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Show Facts on Michigan Live Stock. . The January report of the Secretary Secre-tary of State of Michigan gives the following Information on the condition condi-tion "of . and prices for live stock in that state: ... v , The average - condition of live stock in the . state is reported as follows, comparison' being with stock in good, healthy and thrifty condition: Horses, cattle, sheep and swine, each 96 per cent. The average price of fat cattle was $4.03 per cwt., ' of fat hogs 15.69 per cwt., and of dressed pork $6.13 per cwt. The-average price of each class of horses was as follows: Under one year old $30.72; between one and two years old, $48.90; between .two and three years old, $73.03;' three years old and over, $101.06. Milch cows were worth $35.41 per head. Cattle Cat-tle other than milch cows, under one year old, were worth, per head $11.22; between one and. two years old, $19.32; between two and three, years old, $29.29, and three years old and over, $37.90. The average price of sneep under one year old was $2.69, and one year old and over, $3.39, and ' hogs not fatted were worth $4.9 per cwt. The prices of all kinds of live stock are higher than one year ago. Fat cattle and fat hogs are worth 20 cents more per cwt. while dressed pork is worth 63 cents less than one year ago. |