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��The figures given do not tell the whole story of the magnitude of the animal-breeding industry of the country. They deal only with the live stock actually on the farm. Besides this are the exports to be reckoned with. Table III. gives the facts regarding exports.

TABLE in

Number and Value of Live Stock Exfo&ted fboic the United States dubino

THE Teas ending June 30, 1911

Kind of Stook Namb«r Value

HoraeB 25,145 $ 3,845,253

Mulea 6,585 1,070,051

Cattle 150,100 13,163,920

Sheep 121,491 636,272

Swine 8,551 74,032

Total 311,872 $18,789,528

Over against the exports are to be set the imports. Animals are imported into the United States for purposes falling into two general classes. On the one hand, are the imports, mainly from European countries, of superior animals to be used as breeding stock. The ulti- mate object of such importation is the improvement of the live-stock of the country. On the other hand, there are some importations of ani- mals for purposes of slaughter and utilization in other ways than breed- ing. The live-stock imports of each of these classes for the fiscal year 1910-11 are given in Table IV.

TABLE IV

Number and Value or Live Stock Imported into the United States dttrino

THE Tear ending June 30, 1911

��Klxul ot Stock

�Why Imported

�Number

�Value

�Hordes

�For breeding purposes •• other

" other
 * breeding "

" breeding " " other

�6,331 3,262 2.441 180,482 6,341 48,114

�$2,066,418 636.666 362,220 2,690.867 116,277 261,348

�(t

�Cattle

�«<

�SheeD

�<i

� �Total

� �246,971

�$6,022,776

� � ��Prom the figures given in the preceding tables it is possible to make some calculations to show average individual values. These are of in- terest because they furnish some indications of the cash value which rewards attention and care devoted to the breeding of animals. Let us first consider the average values of the different kinds of live stock on the farm. These figures will furnish a base with which comparison may be made. They measure in a crude way, but still a real one, the

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