The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-03-06
CATTLE SHOW DECREASE
DURING YEAR In STATE
Survey Conducted BY The United
States Department OF Agriculture
Show TheIe Are Fewer Cattle In
State. Decline Probably Due To
Drop I'm Prices.

! College Park, Md, February IS
! On January 1, 1922 there were on
! the farms Of Maryland about 1000
! less head of livestock than a wear
| preceding, according to a statement
issued today by John S. Dennee, ag-
ricultural statiStiCian for the United
! States Bureau of Markets and Crop
Estimates, cooperating with the Elk
| tension Service of the University of
Maryland. Hoses decreased 1000
head; mules remained the same;
milk COWS increased 1000; other cat
tie increased 5000; sheep decreased
I 1000; and swine decreased 5000,
! The total number on farms Janu-
! airy l are estimated as follows; hors-
es 1877, 900; mules 3 3 900; milk cows
10000; other cattle $4,000; sheep
| $4,000, and swine 285,000.
The total value Of livestock has de-
clined $6.505,000 or 1877 per cent
/ during the year; that is-from a
| total of $41,39S,OOO on January l,
| 1921 to $34, $4,000 on January l,
! 1922. This decrease is due partly to
| a slight reduction in numbers but
more to the lower value per head.
Horses, with a value of $87 per
head as compared with sos a year
| ago, are lower than they have been
at any time in over twenty years.
The total value of horses is estimat-
ed at $11, $4,000 which is $685.
! 600 or lis per cent, less than a
year ago.
Mules have declined in price $40
per head. the January 1 price being
| Sis. The total value of mules is
SO 70 3 900, 4 reduction of $780,
600 or per cent, as compared with
a year ago.
! Horses and mules are the only
classes CT livestock that have a pres
ent value below that of 1914. The
average values per head on January
1, 1914, were; horses $119; mules
| $143.
Milk COWS have declined 30 per
cent, in value per head, from $40 to
| $63 and in total value have declined
$2,756, 900, or 1876 per cent. from
| $14,S52, 600 to $12, 900 Accord
| ing to farmers reports, COWS kept
| for dairy purposes were MIXED last
year an average Of 305 days.
lOther cattle have declined % per
cent. in value per head, from $46 to
! $500 and in total value have de-
| clined $1,116, 400, or 25.5 per cent,
from $4,370,000 to $3,253,6OO
All cattle have thus declined SO =
| 872, 400 or 20.2 per cent, from $19,-
| 222, 200 to SIS, 500.
| Swine have declined in value per
head lis per cent, from $13 to
$11.50; and in total value have de-
clined $505, 500 or 1874 per cent
from $3,7S3, 600 to $3,277,5O0.
Sheep have declined in value per
head 22.5 per cent, from So to $500
and in total value have declined
1872, 200 or 25.8 per cent from $744,-
600 to 1851 500.
The number Of the different class
| es of livestock on the farms of Mary
land expressed in percentage of the
numbers on January /, 1921, are
horses 90 per cent; mules 100 per
cent; milk COWS 102 per cent; other
cattle 1913 per cent; swine 80 per
cent; sheep SO per cent.
Comparing present average values
with the January l, 1914, average
values, it is found that the value of
horses on January l, 1922, is 27
per cent less; mules 20 per cent less;
milk COWS II per cent more; other
cattle 3 percent more; sheep "a per-
cent more; swine 10 per cent more.
The estimated number of livestock
/ and the average value per head are
revised to the basis of the 1920
Ceensus