with $3.50; Ohio with 1857;
Nebraska with 1854; North Dakota
with 5,63s; South Dakota with 5,321;
and Indiana with 965
Cattle
The number of pure bred cattle on
farms on January /. 1920, was 1881.
5l4, or per cent OF the total num-
Der of cattle (66, 6,S10,S36)
The states reporting the largest
numbers of pure bred cattle We're as
follows: Iowa, 17l,645; New York,
l55,lS5; Wisconsin 1882; Texas 1l3,.
l07; Illinois l09 1896 and Missouri 1922
939.
The per centage Of all cattle which
were pure bred ranged from less than
| per cent in Louisiana and Florida
to S3 per cent in Massachusetts. The
states reporting the largest per cent
ages of pure bred cattle in 1920 were
Massachusetts with 9.3 per cent; New
Hampshire with II per cent; New
York with 72 per cent; Vermont with
6.S per cent; New Jersey with 6.5
per cent; Connecticut with 6.3 per
cent and Maine with 6.1 per cent.
These states are interested primarily
in raising cattle for dairy purposes.
Sheep
Out Of a total Of 35,O33,516 sheep on
farms in the United States on January
l. 1920. 463,504 or 1.3 per cent were
classed as pure bred.
The states reporting the largest per
centages of pure bred sheep were as
follows: New Jersey 1917 per cent;
Connecticut rs per cent; New York
3.2 per cent; and Pennsylvania 81
per cent. On the other hand, the larg-
est numbers of pure bred sheep were
reported in the following states: Idaho
Ohio, Oregon, Utah, California, Mon !
tana and New York.
Swine
OF the total number of swine on |
farms in the United States on Janu-
Try /, 1920, (59.3Ss,16) 2,O4s,90O or
80 per cent were pure bred.
The states reporting the largest |
per centages Of pure bred swine were
with 6.3.per cent; Con-
,ecticut with 5.5 per cent; New Hamp-
shire with per cent; North Dakota
With AS per cent: South Dakota with
is per cent; and Illinois with AZ
'er cent. The states reporting the
argest numbers Of pure bred swine
we're as follows: Iowa 2S9 ,042; Illinois
1886; Indiana 15s. .6s6; Missouri 14S,-
IL; Nebraska 112,502; Minnesota 99,.
43; and Ohio 96,90S.