--------+---------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+---------- Census | Value. | Increase of | Per cent | Average | Average year. | | value. | of | value per | value | | | increase. | farm. | per Acre. --------+---------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+---------- 1900 | $1,621,639 00 | $349,629 00 | 27.5 | $832 46 | $5 17 1890 | 1,272,010 00 | 172,110 00 | 15.6 | 699 68 | 4 31 1880 | 1,099,900 00 |[#]68,411 00 | [#] 5.9 | 597 45 | 3 68 1870[##]| 1,168,311 00 |[#]14,044 00 | [#] 1.2 | 943 71 | 4 23 1860 | 1,182,355 00 | 244,763 00 | 26.1 | 979 58 | 3 99 1850 | 937,592 00 | - | - | 746 49 | 3.18 --------+---------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+---------- [##: Values in gold.] [#: Decrease.] _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 ------ Total 10,387 ====== 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._