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Title: The world's opportunities and how to use them
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Guernsey, Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson), 1824-1902
Subjects: Industries
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ani-mals. The average value of a milch cow is somewhat greaterthan that of the other cattle, and the value per head of all ofthem, for various reasons, varies in different localities. Thus, in1880 the average value of a milch cow in Georgia was $13.25,of other cattle, per head, $7.90; in Tennessee a cow was$13.25, other cattle $7.90; in California, a cow, $28.50, othercattle, $18.50; in Ohio, a cow, $26.50, other cattle, $22.50; inNew York, a cow, $29.10, other cattle, $26.25 ; in Massachusettsand Rhode Island the value per head was about equal, $35 inthe former State and $30 in the latter. In Texas the averagevalue of a milch cow was $14, of other cattle $9, per head; sincethen, however, the value of cattle in Texas has considerably in-creased, owing to better means of bringing them to market.The average value for the whole United States was about $25for a cow and $16 per head for other cattle. One reason for the greater value of cattle in some sections CELEBRATED AMERICAN TROTTERS.
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ABERDEEN. ALMONT LIGHTNING. ETHAN ALLEN, JUN. HAPPY MEDIUM. See Note 4. LIVE-STOCK, AND ITS OPPORTUNITIES. 117 over others is the improvement in the breeds; and the raisingof improved stock is frequently a very lucrative business, a cowor bull of the most approved breeds often bringing several hun-dreds, and sometimes several thousands of dollars. This busi-ness requires, however, great judgment and a very considerablecapital, so that comparatively few can engage in it. The Census of 1870 gives the value of all animals slaugh-tered or sold for slaughter as (in gold) $319,165,327. TheCensus of 1880 includes only the animals slaughtered in largeestablishments, the statistics of retail slaughtering establish-ments not being included; so that no comparison between thetwo periods can be instituted. The whole value of all the ani-mals slaughtered in these wholesale establishments in 1880 was$256,738,905 ; that of beeves being $71,333,182, being less thanhalf that of swine. The products of t

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