TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VII 543 



those eight months is shown in these charts, which I now place before 

 you: 



CHOICE CATTLE. 



44 per cent of total. 



4,448 



April, 14 per cent 12,877 5,316 



3,060 



3,451 3,172 



May, 15.1 per cent 13,921 3,064 



3,541 



3,285 6,656 



June, 25.4 per cent 23,419 4,637 



4,798 



5,214 2,346 



July, 15.8 per cent 14,570 3,023 2,529 



3,501 



2,853 3,067 



August, 14.1 per cent 12,987 2,842 



2,788 



2,112 1,663 



September, 8.7 per cent 7,993 1,415 



2,660 



1,580 891 



October, 4.7 per cent 4,308 1,753 480 



1,184 



502 421 



November, 2 per cent 1,972 389 



414 



Of the total supply of choice cattle received during those eight months 

 12,877 reached the market during the month of April, or 14 per cent; 

 13,921 in the month of May, or 15.1 per cent; 23,419 in the month of June, 

 or 25.4 per cent; 14,570 in the month of July, or 15.8 per cent; 12,987 in 

 the month of August, or 14.1 per cent; 7,993 in the month of September, 

 or 8.7 per cent; 4,308 in October, or 4.7 per cent, and 1,972 in November, 

 or 2.1 per cent. That shows how, under the present system of marketing, 

 those cattle came into the market during the past eight months — of choice 

 cattle. 



These smaller figures here show the distribution each week within 

 the month. That is, in the month of April there was no market the first 

 week in April, on account of the stock yards strike, and very little the 

 second week on account of the railroad strike, but in the three weeks 

 • receipts were about as I have shown here, and it gives some idea as to 

 how they came to market as to months and as to the week within the 

 month. 



