452 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



SHIPMENTS. 



How shipped. 



Live. 



Chicago and North western Railway 



Illinois Central Railroad 



Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 



Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 



Chicago, Alton and Saint Lotus Railroad 



Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad 



Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway .. 



Wabash, Saint Louis and Pacific Railway 



Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad. 



Michigan Central Railroad 



Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway... 

 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway. 

 Chicago, Saint Louis and Pittsburgh Railway . 



Raltiinoro and Ohio Railroad 



Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway 



New York, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad. . 

 Chicago and Atlantic Railroad 



Total live 



Total dressed 



Total live and dressed 



Left for city use and packing 



4, :r>3 

 908 

 1, 8^5 

 1, 832 

 209 

 6 



2T8 

 C47 

 9 



394, 371 



530, 175 

 203, 443 

 782 

 9, 94G 

 19,G43 

 12G, 509 

 18, 386 



1, 319, 392 



BUFFALO. 



The receipts and shipments of live stock at Buffalo in 1883 were as 

 follows : 



Stock. 



Receipts. 



Shipment. 





568, 520 

 791, 100 

 2, 003, 200 



523, 8G0 

 6SJ, 900 

 1, 5G3, 000 









SEABOARD CITIES. 



At the seaboard the movement was represented by the folio wing 

 figures : 



At— 



Cattle. 



Sheep. 



Hogs. 



Veals. 



Total. 





674, 632 

 161, 1G2 

 23G, 050 

 94, 349 



2, 036, 018 

 648, 790 

 68U, 417 

 198, 000 



1, 586, 243 

 771, 757 

 383, 312 

 271, 148 



190, 327 

 39, 712 



4, 487, 220 

 1.62L421 

 1, 299, 779 

 563, 557 









Total 







1, 16G, 193 3, 563, 285 



3, 012, 400 



230, 039 



7, 971, 977 



SHIPMENTS ABROAD. 



The exportation of stock has received a great impetus the past year. 

 Between 1870 and 1873, the valued annual experts of cattle did not aver- 

 age half a million dollars; those of 1883-^84 were valued at 817,855,495. 

 In fourteen years the numbers increased from 27,530 to 190,518. There 

 has also been a large increase in exports of sheep. The statement is as 

 follows: 



