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stage of development or progress which the live stock breeding industry of the country has attained. Table V. gives the figures^ calculated from the data given in Table II. above.

TABLE V AviRAOE Values or Live Stock on the Fasm

Average Value of Kind of Stoek the Individual

Hones $105.94

Moles 124.80

Milch cows 39.39

Other cattle 21.20

Sheep 3.47

Swine 8.00

It is to be expected that animals chosen for export will be on the average of somewhat better quality than those left on the farm. A part go out of the country for breeding purposes^ and these will have a power- ful effect in raising the average value of exported stock. In accordance with expectation^ the average values for exported stock are seen in Table VI. to be in every case somewhat greater than those for farm stock. The relative amount of this increase^ shown as the percentage which the dif- ference in values is of the farm value^ is given for each class of stock in a third column of the table.

TABLE VI

AvxBAOB Values or Live Stock Exported

Pveentage Increase In Aver- Average Value age Value of Exported Over Kind of Stoek ol Individual Farm Live Stock

Horses $152.92 44.3

Mulee 162.60 30.2

Cattle 37.70 216.7*

Sheep 6.24 61.4

Swine 8.66 8.2

"While the relative increases of value seen here are respectable, con- sidered by themselves, they are insignificant in comparison with those exhibited in the valuation of animals imported for breeding purposes. The figures for the latter are shown in Table VII., which is calculated in the same way as Table VI.

TABLE Vn

AvxBAGS Values or Live Stock Ihpobted for Bbsedino Purposes

Percentage Inereaee In Aver- Average Value age Value of Imported Over Kind of Stock of Individual Farm Live Stock

Horses $324.66 206.6

Cattle 148.39 436.8

Sheep 21.77 629.2

tinguished in Table V.
 * Calculated on the basis of weighted mean of the two classes of cattle dis-

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