. Yearbook of agriculture . rve with Figure 50, and the cattle curve with Fig^ure 52. average was 2,709,148 head, while that of February was1,357,549, a variation of nearly 50 per cent. Normally over40 per cent of the total number marketed during the yeargo to market during the last four months. These seasonal surpluses usually react to the decided dis-advantage of the producer in the form of dull trade andlower prices. For many years individuals and organizationshave made serious efforts to devise ways of equalizing re-ceipts at public markets. For one reason or another mostof these have fail
. Yearbook of agriculture . rve with Figure 50, and the cattle curve with Fig^ure 52. average was 2,709,148 head, while that of February was1,357,549, a variation of nearly 50 per cent. Normally over40 per cent of the total number marketed during the yeargo to market during the last four months. These seasonal surpluses usually react to the decided dis-advantage of the producer in the form of dull trade andlower prices. For many years individuals and organizationshave made serious efforts to devise ways of equalizing re-ceipts at public markets. For one reason or another mostof these have failed, the chief difficulty arising from the fact, Our Beef Supply. 289 ITZtT ^T, ?* movements a,* controlled largelyby weather and climatic conditions rgeiy mel^ofcawr^^ * evenness in the move-rs dsm 5 ) ^^= - *o-n slaughterecoras (j-ig oi) Considering monthlr average slaughterof cattle under Federal inspection for 10 ye^rs. Ocd^, MONTHLY SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE BY CLAS<?F«!FEDERAL INSPECTION JULY 19,8-DEC 19^0 ^^. ^:^J:.e;t:es?ii\r* ^^^^^ oT^I^at publicdifferent seasons of the year ,^^°° ^* ^^^ t° ^^^et atstatistics were collected the number of ^ 7^ ^ °^°°t^« ^ ^ch20 per cent in the spring to n^a^y half of n^^^lT* ^^ ^°^ ^^^tthe late fall and early winter Th™ . / ^^ slaughtered duringthroughout the year *^ P* ° ^^t^^^ are relatively uniform again stands out as the month of heaviest movement Dur efut: rt T ^^ f ^^ ^^^^^ ^^-^^^^- f- the v^ third ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^-^^^^ --th and Sep- o„if?!JV^7 * ^^ *^ ^^^f slaughter followed aquite different course. As most calves ar^ dropped Tthe 290 Yearhool: of the Department of Agriculture^ 1921. c ^^ 1 \ X \ ^-J-^-Vr^.^s, \ - ° W^^ /Sil-SJA5s/fVi« 1 i?s \ {^^m^\^ Vi^ \ \ \WJi \ ^ ij J f- V_ \ \ V \ ^^^ ?? ? II 1 - T ^*VI^ \ \ L \ r*!.^ ^ ^ V. O »- ^ \ V aA r ^^^ \ r .^^^^-T^ S^* 1 K- o ic v) 1 V -if—* \ I y T j<—^^^ ^ u. u ^/^ ] \ V y vS I v^ y^ i liJ ^5 r it^ N, © ^^^^ v r L 1 fl, -^«T
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