78 
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 
810 
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 l on table 57. 
Table 60. — Sheep: Combined monthly and yearly local slaughter at public stockyards, 
1915 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. 
9S0 
772 
830 
683 
625 
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 
743 
-731 
890 
767 
757 
756 
610 
670 
611 
634 
711 
896 
933 
1,197- 
1,205 
1, 135 
908 
969 
733 
726 
842 
831 
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 l on table 57. 
Table 61. — Sheep: Combined monthly and yearly stocher and feeder shipments from 
public stockyards, 1916 to 1920. 
[In thousands; i. e., 000 omitted.] 
Totai 
Year. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
1916.... 
73 
77 
62 
58 
67 
83 
100 
340 
661 
1,065 
546 
145 
1917 
126 
108 
68 
102 
76- 
146 
195 
30S 
968 
1,194 
791 
306 
191S.... 
128 
122 
124 
221 
161 
242 
212 
525 
1,105 
1,245 
763 
360 
1919.... 
229 
131 
136 
207 
160 
223 
340 
1,039 
1,505 
1,386 
860 
740 
1920 
311 
140 
135 
269 
234 
227 
325 
56S 
796 
1,059 
857 
259 
3,277 
4,448 
5,208 
6,956 
5,180 
See Note l on table 57 
Table 62. — Sheep: Monthly receipts, slaughter, and stocher and feeder shipments at public 
stockyards, 1915 to 1920. (Number of animals.) 
CHICAGO, ILL. 
Receipts. 
Month. 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
January 
385,095 
233, 133 
259,084 
232,281 
213.371 
226,039 
277, 366 
301,383 
347, 162 
317,205 
372,361 
315,535 
333,866 
306,465 
278,747 
269,508 
282,047 
309, 763 
297,822 
409, S03 
440,336 
577,354 
438,315 
346,998 
306,118 
282,038 
306,310 
307, 481 
197,584 
212,815 
230, 172 
242,273 
372,062 
469,411 
332, 898 
336,060 
289,335 
251,607 
257,950 
245, 154 
237,337 
252,273 
340,342 
416, 723 
667,660 
671,208 
573,719 
426,428 
441,910 
275, 126 
242,672 
275,881 
271,404 
341,725 
457, 619 
482,510 
699,098 
716.391 
559, 065 
480, 556 
289,975 
284 164 
February 
March 
223 493 
April 
Mav 
226,440 
June 
July 
373 088 
Ausrust 
462,230 
488,787 
427,403 
438,153 
336,567 
September 
October 
November 
December 
Total 
3,510,015 
4,291,024 
3,595,228 
4,629,736 
5,243,957 
4 005 237 
