| Show LIVE STOCK REPORT losses of live stock from disease and exposure during the past year were ere moderately moderate smaller than the the ten year average of such losses and the condition as to health and flesh af pf animals on april I 1 was slightly gl kiy 1 better than avera average 0 o acco according arding to estimates based upon reports of agents and reporters of the bureau of crop estimates U 8 department of agriculture the ebi epidemic demic of hog cholera seems to be on the wane for the total losses of hogs from disease last year Us ds estimated au at 66 per cent of the total supply as compared with about 10 per cent a year ago per cent two years ago per cent three years ago 89 per cent four years ago 45 per cent five years ago and 45 percent per cent six years ago the development and decline of the epidemic may be observed from these figures during the past year losses still amounted to or exceeded 10 per cent of the supply in ohio indiana arkansas and F lorida florida one important reason for small er losses of live stock from ex espre is as the increasing practice vice on the ranges of feeding hay generally alfalfa to the sheep and cattle when the winter is severe and grazing difficult stock is thus kept in better condition and losses from exposure become less for the entire united states the losses of horses and mules from disease during the past year are estimated as per compared with a ten year e average of per cent doiy of t the h ar supply losses of cattle from disease per cent compared with the ten year average of per cent losses of cattle from exposure per cent corn com pared with the ten year average of per cent losses of sheep from disease per cent ca compared m with the ten year average of per cent losses of sheep from exposure per cent corn com pared with the ten year average of per cent losses of lambs from disease and exposure per cent compared with a five year average of per cent losses of swine from di disease I 1 s per cent compared with a ten year average of per percent cent 4 the condition as to lic health alth and flesh on april 1 1916 and the average on april 1 of the past ten years are relatively as follows horses and mules and cattle and sheep and swine and the number of breeding sows bows in the united states is estimated to be about 16 per cent ware more than on april liast year aal th jhc thc increases ncr eases are arc mostly in thi the e s southern hern states |
