. Yearbook of agriculture . 174 M. Dak 29,024 27,162 BEEF ami Contijiued) STATE NUMBER Ofcio. MooL. 19343 N Ma W, ;e,459 UaHo . 13319 Other. 1,064,912 Fig. 83.—The number of registered pure-bred beef cattle is more concentrated geo-graphically than that of all beef cattle. Iowa alone has one-seventh of the entire num-ber in the United States. Five per cent of the be-bred beef cattle in the country. About two-fifths of the registered be<f cattle are Shorthorns—nearly one-half if Polle
. Yearbook of agriculture . 174 M. Dak 29,024 27,162 BEEF ami Contijiued) STATE NUMBER Ofcio. MooL. 19343 N Ma W, ;e,459 UaHo . 13319 Other. 1,064,912 Fig. 83.—The number of registered pure-bred beef cattle is more concentrated geo-graphically than that of all beef cattle. Iowa alone has one-seventh of the entire num-ber in the United States. Five per cent of the be-bred beef cattle in the country. About two-fifths of the registered be<f cattle are Shorthorns—nearly one-half if Polled Durhambe included—and nearly two-fifths more are Ilerefords. Aberdeen-Angus constitute aboutone-tenth of the total number. Iowa leads the States by a wide margin in numlier ofShorthorns and , while Texas leads in number of Fig. 84.—Sixty per cent of the registered pure-bred dairy cattle are concentrated inthe Hay and Pasture Region. About 5 per cent of the dairy cattle in this region areregistered. New York has one-sixth of the registered dairy cattle in the United States,and Wfsconsin has one-eighth. Much smaller numbers may be noted in the valleys ofCalifornia and of western Oregon and Washington. About 58 per cent of the registereddairy cattle in the United States are Holstein-Friesians, 25 per cent are Jerseys, 9 percent are Guernseys, 3 per cent are Ayrshires, and 1 per cent Brown Swiss, the re-mainder being unspecified. A Graphic Svmimary of American Agriculture. 479
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