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At Chicago, during 1918, Swift & Co. slaughtered 1,205,835 

 sheep; Armour & Co., 1,078,190; Morris & Co., 520,531; and 

 Wilson & Co., 517,938. These four companies slaughtered 97 

 per cent, of all sheep killed by Chicago packers in 1918. 



The commission charge for selling straight carloads of 

 sheep or goats at Chicago is 20 cents per head, with a minimum 

 charge of $10.00 and a maximum of $12.00 on single-deck cars, 

 and a minimum of $15.00 and a maximum of $18.00 on double- 

 deck cars. On less than 40 head of sheep or goats shipped in 

 one car, the commission charge is 25 cents per head. The charge 

 for yardage is 7 cents per head. 



Market Classes and Grades of Sheep. 



The market classes of sheep are three in number, their 

 names indicating the use to which the sheep in each class are 

 put. These are (1) mutton sheep, (2) feeder sheep, and (3) 

 breeding sheep. Each of these classes is divided into sub-classes, 

 and these are again divided into grades. W. C. Coffey of the 

 Illinois Station* made a detailed study of the market classifica- 

 tion of sheep at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, and outlines 

 the market classes, sub-classes, and grades as follows: 



Classes 



MUTTON SHEEP 



(Native and Western Sheep) 



Sub-classes 

 Lambs . . 



Yearlings 



Wethers 



Ewes . . 



Bucks and Stags. 

 Lambs . . 



FEEDER SHEEP 



(Western Sheep) 



BREEDING SHEEP 



(Native and Western Sheep) 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Yearlings . . 

 Wethers . . 



Ewes 



fEwes 



[Bucks 



[Hot-House Lambs 

 I Throw Outs 

 I Dead Sheep 

 I Goats 



Grades 



. Prime, choice, good, 



medium, common or 



culls. 



.Prime, choice, good. 

 . Prime, choice, good, 



common, 

 . Prime, choice, good, 



medium, common or 



culls. 

 .Choice, good, common. 



. Fancy selected, choice, 

 good, medium, com- 

 mon. 



.Choice, good, common. 



. Choice, good, medium, 

 common. 



. Choice, good, medium, 

 common. 



Fancy selected, choice, 



good, common. 

 .(Not graded.) 



* 111. Bui. 129. 



