The number rose to 34,400 in 1875, had more than doubled, to 73,094, by 1877, and then exploded with the return of prosperity, rising to 121,571 in 1881 and 207,574 in 1882, before falling back to 177,651 in 1883.

"Eleventh Annual Livestock Report, Kansas City Stock Yards for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1881," 33, 1880, 1.92, CB&Q, "Twelfth Annual Livestock Report, Kansas City Stock Yards for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1882," 33, 1870, 8.12, CB&Q.

"Thirteenth Annual Livestock Report, Kansas City Stock Yards for the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1883," 33, 1880, 1.72, CB&Q

Appendix 50, Statement by Mr. W. H. Miller, Secretary of the Kansas City Board of Trade, April 17, 1885, Nimmo, Report, 189.

Only about 25 to 36 percent of the cattle coming into Chicago between 1881 and 1894 were Texan or western, but since western included cattle fattened in Kansas and Nebraska, the statistic is hard to interpret.

Whitaker, Feedlot Empire, 63.