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the market for the year was recorded, 45 head of 264-poimd hogs from 

 Illinois sold at $11.15. 



The 1910 Kansas City hog market is reviewed by the Drovers' Tele- 

 gram, in part, as follows: 



"The year, as a whole, was one of limited supplies and high prices. 

 Still the spread between the liigh price and the low price of the year was 

 unusually large and ranked among the biggest spreads in the history of 

 the local yards. The difference between the highest top price, $10.95, 

 paid in March, and the lowest top price, $7.05, paid in November, was 

 only a dime less than $4.00. It was a year of nervousness. There were 

 all kinds of predictions and nearly all kinds of predictions were re- 

 alized. ' ' 



Top prices for hogs at Kansas City, by months, were : January, 

 $8.75; February, $9.60; March, $10.95; April, $10.80; May, $9,671/2; 

 June, $9.65; July, $9.35; August, $9.55; September, $9.85; October, 

 $9.35; November, $8.60; December, $7,821/2. 



The year's sheep market was interesting. To quote the Drovers' 

 Telegram, in its annual review of the year, "There was nothing small 

 or limited about the sheep trade in 1910. Everything was done on a 

 big scale and the year was a record breaker, from the standpoint of 

 hugeness. The supply at both the local and other leading markets was 

 the largest in the history of the sheep raising industry." 



"The accompanying table," continues the Telegram, "shows the 

 high prices paid for mutton and lambs in the different months of the 

 year 1910. (This is exclusive of young spring lambs, for which the 

 year's top was $15.) 



Month. 



Lambs. 



Yearlings. 



Wethers. 



Ewes. 



January. . 

 February . 

 March. . . . 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August. . . 

 September 

 October. . . 

 November 

 December . 



$8 . 65 

 9.20 

 10.20 

 10.00 

 9.50 

 9.60 

 8.25 



00 

 00 



6.90 

 6.75 

 6.50 



$7.90 



8.75 



9.50 



9.00 



8.00 



8.00 



*6.50 



*5.75 



*5.40 



5.25 



5.75 



5.60 



$6.25 



7.75 



8.60 



8.75 



7.75 



*6.50 



*4.60 



*4.60 



*4.60 



50 

 50 

 35 



$5.75 



7.15 



8.50 



8.25 



6.85 



*5.75 



*4.50 



*4 . 35 



*4.65 



25 

 20 

 00 



*Shorn. 

 "At the close of tlie year conditions were far from satisfactory. 

 There was a good demand for stock, but there were enormous supplies 

 in the country with which to satisfy the demand. The plea of quality 



