The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-08-10
TRADE IN LIVE STOCK AND MEAT
PRODUCTS FOR SIX MONTHS

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. O.
Commercial movements of live stock
and meat products for the first half
of 1910, as reported to the bureau of
statistics of the department of COM
merce and labor, to some extent re-
fleet the shortage of the animal 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 domestic and for
egn commerce. indicates a consider
able shrinkage in the commercial
supply of some of the prime ncces-
sares of life.
Livestock receipts during June at
seven primary interior markets, g.
O39,7SO head, for the first time since
January showed a gain and exceeded
even the June, 1909, receipts of .
952,S24 head. OF the total 651,679
head We're cattle; 1O1, 400 head,
calves; 1,5S2,692 head, hogs; 6S3,6SS
head sheep; and 20.321 head, horses
and mules. The June receipts of hogs,
while decidedly higher than in either
of the three preceding months, still
continues much below the average for
like periods in earlier years, while
the cattle figures exceed the CORE
spending 1909 and 1908 totals.
The shortage in the comm ercial
supply of livestock is best seen from
a comparison of the half-yearly fig
ures, which totaled 16,463,756 head
1910, compared with 19,OS1.725 head
in 1909 and 20 1893 head in 1908.
The loss Of over 100000 head, as
compared with 1909 is due almost en-
tirelY to the smaller number of hogs
brought to market. Assuming that
the average siN-months' receipts for
the last five years at the seven prim-
airy markets represent the normal
commercial supply, the shortage IN
hog receipts thus far in 1910 is almost
% per cent. However, the larger aver
age weight of the animals reported
for the present year offsets, to some
extent the loss in numbers.
Calves Arc Included.
The distribution of this loss in hog
receipts IS far from uniform. Chicago
shows loss of 81 per cent, as com
pared with the above average; Kan
sas Guy loss of26 percent; Omaha
loss of 20 per cent and st. Louis
loss of only per cent. The cur
tailment in the commercial supply of
cattle is less pronounced. the 6
months receipts for the present wear
being about per cent below the
average half-yearly receipts for the
preceding tive-year period.
1t should be stated, however, that
the cattle figures for Omaha and ST
Louis include the receipts OF calves.
lnaSmuch as the six months reccipts
of calves for the present year at the
five markets which report them SEN
arately We're over % per cent larger
than the average six months receipts
Tor the preceding tvc-Year period, ii
follows that the receipts of cattle at
the seven leading markets were really
lower than stated above, and the
losses, as compared with earlier years,
correspondingly larger. AS compared
with the above average, the receipts
of sheep at the seven leading markets
3,S20,25G head, show a loss of over
IL per cent. 1t is noteworthy that the
decline in the supply of sheep began
after 1906, that of cattle after 1907
and that of hogs after 1908.
Live stock receipts for June at the
four principal Atlantic seacoast cities.
Sl9.754 head, We're larger than for
any other month of the year, though
falling short of the June 1909 and
1905 totals of S75,570 and 92O.23G
head respectively.
Show Decided Decline.
The aggregate livestock receipts a
these four cities for the first half Of
the year, 3,SG5,2OO head. likewise
show a decided decline from the cor
responding 1903 and 1908 figures Of
4.5+GoH0 ana 4,S05,695 head. Here
also the largest loss is shown in re-
ceipts of hogs, while the number OF
calves marketed shows a suhet7r4'al
increase over the figures or .a, .,.
years The six months s.yply o..
hogs at the four seaboard markets.
I69G.3o4 head fell about 20 per cont
below the average six months figures
for the preceding five years. The
targets receipts Of hogs, as in the case
of the principal interior markets. arc
shown for the first SIX months i'm 1908
shown for the first six months i'm 1905.
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-Four markets during the first haIr of
fin. E"9H, I.1sA.-+a head. Ii.....s. ill.,
dictate continuous decline siu..
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