UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 



gricultural Experiment Station 



URBANA, DECEMBER, 1908 

 CIRCULAR NO. 125 



V HE SHEEP INDUSTRY FROM THE MARKET 

 STANDPOINT 



BY W. C. COFFEY, First Assistant in Sheep Husbandry 



LOCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL SHEEP MARKETS 



With two exceptions, the large central sheep markets of the 

 United States are located in the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys. 

 According to the report of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, the principal markets with the number of sheep received in 

 1907 were : 



Chicago 4,218,115 



Omaha 2,038,777 



Kansas City 1,582,148 



Buffalo 1,206,400 



Pittsburg 1,048,479 



Denver 828,432 



St. Joseph 764,287 



St. Paul 568,028 



St. Louis , 564,920 



