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96 of the way if I reckon the number and value of animals in cities and villages, at the ends of 1916 and 1920, as follows:

—_————— Velae—_—__——- Farm animals Namber 1916 1920

Hovrees.. 0.0.0 c cece cee 3,200,000 $329,600,000 $262,400,000 Moles..............000000- 270,000 31,860,000 31,320,000 Milk cows................. 1,900,000 114,000,000 121,680,000 Bheep.......... 0.0. e cee eee 400,000 2,800,000 2,400,000 Bwine..... 0... cece cece 1,300,000 15,600,000 16,900,000 Totals. .......0..cc cece $493,860,000 $434,620,000

The Department of Agriculture gives no estimate for other animals, including poultry. An addition of $400,000,000 to the figures for each year on this account is probably none too large.

The above data, for the ends of the years 1916 and 1920, are summarized in the following table:

1916 1920 On farms... 0.6... cece eee eee $6,785,612,000 $6,235,569,000 In towns.......0.. 6 cc eee eee ee 493,860,000 434,620,000 Other ccc cece e eee eee 400,000,000 400,000,000 Totale..... ccc cece ceca $7,679,472,000 —$7,070,189,000

No separate valuation for the mines of the country has appeared in any inventory of the national wealth previous to that which I compiled and published for 1916. In earlier census estimates mines were supposed to be included under the head of real estate. However, an examination of the laws and practices of the several states with respect to mine taxation will make it evident that no good idea of the value of the mines of the country is obtainable from the assessment rolls.