The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-06-28
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Is Shown III the Receipts OF
Live Stock at Various
Markets.

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WAsFiGSG rog. D. c., June 2s.-
Reports Of the livestock movements
received at the Bureau Of Statistics
Department Of Commerce and Labor
show a decline IN the receipts Of live
stock at the seven principal interior
markets ia May, 1912, when compared
With May, 1911, but an increase for
ne I'VE months ending with May
when compared with the same period
Of 1911. The receipts during the I'VE
months ending with May, 1912, we're
gfeater than during the correspond
Ing Ave months Of any year OF the
last decade. A similar comparison
u the receipts at the four principal
eastern markets shows decrease in
May, 1879 ana an increase during
fthe i've months period Of 1912 There
was a very material falling of in ex-
ports In May, 1912. when compared
with May. 1911.
The aggregate May receipts of live
stock at Chicago, Kansas City, St.
Louis, ST Joseph, st. Paul, Omaha,
aud Sioux City were 3,255, 6e4 head in
1912. and S,551S76 head in 1911, a
decrease Of eight per cent. The re-
ceipts Of cattle. hogs, sheep and
horses and mules show in each case
I a decrease, while the receipts Of
calves at the five markets which re-
port calves separately, show an In
crease The aggregate receipts at
these markets during the five-months'
period ending with May were 1879
43s head in 1912, and 16,s75,152 head
in-19t1, an increase Of about nine per
cent.
CATTLE AND CALVES: The re-
ceipts Of cattle at these markets in
Navy, 1912, were 503,3SS head, a de-
crease ofnineteen per cent when
compared with s22,7so head received
in May, 1911 Calves on the other
hand show an increase OF about three
per cent, the receipts at the 1--WE mar
kets reporting them separately being
1926 head in May, 1912. and 9S,5s1
head in May. 1911. The receipts Of
cattle during the i've months OF the
present year were y2,Sss,4S5 head, a.
decrease' Of eight per cent when COM
pared with the same period In 1911.
The receipts Of calves at the five
markets reporting them separately
during the five months Of 1912
amounted to Ss2,s52 head, an in
crease OF about two per cent over
the same fiye.months Of 1911, and the
largest number received during the
corresponding months Of any year in
the last decade. The May. 1912, re-
ceipts Of cattle show an Increase at
st. Paul ana Sioux City and de-
crease at each otthe above mentioned
interior markets. when compared
with the receipts in May 1911.
HOGS: The number OF hogs re-
ceived at the seven principal western
markets In May, 1912. 1,918,786 head,
was three per cent less than in May,
1911, although IT is slightly greater
than In April OF the present year.
The receipts during the first five
months OF the present year, 1929,
345 head, were about fourteen per
cent greater than during the cor.
responding period In 1917. This num-
Der was exceeded only once for the
corresponding period in the last de-
cade, namely. IN 1908, when IL, 7O7, 46S
head Of hogs were received at these
markets. The receipts in May, 1912,
compared with those in May, 1911,
show an, increase at Omaha, st. Paul,
st. Joseph and Sioux City, and a de-
crease at Chicago, Kansas City and
st. Louis.
SHEEP: The May, 1912, receipts
Of sheep at the seven principal mar
kets, 715.51$ head, show a decrease
of nearly thirteen per cent, when
compared with May, 1911. The ag-
gregate receipts during the first FIVE
months of the present year, however,
4,e5s,162 head, when compared with
the Corresponding period in 1911.
show an increase OF twelve per cent,
The receipts OF sheep show an In
crease at Kansas City and St. Paul,
and a decrease at each of the other
five principal western markets, when
compared with the May receipts in
1911. ~
CARS: The number Of loaded
livestock cars received at the seven
markets was 5S,lA7 in May. 1912. a
decrease Of fifteen per cent when