MARKET STATISTICS. 



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Table 54. — Sheep: Yearly receipts at principal markets and number on farms, 1900 to 



1920. l 



[In thousands; i. e., 000 omitted.] 





Receipts at principal markets. 



Num- 

 ber on 

 farms 

 Jan. 1. 



Year. 



Chi- 

 cago. 



Kansas 

 City. 



Omaha. 



St. 

 Paul. 



East St. 

 Louis. 



Fort 

 Worth. 



Den- 

 ver. 



Sioux 

 City. 



St. 

 Joseph. 



Total. 



1900.. J 



1901.. . : 



1902... 



1903...: 



1904.... 



1905........ 



1906........ 



1907 



1908... 



1909... 



1910 



1911.... 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



1920 



3,549 

 4,044 

 4,516 

 4,583 

 4, 505 

 4,737 

 4,805 

 4,218 

 4,352 

 4,441 

 5,229 

 5,736 

 6,056 

 •5,903 

 5,378 

 3,510 

 4,291 

 3,595 

 4,630 

 5,244 

 4,005 



860 

 980 

 1,154 

 1,152 

 1,004 

 1,319 

 1,617 

 1,582 

 1,641 

 1,645 

 1,841 

 2,175 

 2,134 

 2,095 

 2,002 

 1,815 

 1,758 

 1,499 

 1,667 

 1,945 

 1,687 



1,277 

 1,315 

 1,743 

 1,864 

 1,754 

 1,971 

 2,165 

 2,039 

 2,106 

 2,167 

 2,985 

 2,978 

 2,951 

 3,222 

 3,114 

 3,268 

 3,171 

 3,017 

 3,386 

 3,789 

 2,891 



490 

 332 

 602 

 876 

 773 

 818 

 735 

 568 

 359 

 496 

 865 

 712 

 628 

 785 

 795 

 704 

 623 

 430 

 630 

 912 

 729 



416 

 520 

 523 

 528 

 688 

 645 

 579 

 565 

 679 

 776 

 736 

 990 

 1,031 

 950 

 749 

 648 

 671 

 531 

 536 

 724 

 605 



( 2 ) 



( 2 ) 

 10 

 125 

 104 

 125 

 98 

 113 

 120 

 188 

 163 

 187 

 284 

 328 

 408 

 363 

 431 

 406 

 335 

 453 

 394 



306 



226 



317 



465 



519 



738 



826 



828 



675 



632 



600 



617 



775 



623 



691 



765 



1,409 



2,060 



1,652 



2,087 



2,079 





61 



67 



61 



42 



28 



57 



64 



65 



59 



78 



151 



212 



207 



271 



404 



337 



321 



267 



387 



686 



358 



390 

 . 526 

 561 

 599 

 794 

 981 

 827 

 764 

 592 

 621 

 560 

 718 

 729 

 812 

 830 

 878 

 804 

 679 

 827 

 1,007 

 843 



7,349 

 8,010 

 9,487 

 10,234 

 10, 169 

 11,391 

 11,716 

 10, 742 

 10, 583 

 11,044 

 13, 130 

 14,325 

 14,795 

 14,989 

 14,371 

 12, 288 

 13,479 

 12,484 

 14,050 

 16,847 

 13,591 



61,504 

 59,757 

 62,039 

 63,965 

 51,630 

 45,170 

 50,632 

 53,240 

 54,631 

 56,084 

 52,448 

 53,633 

 52,362 

 51,482 

 49,719 

 49,956 

 48,625 

 47,616 

 48,603 

 48,866 

 47,114 



Compiled from yearbooks of stockyard companies. 

 2 Not in operation. 



Table 55. — Sheep: Combined monthly and yearly receipts at Chicago, Kansas City, 

 Omaha, and East St. Louis, 1910 to 1920} 



[In thousands; i. e., 000 omitted.] 



Month. 



January 



February. . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September . 



October 



November. 

 December.. 



1910 



651 



522 



551 



477 



577 



631 



794 



1,199 



1,609 



1,820 



1,258 



702 



1911 



822 



686 



740 



686 



763 



796 



807 



1,085 



1,566 



2,003 



1,115 



810 



Total 10,791 11,879 12,172 12,170 11,243 



1,020 



849 



'856 



770 



665 



671 



837 



1,052 



1,528 



1,906 



1,113 



905 



1913 



750 



710 



770 



737 



732 



831 



963 



1,869 



1,848 



1,089 



979 



1914 



934 

 863 

 909 

 858 

 707 

 716 

 723 

 979 

 1,558 

 1,512 

 705 

 779 



1915 



799 

 670 

 723 

 540 

 469 

 531 

 637 

 931 

 1,337 

 1,000 

 868 

 736 



9,241 



1916 



742 

 697 

 632 

 586 

 632 

 659 

 634 

 991 

 1,301 

 1,403 

 854 

 761 



9,892 



1917 



796 

 693 

 682 

 592 

 441 

 470 

 526 

 650 

 1,111 

 1,210 

 715 

 756 



1918 



716 

 525 

 620 

 518 

 538 

 554 

 726 

 989 

 1,770 

 1,569 

 952 

 741 



8,642 10,218 11,703 



780 



547 



564 



623 



612 



742 



1,098 



1,461 



1,968 



1,400 



951 



957 



666 

 619 

 580 

 462 

 532 

 632 

 827 



946 

 817 

 631 



9,189 



11-yr. 

 aver. 



802 



675 



688 



626 



607 



649 



767 



1,044 



1,537 



1,511 



949 



796 



10,649 



1 Prior to 1915, compiled from yearbooks of stockyard companies. 



