The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-07-26
DECLINE
Is Shown in the Aggregate
Receipts Of Live Stock in !.
Month of June.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July as
The aggregate live stock receipts
during June. 1912, at thirteen west
ern markets show decline com
pared with the receipts year ago,
according to reports received at the
Bureau of Statistics, Department OF
Commerce and Labor. In this COM
parison Chicago. Kansas City, oma-
ha, St. Louis, st. Joseph, clnc!n-
natl, Indianapolis, Louisville and
Wichita snow decline, while Sioux
City, Denver and Fort Worth show
an increase in the receipts of live
stock. Each of the classes of live
stock which comprise this aggregate,
namely, cattle and calves, hogs,
sheep and horses and mules, show a
decline in June 1912, when COM
pared with 1911. The live stock re-
ceipts for the first six months OF the
present year, however, show a slight
increase when compared with the re-
ceipts during the same period a year
ago. The aggregate increase at
these markets was more than four
per cent over the first six months Of
1911 and about twenty-five per cent
over the same period in 1910.
Cattle and calvesLThe aggregate
receipts Of cattle and calves show a
decided decline in June, 1912, when
compared with the receipts in June,
1911, and 1910. The thirteen mar
kets reporting have an aggregate of
1922 head Of calves and cattle in
June, 1912, as compared with s4e,-
III head in June, 1911. and $685.
head in June, 1910, a decline of sew
enteen and nineteen per cent, re-
spective1y. Cincinnati, Denver,
Fort Worth and Louisville reported
increased receipts In June, 1872,
over 1911, while each of the other
markets reported a decline. The re-,
ceipts of cattle and calves during the
first six months of 1912 at the
thirteen markets were slightly less
than during the same period in
1911 and 1910, namely, 4,948,519I
head in 1912. as compared fifth g.
217,0G9 head in 1911 and 1854
ST. head in 1910, a decrease OF
five and six per cent, respectively
Cincinnati. Denver, Fort Worth, In
dianapolis, louisville and Wichita
show increased receipts.
Hogs-The hog receipts at the
thirteen markets were II per cent
less in June, 1912, than year ago,
but eight per cent greater than in
June, 1910. They were 1872 1871
head in 1912, 2y569g2S6 head in
1911 and 1,975,296 head in 1910.
Increases are shown in the June re-
celpts of hogs at Omaha, st. Paul,
Sioux City and Louisville, and de-
creased at the other nine markets
The receipts OF hogs for the first six
months of the present year at the
thirteen markets wre Z 1-2 per cent
greater than for the corresponding
period in 1911 and SO per cent
greater than in 1910, the six
months, receipts being 14,4SS, O09
head in 1912. 1S,489,3 OS head in
1911 and 1U,406,671 head in 1910.
Eight Of the thirteen markets show
an increase during the six months
period, the exceptions being Kansas
City, st. Louis, Fort Worth, INDIAN
apolis and wichita.
sheep-The aggregate receipts of
sheep during June at the thirteen
markets were 1,030STO4 head in
1912. as compared with 1882 ,175
head in June, 1911, and S37 1866
head in 1910. the sheep receipts
increased at st. Joseph, Fort Worth
and Wichita, and declined at each OF
the other ten markets. The receipts
of sheep during the six months
period of 1912 show an increase OF
nearly seven per cent over the cor
responding period in 1911 and of
80 1-2 per cent over 1910. All
the markets show an increase OF
sheep receipts during the six months
period when compared with the cor
responding period Of the previous
year, except Kansas city, St. Louis.
Cincinnati, Denver and Louisville.
Horses and muIes-The receipts
of horses and mules at the twelve
Interior markets show a decline In
June and during the first six months
of the present year, when compared
with the corresponding perod in
1912. They were greater, however.
than during the corresponding peri
cd in 1910. The total receipts were
'26ISO9 head in June and 294, 647
head durtnp tho fret civ rnnnths NJ