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$514,588
1950
$1,240,123
This income n lowing percentage income from sale
1940 1945
68 45 j Livestock
1943
$859,423
1955
$915,682
-epresents die fol*
t of gross farm
of all products:
1950 1955
72 44
Cattle: During period 1940-55
die fifteen years
Rappahannock's cattle population has increased 40 per cent as compared to the statewide increase of 67 per cent during the same period, |
In our countWtyMgcjpSse IMS been essentially id fact the increase is a pkenoorinal 311 % ; or from 1419 head ini 1940
to 5886 head iji 19551 The remaining increase has been in replacement heifers and bulls as the milk cow population in 1955 was ^tt its lowest during this period* although not sigrrificandy lower than 1940. Froth 1945 to 1955 our milk cow population dropped 33%. | i
It is felt this increase in beef cows was the result of jincreascd feed production as a result of improved cultural practices, and especially an inclining market. Also it was apparent' that the increase in herd numbers as well as size of cow herds leveled off during 1956 and 1957. During 1958 there appeared to be an i increase in the number of replacement heifers being kept as evidenced by the marked increase in Batig’*s vaccinations. This increase is not expected to
increase the total] cow population but rather will tend to lower the
63.0%