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4 399 3 625 



September 7.3 13,908 3^653 3^164 



3,359 



2,025 2,138 



October 5.3 10,245 1,906 2,842 



3 923 8 086 



November 12.5 24,087 6,314 3^312 



COMMON 



2,053 7,388 



April 19,092 9,357 



5,213 4,905 



May 22,491 8,081 3,750 



3 174 3 157 



June 16,407 3!216 3,'880 



4,538 2,382 



July 11,955 2,239 2,839 



2,937 



2,478 4,452 



August 16.255 2,257 4,823 



3,352 4,151 



September 14,430 2,879 4,128 



2,164 3,908 



October 11,957 1,861 2,314 



3,874 



5,744 4,421 



November 19,077 4,837 2,299 



CHEAP 



63,612 



Iowa 16,943 26.6% 



Illinois 7,751 12.2 



Others 38,913 61.2 



Packers .'. 4,484 7.0% 



Shippers .... 



Local Butchers 14,865 23.3 



Stockers and Feeders .... 



Others 44,263 66.5 



Such information as this is needed as a statistical basis before any 

 successful effort can be made to put the production of these kinds of 

 cattle on a more satisfactory footing. The production of corn-fed cattle is 

 a separate activity, the amount of which can be arbitrarily increased or 

 restrained by concerted action of the men engaged in it. It is possible 

 to learn the receipts of these kinds of cattle and determine the effects 

 of varying receipts on prices and thus know about how many the market 

 is able to absorb and to conduct production in the light of these facts. 

 It is also possible to learn something of the past seasonable and more 



