PART VI 



PAPERS ON LIVE STOCK, AGRICULTURE AND 

 MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS. 



LIVE STOCK. 



A REVIEW OF THE YEAR 1904 



laken from the 1904 Report of the Union Stock Yards and Transit Company, 



Chicago. 



RECEIPTS AND VALUATION. 



Kind. 



Number. Valuation. 



Cattle . 

 Calves . 

 Hogs . . 

 Sheep . . 

 Horses. 



Total 



3,259,185 



267, 499 



7, 238, 746 



4,504,630 



105, 949 



15,376,009 $264,124 



n49, 192, 290 



2, 574, 677 



79, 626, 206 



18,428,319 



14, 303, 115 



286, 873 Carloads. 



Owing to the long series of strikes at the packing houses during the sum- 

 mer of 1904, the receipts of live stock at the Union Stock Yards for the year 

 show a decrease of 173,301 cattle, 4,244 calves, 87,177 hogs and 78,130 sheep 

 with a general decrease of 16,042 cars in the total receipts, being a loss of 

 about five per cent as compared with 1903, and a gain of four per cent as 

 compared with 1902. That the above decreases were do entirely to the strike 

 is shown by the fact that on the horse market, which was notaflfected by the 

 strike, there was an increase in receipts of 5,346 horses. 



Another result of the two months packing house strike was a serious 

 reduction in the general demand for meats, and a turning back on the 

 ranges of a portion of the year's crop of cattle that would otherwise have 

 been sent to market. 



