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Table 8. — Annual car lot unloads by principal sources of supply, 1918-1922 — Con. 
Sources 
1918 
1919 
1920 
1921 
1922 
Total 
Aver- 
age 
Per 
centage 
of total 
St. Louis: 
Cars 
163 
111 
7 
110 
17 
33 
Cars 
86 
64 
23 
64 
40 
36 
2 
123 
Cars 
175 
136 
25 
80 
50 
60 
30 
131 
Cars 
112 
119 
80 
41 
34 
24 
23 
126 
Cars 
182 
164 
46 
61 
29 
72 
24 
94 
Cars 
718 
594 
181 
356 
170 
225 
79 
582 
Cars 
144 
119 
36 
71 
34 
45 
16 
116 
24.7 
Texas 
20. 5 
6.2 
12.3 
Illinois. - . . 
5.9 
Ohio 
7.7 
Imports . . ... .. ... 
2.7 
Miscellaneous 
108 
20.0 
Total 
549 
438 
687 
559 
672 
2,905 
581 
100. 
Kansas City: 
New York 
2 
49 
47 
166 
22 
25 
4 
74 
10 
40 
29 
46 
14 
71 
--- 
42 
54 
23 
66 
21 
92 
4 
124 
28 
73 
15 
31 
32 
74 
8 
84 
28 
62 
64 
75 
65 
34 
4 
121 
110 
278 
178 
384 
154 
296 
20 
477 
22 
55 
36 
77 
31 
59 
4 
95 
5.8 
Texas . - 
14.7 
Minnesota 
9.4 
Iowa. . 
20.2 
8. 1 
California 
15.6 
Imports _. 
1. 1 
Miscellaneous 
25. 1 
Total 
389 
284 
426 
345 
453 
1,897 
379 
100.0 
Cincinnati: 
Indiana.. .. 
89 
61 
48 
50 
16 
76 
5 
31 
57 
66 
16 
59 
37 
48 
64 
76 
17 
93 
31 
33 
87 
107 
19 
106 
38 
43 
345 
360 
68 
415 
115 
196 
69 
72 
14 
83 
23 
39 
23.0 
24. 
California . 
4.5 
Ohio 
81 
4 
41 
27.7 
7.7 
Miscellaneous .. 
13.1 
Total 
276 
226 
283 
314 
400 
1,499 
300 
100.0 
Table 9. — Estimated acreage and production: Reported shipments a)id unloads 
at 11 cities, calendar years 1918 to 1922, inclusive 
Year 
Acreage 
Produc- 
tion l 
Shipments 
Percentage 
of produc- 
tion 
shipped 
Unloads at 
11 cities 
1918 
64,453 
Cars 
38,770 
29, 096 
42,686 
28, 330 
37, 526 
Cars 
22, 027 
20, 874 
25, 950 
23, 318 
27, 563 
57 
72 
61 
82 
73 
Cars 
10.023 
1919 
1920 
52, 520 
64, 940 
10,608 
10,768 
1921 1... 
57, 070 
63,290 
10, 814 
1922 
12,183 
60, 455 
35, 282 
23,946 
68 
10, 879 
Estimated on basis of 500 bushels per carload. 
Table 10. — Percentage of total estimated commercial production shipped in car 
lots — Early, late, and total crops; average of seasons 1918 to 1922, inclusive 
Early 
Late (including inter- 
mediate) 
Total 
Season 
Produc- 
tion 
Ship- 
ments 
Shipped 
in car 
lots 
Produc- 
tion 
Ship- 
ments 
Shipped 
in car 
lots 
Produc- 
tion 
Ship- 
ments 
Shipped 
in car 
lots 
1918-19 
Cars l 
7,280 
4,366 
8,682 
5,744 
7.244 
6,664 
Cars 
4,397 
3,318 
6,366 
5. 175 
5,970 
Per cent 
60 
76 
73 
90 
82 
Cars 1 
31,490 
24, 730 
34,004 
22. 586 
30. 2h2 
Cars 
18, 092 
17, 152 
21,710 
15, 333 
23, fl23 
Per cent 
57 
69 
64 
68 
78 
Cars i 
38,770 
29,096 
42,686 
28, 330 
37, 526 
Cars 
22, 489 
20, 470 
28,076 
20, 508 
29, 593 
Per cent 
58 
1919-20 
70 
1920-21 
66 
1921-22... 
72 
1922-23 
79 
5, 045 76 
28,618 
19, 182 1 67 
35, 282 
24, 227 
69 
i Estimated on basis of 500 bushels per carload, 
