Mason County
Live Stock And Dairy
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The following are the statistics for the year 1877: Number of fat cattle sold in the State........423,984 Average gross weight, per head of cattle sold...1,057 Number of fat hogs sold.....................2,455,573 Average gross weight, per head of hogs sold.......252 Number of hogs and pigs died of cholera.....1,445,268 Average gross wight of wine died of cholera........74 Number of fat sheep sold......................241,422 Average weight of same.............................96 Number of sheep killed by dogs in the State....39,649 Average value per head of same..................$2.29 Number of pounds of wool shorn..............3,291,677 |