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_Animals Sold and Slaughtered._
The census enumerators and special agents secured reports of the
amounts received from the sale of live animals in 1899, and of the
value of animals slaughtered on farms. With reference to reports of
sales, they were instructed to deduct from the amount received from
sales the amount paid for animals purchased.
TABLE II.--_Receipts from sales of live animals and value of
animals slaughtered on farms, in 1899, with averages and number of
farms reporting._
Farms reporting domestic animals 1,911
Amount of sales $392,852 00
Average amount of sales per farm 205 57
Value of animals slaughtered 109,618 00
Average value of animals slaughtered per farm 57 36
_Neat Cattle._
The total number of neat cattle in Loudoun County reported June 1,
1900, was 30,277, of which 29,432 or 97.2 per cent were on farms, and
845 or 2.8 per cent in barns and inclosures elsewhere.
Fauquier, with 34,098, led all counties in the number of neat cattle,
Loudoun ranking second, with 30,277. In the number of dairy cows,
Loudoun headed the list of Virginia counties with 8,563, or 665 more
than its nearest competitor, Augusta county.
Of calves, Augusta reported 5,476; Rockingham, 5,416; Washington,
4,177, and _Loudoun_, 4,090.
TABLE III.--_Number of Heifers and Cows on Farms, June 1,
1900, with Percentages._
Heifers 1 and under 2 years 1,917
Dairy cows 2 years and over 7,882
Other cows 2 years and over 588
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Total 10,387
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Per cent:
Heifers 18.5
Dairy cows 75.9
Other cows 5.6
_Dairy Products._
TABLE IV.--_Gallons of milk produced on farms in 1899, and
gallons sold and estimated gallons consumed on the farm for specified
purposes._
Produced 3,736,382
Sold 875,780
Utilized in the production of--
Butter 2,198,542
Cream sold 181,566
Consumed on farms:
Total 2,380,108
Per farm reporting milk 1,321
Uses not reported
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