Excerpt from The Fifty-Fourth Annual Report of the Trade and Commerce of Chicago: For the Year Ended December 31, 1911The number and value of the animals on the farms are so intimately and vitally related to the general industrial and commercial prosperity, that no intelligent understanding of the financial and commercial affairs of the year can be had without, at least, a resume of this wealth of the country.The number of horses, mules, milch cows, sheep, other cattle and swine on the farms and ranches of the United States, January 1, 1910, as esti mated by the U. S. Department oi Agriculture, was valued on the farm at Of horses, there were valued at or at an average price per head of of mules, valued at or at an average price per head of of milch cows, valued at or at an average price per head of of other cattle valued at or at an average price per head of of sheep, valued at or at an average price per head of of swine, valued at or at an average price per head of In the case of horses, mules, milch cows, and sheep, the number, total valuation, and average price per head, exceeded the corresponding record of any previous year, while the number of other cattle was less than for the years 1907 and 1908, the valua tion largely exceeded that of any other year, so also with respect to swine - while the number on the farms was much less than for several years, the valuation was materially in excess of that of any other year.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.