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Excerpt from Monthly Report of the Department of Agriculture for January, 1873 Returns of our annual circular relating to comparative numbers and prices of domestic animals show an increase in horses, cattle, and sheep, while the numbers of swine will aggregate nearly, if not quite, the total of last year. The advance is not heavy, but is most apparent in sheep, amounting to about one million, or near three per cent, exclu sive of the Territories. The indicated increase in horses is about two per cent, and nearly the same advance in cattle. A slight increase in mules is also apparent. The percentage of horses, as compared with last year, is as follows Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey, 99 per cent.; New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Dela ware, Florida, Ohio, 100;.maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Indiana. California, 101; Georgia, Ken tucky, Illinois, Wisconsin, 102; Iowa, Missouri, Oregon, 103; Louisiana, West Virginia, 104 Mississippi, Texas, 105; Minnesota, 108; Arkansas, 109; Kansas, Nebraska, 110. Mules in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, Florida, Louisiana, California, 100 Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio, Michi gan, Indiana, Wisconsin, 101; Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennes see, Illinois, Iowa, 102; South Carolina, Nebraska, 103; North Caro lina, West Virginia, 104; Texas, Minnesota, Kansas, 107; Arkan sas, 108. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
