Arizona republican., 1908-04-06

131.160 pounds. are slightly below the corresponding 1907 figures, owing to smaller shipments of fresh and pickled beef. Shipments of canned meats for the first two months of the year. 14,- 52S,525 pounds, compare favorably with like shipments during the corres- bonding 1907 period. 12.271.20 pounds. though being 90 per cent below the cannedmeat shipments during the first two months of 1906.
 Grain receipts during February at 1J primary markets. 4S,2sS.751 bushels. show a heavy decline both as com pared with the figures of the preced- ing months as well as the correspond ing 1907 and 1906 figures of 61.547, AT bushels and 5S, S,402,23S bushels, the de- crease in the total being due mainly to the smaller receipts at Chicago. Kansas City. Milwaukee, Minneapolis. and St. Louis. Extremely light re- ceipts of corn. 17.155,7s3 bushels com pared with 2S,O25136 bushels. and low CT receipts of wheat 12.469.5S1 bush As compared with I5.112,361 bushels for February. 1907. account for the smaller total. Grain receipts at the same markets for the six months of the crop season beginning September 1st. AZ, 2,34S,675 bushels. were over 13,- 100000 bushels less than for the six months of the preceding season and l3 per cent below the 1905-6 season receipts. the decrease being due mainly to smaller receipts of corn and wheat.
 Live stock receipts at four principal Atlantic seascoast cities. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, during the month or four weeks in February. aggregated sol ,562 head compared with 53S210 head received during the same period in 1907. Of the total receipts during the month. at the four cities named. 90 700 head were cattle. 25.219 calves. 462.259 hogs, and 223.3S4 sheep. the increases being most notable in the cases of hogs and sheep. Receipts for the first two months of the year. 1.773.74S head, are over 50O,- 900 in excess of like receipts in 1907- New York and Boston showing the largest increases over the 1907 figures
 Grain and flour receipts at the four mentioned cities. for the month. az sregated 1S.3S4.55S bushels compared with 186O201 and 23.022, 40 bushels received during 1907 and 1906. The wheat receipts at these four cities were 2.256.S67 bushels as against 2.956.297 bushels recorded for Febru- ary, 1907. Corn receipts aggregated S.629.327 bushels compared with s.599.- 614 bushels, while the flour receipts. 1.100.652 barrels compared with 1,O32.-- G22 barrels received during February 1907. The aggregate grain and flour receipts at these four cities during the first two months of the year. 36.593.- 650 bushels, were below the corres- bonding 1907 and 1906 figures of 40,- 444.O07 and 55.S52. .9O4 bushels. the larg- est losses being shown by Boston and Philadelphia. The aggregate wheat exports from these points for the first two months. S.171.171 bushels. exceed by far the receipts for the same period, 5.690.615 bushels, being 47 per cent in excess of wheat exports for the first two months Of 1907. Corn exports from these four cities during the same period aggregated 9.O03630 bushels. while the exports of flour during the same period were 1.4S9622 barrels. making an increase over the 1907 fig ures cf almost 20 per cent
 Slight receipts of cotton for the first six months of the season beginning with September 1st 9214S49 bales, were about 17 per cent below the cor responding figures of the preceding season. 11.053.332 bales. though about half a million bales in excess of the 1905-6 figures The United States cen sus office reports 11,26i,163 bales of cotton ginned for the present season compared with 13.SO5.265 and 1O.7Z5.- 6O2 bales for the 1906-7 and 1905-6 seasons. The ratio between sight re- ceipts and the quantities ginned was SIS per cent for the current season as against S3.1 per cent for the 1906-7 season. and SIS per cent for the 1905-6 season. American spinners' takings are given as 2.5S5.S2O bales compared the corresponding months of the 1907 and 1906 seasons Of the total takings. over D per cent are credited 10 south ern mills
 Anthracite coal shipments from cas- tern producing territory for the month tOtalled 4.503.156 gross tons compared with 4.56S. I20 gross tons shipped dur the first two months of the year. 10.- 122.095 gross tons. were over 30O. 900 tons in excess of the corresponding 1907 figures.
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