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BULLETIN 982, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 59. — Sheep: Combined monthly and yearly shipments from public stockyards, 



1915 to 1920. 



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



Year. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Total. 



1915 



374 



372 



338 



235 



328 



303 



383 



629 



1,269 



1,284 



845 



390 



6,750 



1916 



488 



445 



390 



425 



489 



486 



522 



861 



1,479 



1,985 



1,080 



543 



9,193 



1917 



631 



586 



454 



412 



424 



549 



670 



1,000 



1,799 



2,274 



1,371 



840 



11,010 



1918 



590 



497 



597 



553 



570 



704 



750 



1,324 



2,233 



2,147 



1,502 



737 



12,204 



1919 



620 



431 



537 



603 



643 



810 



1,092 



2,150 



2,499 



2,291 



1,673 



1,236 



14,585 



1920 



717 



594 



527 



740 



81S 



806 



1,033 



1,486 



1,632 



2,001 



1,499 



710 



12,563 



See Note 1 on table 57. 



Table 60. — Sheep: Combined monthly and yearly local slaughter at public stockyards, 



191.5 to 1920. 



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



Year. 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



1920 . . . . 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



980 



772 



830 



683 



G25 



727 



822 



997 



1,088 



895 



982 



853 



930 



821 



753 



708 



850 



893 



887 



.1,090 



1,104 



1,203 



1,057 



932 



927 



794 



803 



739 



628 



684 



676 



746 



731 



890 



767 



757 



756 



610 



670 



611 



634 



711 



896 



933 



1,197 



1,205 



1,135 



908 



969 



733 



726 



842 



834 



945 



1,204 



1,166 



1,353 



1,451 



1.210 



1.213 



922 



812 



792 



709 



706 



845 



1,001 



1,098 



1,217 



978 



1,010 



891 



Total. 



10, 254 

 11,228 

 9,142 

 10, 266 

 12^646 

 10,981 



See Note 1 on table 57. 



Table 61. — Sheep: Combined monthly and yearly stocker and feeder shipments from 

 public stockyards, 1916 to 1920. 



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



Year. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Total. 



1916 



73 



77 



62 



58 



67 



*83 



100 



340 



661 



1,065 



546 



145 



3.277 



1917 



126 



108 



68 



102 



7P, 



146 



195 



3GS 



968 



1,194 



791 



306 



4,44S 



1918 



128 



122 



124 



221 



161 



242 



212 



525 



1,105 



1,245 



763 



360 



5, 20S 



1919 



229 



131 



136 



207 



160 



223 



340 



1,039 



1,505 



1,386 



860 



740 



6,95fi 



1920 



311 



140 



135 



269 



234 



227 



325 



56S 



796 



1,059 



857 



259 



5, ISO 



See Note l on table 57. 



Table 62.— Sheep: Monthly receipts, slaughter, and stocker and feeder shipments at public 

 stockyards, 1915 to 1920. (Number of animals.) 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



Receipts. 



Month. 



January. . . 

 February . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 

 October... 

 November 

 December. 



Total. 



1915 



385,095 

 233,133 

 259,084 

 232,281 

 213,371 

 226,039 

 277,366 

 301,383 

 347, 162 

 317,205 

 372,361 

 315,535 



3,510,015 



1916 



333,866 

 300,465 

 278,747 

 269,508 

 282,047 

 309,763 

 297,822 

 409,803 

 440,336 

 577,354 

 438,315 

 346,998 



4,291,024 



306,118 

 282,038 

 306,316 

 307,481 

 197,584 

 212,815 

 230, 172 

 242,273 

 372,062 

 469,411 

 332,898 

 336,060 



3,595,228 



1918 



289,335 

 251,607 

 257,950 

 245, 154 

 237,337 

 252,273 

 340,342 

 416, 723 

 667,660 

 671,208 

 573, 719 

 426,428 



4,629,736 



1919 



441,910 

 275, 126 

 242,672 

 275,881 

 271,404 

 341,725 

 457,619 

 482, 510 

 699,098 

 716.391 

 559,065 

 480,556 



5,243,957 



1920 



289,975 

 284, 164 

 223,493 

 177, 591 

 226,440 

 277,346 

 373,088 

 462,230 

 488,787 

 427,403 

 438, 153 

 336,567 



4,005,237 



