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Average monthly 



of cattle at Chicago for ten years 



Weight 

 Month Pounds 



January 977 



February 986 



March 979 



April 1,002 



May 994 



June 1,000 



»T .u Weight 



Month Pounds 



July 980 



August 987 



September 965 



October (959) 



November 968 



December 971 



Seasonal variations in receipts and sale of cattle at Chicago. — 



Fig. 21 shows the average monthly receipts of cattle, excluding calves, 

 at Chicago for ten years. Largest receipts occur in September, October, 

 November, December, and January, especially in October and Novem- 

 ber. Large receipts at this season are due to the heavy run of grass- 



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Fig. 21. — Average monthly receipts and shipments of cattle, excluding calves, 

 at Chicago in thousands for ten years, 1909-1913 and 1917-1921. The years 1914- 

 1916 were omitted because of embargoes on shipments during much of that period. 

 The total length of each bar represents average monthly receipts. The divisions of 

 the bar represent the average number of Chicago cattle sold monthly for local slaugh- 

 ter, shipment to other points for slaughter, and shipment to the country for feeding 

 (or breeding) purposes. 



fed cattle in the fall. (During the ten years included in this study, 

 largest receipts occurred in October five times, in November twice, in 

 December once, and in January twice.) About 40 per cent of the 

 year's total receipts arrive during the last four months of the year, and 

 about 50 per cent in these months and January. ^ From February to 



^The same is true of average monthly receipts at 67 stock yards in the United 

 States.— U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook, 1921, p. 286. 



