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Show jUVESTOCK VALUE FALLSJEAVILY Decline of Two and a Quarter Billion Dollars in 1920 Is Shown by Report WASHINGTON. Feb 1. Value of livestock on farms n.i ranges in ths Fnlted States has decreased more than two arid a quarter billion dollars )ur- Ing the last year and the amount of livestock about 10,000.000, uccordlnK to estimates announced today by tho department of agriculture. Cattle and sheep decreased In number num-ber more than four per cent and swine i has been decreased more than 7 per Uont. There was a decrease In value of more than half a billion dollars In milk cows and about the same for other cattle, while swine showed n deereAoo of almost half a hlll'.on dollars dol-lars nml Bheep almOBl quarter of B , billion dollars HORSES iMi Ml l i s Hones numbered 20.1 83.000, a decrease de-crease of 2.9 pr cent, and were val-jued val-jued at $1,m;4.1C.,000, a decrease of $298,337,000 with an nerage value of '182.46 per head. i Mules numbered 4,999,000, a de-rro'i.i" de-rro'i.i" of .8 p.r cent, and were valued at $478,473,000. a decrease of $102,-927.000, $102,-927.000, with an average vulue of $ 1 15.72 per head. CATTLE VALU1 9 Milch cows numbered 23,321.000, a decrease of 1.3 per cent, and wore i valued at $1,491,900,000, a docroase of $611, 818, 000, with an average value of $fiT-97 per head. 'her cattle numbered 42,870,000, a drrroase of 4 2 per cont, and wore : led at $ 1.3 46. 618. 000, a decrease of j $587,880,000) with nn average value of; j 531.41 per head. Ml! I I' 15TD HOOI Sheep numbered 4 .r..0 7.000, a de-. crease of 4.3 per cent, and were valued valu-ed at $288,732,000, a decrcuso of $208,-1 928,000, with an average value of $5 41 per head Hotfb numbered 66,849,000. d -crease of 7 1 per cent, and were valued val-ued ut $S'.r,, 633.600. a decrease of 8487,888,000, with an average value of 1 2 '.''i pet head. oo |