The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-08
TRADE IN LIVE STOCK
AND MEAT PRODUCTS
CENSUS DEPARTMENT FURNISHES FIGURES ON DEALINGS
FOR FIRST MONTHS OF 1910

Commercial movements OF live
stock and meat products for the first
balf of 1910, rs reported to the bu-
reau OF statistics of the department
oi commerce and labor, to some eXs
tent reflect the shortage of the ami
NAL food supply IN the country.
While the June movements were in
most cases heavier than for the
earlier months, the record for the
first half OF the year, both In the do
mestic and foreign commerce. indi-
Gates a considerable shr.nkagc in the
commercial supplies OF some OF the
prime necessaries of life.
Livestock receipts during June at
seven primary interior markets,
3.O39 $50 head. for the first time
since January showed gain and eX-
cscded even the June. 1909, receipts
of 2,954.224 head, OF the total 661-
Gre head were cattle: 10l 400 head.
calves; l.5S2.692 head, hogs; 6sS,-
GSS head, sheep; and 20.32l head.
horses and mules. The June re-
ceipts or hogs. while decidedly high
er than in either OF the three pre-.
ccding months, still continue much
hclow the average for like periods
Ia earlier years. while the cattle hG-
ures exceed the corresponding 1909
and 1908 totals The shortage In the
commercial supply OF live stock is
hest seen from u comparison OF the
Salf-yearly llgures. which totaled
l6, ,46S, ,756 head in 1910. compared
7'ith 19,0S1 .725 head In 1909 and 2o-
S20.392 head in 1908. The loss OF
over two and a half million head, az
compared with 1903 is due almost
entirely TO the smaller number o!
Eogs brought to market Assuming
that the average six months receipts
ier the last five years at the seven
primary markets represent the nor
NAL commercial supply. the shortage
in hog receipts thus far in 1910 is
almost % per cent However, the
lnrger average weight OF the animals
reported for the present year Offsets.
TO some extent, the loss In numbers.
The distribution OF this loss In hog
receipts is far from Uniform Chica-
go shows n loss OF 81 per cent, as
compared with the above average;
Kansas City. loss of % per cen;
Omaha. a loss of 20 per cent, and ST
Louis loss of only per cent. Tho
rrrtalment In the commercial supply
OF cattle is less pronounced, the six
months receipts for the present year
being about 6 per cent below the av-
evage half-yearly receipts for the pre-
ceding flve-year period II should be
stated, however, that the cattle fig
ures for Omaha and St. Louis include
the receipts of calves Inasmuch rs
the six months receipts of calves
for the present year at the five MAJ
6ets which report them separately
were over 90. per cent larger than
the average six months receipts for
the preceding flye-year period, IL fol-
lows that the receipts of cattle at
the seven leading markets were real
ly lower than stated above, and tho
losses. as compared with earlier
years, correspondingly larger As
compared with the above average.
the receipts of sheep at the seven
leading markets. $3.50, 256 head. show
Z loss OF over II per cent II lis note.
worthy that the decline in the supply
OF sheep began after 1906 that Of cat
tie after 1907, and that OF hogs after
1903.
Livestock receipts for June at the
four principal Atlantic scacoast cities
S19.T45 head. were larger than for
AIRY other month of the year, though
falling short OF the June. 1909 and
1910, totals OF S65,57 and 920,2GG
head. respectively. The aggregate
livestock receipts at these four cities