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<br />13. Livestook. Tho livestook industry io one of tho .ldost in tho
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<br />basin, ranking seoond in nge only to mining. Sottlemcmt "nd fond nl';
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<br />of the rnnge lnnds hnve brought about a gonern1 deore~so in livestock
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<br />raising in the p~st severel decudes, but it is still a major industry,
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<br />furnishing the rmv product <'or mnny largo factories e.nd pftcking "lents in
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<br />thp area. The livestock raised in th' basin includes beef and dairv cr,t,tlo,
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<br />sheep, swine, horses, mules, gor,ts ard Doultrv. cottle hnve consistently
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<br />ranked first in value ~monr dO~8stic nni~"ls. The totnl v~lue of all
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<br />livostock in the basin on April 1, 19[,0 we,s ~23 ,697 ,000 dictributed a,s
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<br />follows: Colorndo, ~18,933,000. or 801; lIebraska, ~2,748,000; and. "fyoming,
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<br />:1'2,016,000. The total includes a,n nggregr,te of i'15,663,800 for crtt1o,
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<br />:i'4,300,800 for horses r,nd mules, 4~2,512,600 for she"p, and ,"596,400 for
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<br />swine.
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<br />14. ,The dairying industry rnx~ks as onG of the more important in tho
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<br />basin and inclu0c;s butter c,nd cheose manufactured on tho t[\rm end in
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<br />factories, whole and evaporated milk, ico cream nnd similnr products.
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<br />Poultry including c, jekens, turkeys, ducks g,nd gees" is r"ised on the tg,rm
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<br />and in " large number of establishments cng~ge" in the business on " con-
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<br />siderable scale. Honey procuced in tho bnsin hns n flnvor and. body un-
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<br />excolled ~nywhere in the United States, and com~nnds top urices on eastorn
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<br />markets. Livestock nroducts, includi~ ~~01, for tho basin in 1939 had en
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<br />a~gregate value of ~9,166,740 of wbich ~8,112,730 (88%) w~s uroduced in
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<br />Colorado, ~701,920 in Nebr"skft, and ~352,090 in "'vomin~. These figures
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<br />,ere exclusive of aniFals butchored on the far~ "no those sold on the
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<br />markets for which federrl cenGUS figures give an addition"l $18,739,000,
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<br />bringing the total income for livestock butcherec end liv8stock productn
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<br />to '27,905,740 for that ye"r.
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<br />15. Industrial development. The industrial development of the South
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<br />Pldte River busin, although highly diversified, is not on a lar!';e scr.1e;
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<br />the rural districts being devotod more to agricultural pursuits, and tho
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