450 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



crease in the movement of sheep, though less in volume. The receipts 

 and shipments are thus recorded : 



Entire movement of live stock. 



Tear. 



1871. 

 1872. 

 1873. 

 1S74. 

 1875. 

 1876. 

 1877. 

 1878. 

 1879. 

 1880. 

 1881. 

 1882. 

 1883. 



. [Received. 



Shipped. 



Cattle. 



Hogs. 



Sheep. 



Cattle. 



Hogs. 



Sheep. 



120, 000 



41,036 



4,527 



100, 481 



1, 379 



3, 883 



236, 802 



104, 689 



6, 071 



206, 467 



8, 593 



5, 401 



227, 669 



220, 956 



5, 975 



182, 245 



33, 610 



4, 288 



207, 009 



212, 532 



8, 875 



166, 519 



114, 569 



6, 976 



181,114 



59,413 



24, 987 



126, 262 



15, 790 



il, 742 



183, 378 



153, 777 



55, 045 



120, 040 



26, 264 



22. 460 



215, 768 



192, 645 



42, 190 



126, 570 



15, 973 



28, 329 



175, 344 



427, 777 



30, 700 



131,761 



91, 671 



30, 483 



211, 415 



588, 908 



61, 684 



155, 831 



208, 851 



47, 782 



244, 709 



676, 477 



50, 611 



194, 421 



152, 920 



36, 285 



285, 863 



1, 014, 304 



79, 924 



223, 989 



195, 524 



61, 078 



439, 671 



963, 036 



80, 724 



359, 012 



191, 325 



52, 652 



460, 598 



1, 379, 005 



119, 180 



387, 598 



313, 879 



61, 979 



The last year's movement of horses and mules amounted to 19,860. 



Of the total number of 460,780 cattle received in 1883, 177,657 came 

 via the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe* Railroad. The Missouri Pacific 

 Eailroad brought the largest number of hogs, 419,354 of the total 

 1,379,401. The larger shipments of cattle were by the Hannibal and 

 Saint Joseph and the Chicago and Alton roads. The receipts of last 

 year were brought by the following routes : 



Route. 



Cattle. 



Hogs. 



Sheep. 



Horses and 

 mules. 





6, 576 



39, 



912 



4, 926 



444 





9, 967 



15, 



138 



2,441 



575 





43, 785 



419, 



354 



16, 031 



4, 386 





45, 601 



162, 



036 



17, 038 



588 



Kansas City, Leavenworth and Southern Kansas 















94, 339 



155, 



610 



17, 473 



706 





29, 605 



113, 



464 



8,550 



610 



Kansas City, Saint Joseph and Council Bluffs Kail- 















14,889 



235, 



077 



7, 699 



405 





177, 651 



178, 



753 



26,798 



1,720 





6, 177 



26, 



676 



3,178 



521 





13, 433 



10, 



469 



933 



389 





18, 757 



22, 



912 



14, 598 



9, 516 





460, 780 



1, 379, 401 



11.9, 665 



19, 860 



CHICAGO MOVEMENT. 



Twenty years ago the receipts of cattle at Chicago were about a 

 third of a million annually. In 1876 the aggregate exceeded a million, 

 and it has now become nearly two millions. Sheep are distributed in 

 smaller numbers. The sources of supply are indicated by the roads 

 that bring them in, as shown by the following table : 



RECEIPTS. 



Cattle. 



Sheep. 



251, 738 



142, 726 



97, 407 



39, 908 



271,411 



56, 816 



555, 295 



201, 55 L 



214, 605 



59, 185 



25, 394 



9,915 



253, 242 



100, 232 



180, 526 



46, 956 



10, 730 



2, 804 



How received. 



Chicago and Northwestern Railway 



Illinois Central Railroad 



Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 



Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 



Chicago, Alton and Saint Louis Railroad 



Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad 



Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway . . 



Wabash, Saint Louis and Pacific Railway 



Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad 



