Show LIVE UVE STOCK GOES LOWER IN VALUE Horses and Sr Swine nc Fewer but bu t Fall in Price Chief Difference Herald braId S laT Twin Falls alls Ida Ida- Feb cb 1 12 According According to o an annual live c stock report just Issued is issued issued Is- Is sued by Julius II 11 Jacobson state field agent the total value of oC all live o stock on Idaho farms and ran ranges es has depreciated depre depre- elated from In January 1919 1910 to In January Januar 1920 Although this reduction says saz the tho lie liefield field agent is attributable to the do- do crease in tho the number of ot horses and swine the chief reason ia ItS found Cound in the decline of or 1 12 per head for or horses 7 1 per head for mules for or cattle So 1 for sheep and per head for hogs hoSs MUch cows form tho the only class of or live ivo stock showing an Increase in value Their value has been st steadily Increasing since 1917 Mr Jacobson declares Sheep have held hald first place in total value since 1917 thc the total varying from rom 2599 1000 to tho the hi high h water watermark watermark mark of or in Mi 1918 while horses and cattle other othor than thun mUch cows have contended for second place florse Ir CON COWN Horses are arc estimated at a decrease of 2 per cent In number from last ast year ear Heavy losses JosseN of or range horses have havo been reported due to scarcity of oC feed and extreme cold weather this winter Tho The report declares there was no change from rom last year In Jn the thc number of mUch cows reported which can probably be bo explained lI by the tho work worle of or orthe the he over increasing cow testing testing- associations associations asso asso- and the thc high cost of ot feed In eliminating eliminating- the thc poor producers Tho The slacker cow cow who did not earn her keep and there appears to have been many nany in the state tate was tent sent ent to the thc butcher block for mea meat t. t Canyon county proved thc tho lie banner hanner section In dairying with 1 ct cows ws having a a. total valuation of oC lO OS O Ada county Is a A. close second with 1001 cows valued at These two wo counties produced close to 17 gallons of ot milk 1 In 1919 other cattle caUl and sheep show no change chango in number from last year car O county ranks 8 first In number of sheep with valued at 3 15 j S Hu tog Steadily Sc The Thc only class of live Iho stock Block showIng showing show- show Ing ng- ng no increase in the thc past five five- years ears II Is the tho hog hoJ section Decline has been stead steady until there ia Is now HOW only or 54 5 per pel cent cont of tho the r in iii 1916 Cost of oC production at tho the present high feed prices Js the tho discouraging factor The Tho following table gives g at a glance glanco the he live live- situation in Idaho for tor forthe tho the past five years calS Total allY all Y Year ar Live stock Ill Value 1920 1919 1 1918 18 3 7 1058 un 1917 9 0 1916 |