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than 500 carriers. The "Weekly Review" is pubhshed in agricul- 

 tural and trade papers. Through the market stations, about 5,700 

 copies are distributed to dealers, producers, and other interested per- 

 sons. A special edition is prepared for papers which go to press late 

 in the week, and plans are being laid to publish editions adapted 

 particularly to the various geographical divisions of the country. 



HONEY REPORTS. 



In the shipping season semi-monthly honey reports are issued to 

 some 1,200 interested persons, showing the market conditions gov- 

 erning the sale of this commodity. 



MARKET NEWS SERVICE ON UVE STOCK AND MEATS. 



The market news service on live stock and meats, which is con- 

 ducted under the direction of ^Ir. L. D. Hall, has been materially 

 expanded by the use of emergency funds provided under the food 



Eroduction act. Before these funds were available branch offices had 

 een established in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, 

 Kansas City, Omaha, and Washington. These funds made it pos- 

 sible to provide for necessary increases in the forces at these offices, 

 to extend the leased wire service, and to maintain offices at Fort 

 Worth, Portland, Oreg., Lancaster, Pa., Rocky Ford, Colo., St. 

 Paul, Los Angeles, Denver, Salt Lake City, National Stocks Yards, 

 111., Pittsburgh, and Louisville. 



The daily reports on meat-trade conditions, which formerly gave 

 information regarding the demand, supplies, and wholesale prices of 

 western dressed fresh meats at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and 

 Washington, were extended to include similar information on condi- 

 tions in Los Angeles and Pittsburgh. As a supplement to the daily 

 reports, a weekly review is now published. The latter is distributed 

 on Saturday mornings and provides an index to the week's trend of 

 meat movements and prices, being used particularly by wholesale and 

 retail dealers and by live-stock commission men. Approximately 

 1,750,000 copies of the daily report aad 400,000 copies of the weekly 

 report were distributed during the past year. 



The daily telegrapliic reports made by railroad division superin- 

 tendents, showing the number. State origins, and destinations of 

 single and double deck cars of each class of live stock loaded west of 

 the Allegheny Mountains during the preceding 24 hours were com- 

 menced on July 31, 1917. By use of emergency funds this service has 

 been improved, and on January 1, 1918, was extended to include all 

 loadings on railroads throughout the United States. 



The work of reporting receipts and shipments of live stock at 

 stockyards was expanded to include figures on local slaughter. 

 Officials of 85 stockyard companies now transmit monthly reports to 

 this bureau, which reports show receipts, shipment, and slaughter of 

 hve stock at their yards. In addition officials of 45 of these yards 

 report monthly the number of stockers and feeders shipped or driven 

 out to feeding districts. Approximately 16,000 copies of this report, 

 with a summary showing totals and comparisons, are distributed 

 about the tenth of each month. A preliminary report on receipts 

 at the larger markets is issued about the third of each month. 



