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country. Comparing the annual receipts, in round numbers, at ten- 

 year intervals since 1870, we have the summary given in Table 6. 

 (The markets are arranged in the order of receipts for 1910.) 



A study of these market records shows clearly 1 the extent to 

 which western slaughtering has replaced the shipment of live cat- 

 tle to eastern cities. The markets at Chicago, Missouri river 

 points, St. Paul, Ft. Worth, and Denver have grown rapidly, while 

 a number of eastern markets (e.g., Buffalo and Pittsburg) show 

 a marked falling off. 



The recent development of the far-western markets Denver 

 and Ft. Worth is especially noteworthy. Large markets are also 

 being developed at Seattle, Portland (Oregon), and San Francisco 

 which will contribute still further toward local slaughter in the 



6 NUMBER ox CATTI V E RECEIVED AT L<ARGE MARKETS, 

 1870 TO 1910 1 



. Omissions in this table are due to the fact that statistics were not 

 obtainable, either because a market had not been established or because no 

 records were kept. 



1 Calves not included. 



2 Bureau An. Indus. Kept., 1897, pp. 209-239. 

 -Bureau An. Indus. Kept., 1900, pp. 569-583- 



^Chicago Drover's Journal Yearbook, 1911. Stock Yards Co. reports. 



5i87l. 



01884. 



""Includes calves. 



81874 



^Statistical Abstract of U. S., 1910, p. 495. 



101888. 



111886. 



121878. 



i3Estimated. 



