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u|> ii«)\v with tlic ruilrtMuiH iiifurinully tind <|iiili' u nuinlMT of tho Ui^ 

 HMiiis have a(;r(>(Ml tt> furnish this infoniiation to um monthly horc- 

 aftrr; it iii(iiii> (iiiito a hit of I'XfX'Uso t«» thrm hut thrv havi* aj;r<««I 

 to furnish it. The railroad and stockyard diita will atfonl a ha«is 

 which will cnahlc us to forecast thnt <»ut of a certain area there in 

 <;ouii; to he shinped; so nniny head of eattlo or »<» many hea<l of 

 stock of any otiicr knd; in addition we will have the suhseciuent 

 railroad and stockyard records as to the actual movements i<» use 

 as a «lieck ajjainst our estimates, an<l we ouj;ht, as time j;oes on, to 

 miikc more and niore accurate forecasts of the movement. 



RPRINO MOVKMKNT OP HHRRP AMI I.AMRN. 



One little pie«'e t»f work whi<h has attractcjj (|uite a hit of attention 

 un<i interest is om* plan to estimate the prohahle spring movement 

 of sluH'p ami lamhs from California, Ariz<»na, Kentucky, Tenne.ssee, 

 West Vir<;inia. and \'ir^itiia. The movements fn>m these areas c«tmo 

 very <'lose to<;ether in the spriiij; and early sumiiicr. mid whin tlnv 

 overlap thev hurt the sheep market. 



We will fn"st show how many head arc likely to come out of each 

 of these areas. We have the ma' hinciy in motion and I think we 

 are «;oin«; to he ahle to make rather ace urate estimates. Then wo 

 will report when the movement starts from California, for instance, 

 an«l when the movement starts from these other areas, and arninf;© 

 with the sto( kyanl companies and railroads to make weekly rep<»rts, 

 if they < an. a.s to what is moving;, so that the people in Kentucky ami 

 Tennessee (an avoid t;ettint; their stock on the nnirket when stock i* 

 comin«; from California or vice versa. There is a ^reat deal of interest 

 in that |)arti< ular project at the j)resent time, hecau.se when that sto( k 

 all comes in at the same time, espec ially into the Jersey City market 

 which hapjicns frecjuently, the price goes to pieces. 



Another report on the proj^ram is an estimate of the calf and hunh 

 crop in the range States, so that we may have a long time view of 

 what the future supplies. 



1 might say that in all this work we have the live-stock associations 

 hack of us; they are helping us. their memhership is reporting and 

 their leadei-s are hacking us ui) in the work. 



Mr. Anderson. Prohahly tliey will feel differently about it when 

 they find out what vou are goinj' to do? 



Mr. (^ALi-ANi)EH. The things I have mentioned are the things the 

 live-stock people have asked for and we are trving to shajie our 

 projects in the West and Middle West to give the producers what 

 they want. 



SPECIAL REPORTS. 



Then there are a great many other special reports relating to 

 localized areas that we are planning to make, hut it is hardly worth 

 detailing them here. For instance, an estimate of prospective move- 

 ments of grass-fat cattle from southern Texas will he made in Feh- 

 ruary: an estimate of lamh crop of California and early lamh crop of 

 Arizona, also Idaho and Colorado, will he made in March: report on 

 con<lition of |)asture in Kansas Flint Hills slu)rt-grass aresis will he 

 matle in March, that is very important to the people who hrin^ 

 cattle from Texas and put them on the Flint liills pastures; the 



