The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-31
SACRIFICE
CATTLE TO
HIGH COST
DEMAND FORCES SALE or
c 4Lvss AND LIGHT
WEIGHT STOCK
RECEIPTS ON DECLINE
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
Increasing Shortage ShtWn By
FgdtTd Statistical
Bulletin
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Washington, d. C, Aug, 3l.-Much
Information shedding light on the high
er cost Of living through cold statis.
ties comes in q bulletin just issued by
the bureau Of statistics OF the depart
ment of commerce and labor. Com
menting upon the movements OF live
stock and food prolucts, it shows
there Is a constantly increasing num-
Der Of younger animals, like calves
and light-weight cattle, being mar
keted to meet the demand; that there
has been a decrease in the number OF
nogs marketed. but this is cOmpen-
stated somewhat by the increased
weight OF those received These facts
Indicate the farmers and stock rMsers
are catching up with their hog pro-
ducilon. but that they are selling OH
the calves Which will later deprive The
mar0et OF beef cattle.
Shortage in Hog Arrival
The bulletin tells OF The july move
ments Of meats aud food animals in
the United states as follows:
Receipts Of live sloca during July at
seven primary interior markets, q.
29S.G15 head, were on a lower scale
than during the preceding month
though comparing fay0rably with IKE
receipts during July. 1893. and 1908,
when a,GSs.3ll and 2,S7I.09S head
were reported. or the total for the
month G6S 159 head were caftle, y3,-
ig9 head calycs. l,22l.t2i head hogs,
S7l.3lO head sheep and 1906 head
horses aud mules The Increase In
the commercial supply for the month
u cattle and sheep iA more than conn-
terbalanced by the shortage in the
arrival OF hogs. the July figures for
the current year falling about Is per
cent below the corresponding average
for the preceding year period. The
loss Is, however. compensated TO some
extent by the greater weight of hogs
brought to market
Number Of Calves Increased
The seven months' arrivals OF live
stock totaled 10 362.4Sl head, com
pared with 21.770. 036 head Tor the
responding 1909 ana e9.69i,4 ,4sG
head for the corresponding 1908 pc
RODS the loss being due almost en-
lirely to the smaller number of hogs
received at The principal packing cen
tiers. The shortage at all the seyeu
markets exceeded q per cent. when
compared with the seven months ay'
erage for the five preceding years.
IN the ase Of Chicago Il runs as high
as 80 per cent, and in the case oi
Kansas City not less than 20 per cent
Other noteworthy features OF this
years commercial live stock move
ment are the increasing number OF
calves and the smaller average weight
OF cattle marketed.
Losses at Four Ports.
"A similar decline may bc noted in
the monthly arrivals of live stock al
the four leading Atlantic seacoast
cities, the July total, 650.G37 head
falling 20 per cent below the figure
for the preceding month and compar
ing unsayorably with the correspond
Ing 1903 and 1908 figures of 744.T70
and no 37O held. The loss appears
heaviest in the case Of hogs, though
cattle and calves also show great
dimnutions as compared with the fig
ures for the preceding months ana the
corresponding figures Of the two pre-
ceding years.
The seven months arrivals ol
leading food animals at these same
cities totaled i.5f5.S37 head for the
present year, compared with 5,2Ol,
$50 and 5,5l6.O65 head received during
the seven months in 1909 and 1908
With the exception OF calves al
classes Of animals show losses, par
ticularly heavy in the case of hogs II
as much as the foreign shipments
from these ports constituted but
very small proportion OF the animals
received, the decline in the re eipt
of live animals, coupled with the de
creased receipts Of dressed meats
must have resulted In smaller con