The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-03-17
FACTS CONCERNING MARYLAND'S
- LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY.

College Park, Md, February %, 1922
On January 1, 1922 there were On
the farms Of Maryland about 1900 less
head OF livestock than a year pre-.
ceding, according to statement is
sued today by John S. Dennee, agri-
cultural statistician for the United
States Bureau of Markets and Crop
Estimates, cooperating with tae *
tension Service OF the University 4
Maryland. Horses decreased 100 head;
mules remained the same; milk COWS
increased 1000; other cattle increased
5000; sheep decreased 400c; and swine
decreased 5000.
The total numbers on farms Janu-
airy are estimated as follows: ,hcIs es,
/ 49,, 900; mules, $4,000; milk COWS.
/ $4,000; other cattle, $4,000; Sheep,
4 $4,000; and swine 2S5, 900
/ The total value Of livestock has de-
clined S6,505,000, or 1871 per cent. dur
| ing the wear; that is-from a .otaI os
SAL 1880 on January /, 1921 to $34,-
$4,000 on January l, 1922 This d.
Clease is due partly to a Slight re-
Guction in NUMBERS, but more 20 the
lower value per head.
/ Horses. WIKI value of $S7 per head
Is compared with 9SS a year ago, aye
lower than they have been at any time
in over twenty years. The total value
OF horses is estimated at S11 ,919,000,
which Is Sl,G05,G06 or lis per cen:
less thar year ago.
! Mules have IL: ~ ed il n"ice 81 ..sf
head. the .auuary 1 price being $11J.
'IHe total Value of mules is $2,7y5, ST..
4 reGuct,ua OF $3.50, 900, or peI cent,
as compared with a year ago.
Horses and mules are the only
classes of livestock that have pres
ent value below that of 1914. The aver
age values per head on January l, 1914
were: horses $119; mules SLAB.
/ Milk COWS have declined 20 per
cent in value per head, from $40 to
$63, and in total value have declined
/ $2,756,000. or 1S.6 per cent, from $l4,-
/ So, 900 to $12,096,000 According TO
/ farmers reports, COWS kept for dairy
| purposes were MIXED last year an
average of sos days
Other cattle have declined % per
cent in value per head, from $46 to
SIS. 20, and in total value have declin-
/ ed SILICA or 25.5 per cent, from
I $4,37O. 000 to $3,253, 900.
All cattle have thus declined S9,-
/ ST., 400, or 202 per cent, from $19, 222,-
900 to S15,349, 800.
/ Swine have declined in value per
head lis per cent, from SIS to $11.5O;
and in total value have declined $780,
500, or 1874 per cent, from So, !S3,OOO
to S3.277 500.
Sheep have declined in value per
/ head 225 per cent, from SIS to $500,
and in total value have declined S192,-
200, or 25.8 per cent from $4,000 to
$551 800. g.. +
The numbers of the different class
es of livestock on the farms of Mary
land, expressed in percentages OF the
numbers on January 1, 1921, are: hor-
ses 80 per cent; mules 100 per cent;
milk COWS 1872 per cent; other cattle
103 per cent; swine 80 per cent; sheep
SO per cent.
Comparing present average values
with the January l, 1914, average val
tues. it is found that the value or
horses on January l, 1922, IS y per
cent less: mules 20 per cent less; milk
/ COWS II uer cent more; other cattle
10 per cent more; sheep "a per cent
more; swine 10 per cent more
/ The estimated numbers of livestock
and the average value per head are re-
vised to the basis Of the 1920 Census.