Show FARM ANIMALS Report of the Statistician Upon Comparative Compar-ative Numbers and Value atve WASHINGTON Feb 10The report of the statistician upon the comparative numbers and value of farm animals based on returns for January 1892 is nearly ready for publication It shows an increase in-crease in horses mules sheep no material ma-terial change in number of much cows a decrease in oxen and other cattle and avery a-very heavy reduction in the number of swine The estimated number of domestic domes-tic animals on farms ranches and public range io as follows Horses 16206802 mules 2331128 cows 16424087 other cattle 35954186 sleep 47252553 swine 46094807 Average Av-erage values declined as to horses and mules and advanced as to cattle of all kinds Greater gain appears in the value of sheep and a very large advance is seen in swine amounting to 39 per cent and progressive since the returns were made The average price of horses is 16 mules 520 cows 21 75 other cattle 1524 sheep 266 swine 641 Increase in aggregate ag-gregate values as estimated of all farm animals from 52461555678 to 2S433 506676 valuation of horses aggregates f992225185 cattle of all kinds 905181 mules 984 swine 164673751 29542649 sheep 125909264 |