The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-08-05
LIVE STOCK Is
LOW IN SUPPLY
INDICATED ny REPORTS FRON
PRIMARY MARKETS.
Comparisons of Figures for Fins
Half OF 1910 with Prev
iOus Years.
EXPORT TRADE FAILING OFF

Washington. Aug. 5.-Commer-
cial 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
foreign commerce. indicates a con-
siderable shrlnkage in the CONNER
cial supply of some OF the prime
necessaries of life.
Livestock receipts during June at
seven primary interior markets,
S,OS9,7SO head. for the first time
since January showed a gain and ex-
eeeded even the June, 1903, receipts
OF 2,s52.S24 head. OF the total
651 ,679 head we're cattle: l01 400
head, calves; 1.5S2.692 head, hogs;
6S3,6SS head, sheep; and 2O.321
head, horses and mules. The June
receipts Of hogs, while decidedly
higher than in either OF the three
preceding months. still continue
much below the average for Ike
periods in earlier years. while the
cattle figures exceed the correspond
ing 1909 and 1905 totals. The short
age In the commercial supply OF live
stock Is best seen from a comparison
of the half-yearly figures, which
totaled 16.t63.756 head in 1910.
compared with 19.0S1,715 head In
1909 and 2O,s2O.3s3 head in 1908.
The loss OF over two and One-half
million head, as compared with
1909. Is due almost entirely to the
smaller number of hogs brought 10
market. Assuming that the aver
age six-months' receipts for the last
five years at the seven primary mar
kets represent the normal comerclal
supply. the shortage in hog receipts
thus far in 1910 Is almost 25 pei
cent. However, the larger average
weight OF the animals reported for
the present year offsets. to some ex.
tent. the loss in numbers. The DIS.
tribution of this loss In hog receipts
is far from uniform. Chicago. shows
loss OF 81 PEI cent, as compared
with the above average: Kansas
CITY. loss OF &c per cent: Omaha
a loss OF 90 per cent, and ST. Louis
a loss OF only per cent The cur
tailment in the commercial supply
OF cattle is less pronounced. the six
months receipts for the present
year being about per cent below
the averagehaf-yearly receipts for
the preceding FIVE year period. II
should be stated. however, that the
cattle figures for Omaha and ST
Louis include the receipts OF calves
lnasmuch as the six months receipts
Of calves for the present year at the
five markets which report then
separately were over % per cent
larger than the average six months
receipts for preceding FIVE year per
iod, II follows that the receipts oil
cattle at the seven leading markets
we're really lower than stated above
and the losses. as compared with
the above average. the receipts OF
sheep at the seven leading markets
3,S2O.256 head, show a loss OF over
II per cent. II is noteworthy that
the decline in the supply of sheer
began after 1906. that OF cattle after
1907, and that Of hogs after 1905.
Livestock receipts for June at the
four principal Atlantic seaooast
cities, s19,75f head, were larger
than for any other month of the
year. though falling short OF the