TEXAS BUSINESS REVIEW
FEBRUARY, 1944, CARLOAD MOVEMENTS OF POULTRY AND EGGS
Shipments from Texas Stations
Cars of Poultry
Chickens
1944 1943
-10 10
1 0
* 9 10
Turkeys
1944 1943
5 1
1 0
4 1
Receipts at Texas Stations
TOTAL------ -------- 4 3 0 0
Intrastate---------------------------13 0 0 0
Interstate --- -- ---------.
Shell
1944 1943
24 29
20 18
4 11
66
17
49
13
8
5
Frozen
1944 1943
43 19
26 7
17 12
28
22
6
8
5
3
Dried
1944 1943
78' 37
10 .0
68 37
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
Equivalentt
1944 1943
734 363
152 32
582 331
122 29
61 18
61 11
*The destination above is the first destination as shown hy the original waybill. Changes in destination brought about by diversion factors are not shown.
tDried eggs and frozen eggs are converted to a shell egg equivalent on the following basis: 1 rail carload of dried eggs= carloads of shell eggs, and 1
NarOTE:o These dats=a furshdto the Division of Agricultural Statistics, B. A. E., by railroad officials through agents at all stations which originate and
receive carload shipments of poultry and eggs. The data are compiled by the Bureau of Business Research.
FEBRUARY SHIPMENTS OF LIVE STOCK CONVERTED TO A RAIL-CAR BASIS*
Total Interstate Plus Fort Worth
Total Intrastate Omitting Fort Worth--
TOTAL SHIPMENTS -----------
Cattle
1944 1943
2,196 4,120
533 792
2,729 4,912
1944 1943
518 687
123 215
641 902
1944 1943
1,438 1,134
93 .35
1,531 1,169
1944 1943
228 657
27 30
255 687 -
1944 1943
4,380 6,598
776 1,072
5,156 7,670
TEXAS CAR~LOT* SHIPMENTS OF LIVE STOCK FOR YEAR 1943
Calves Swine
Total Interstate Plus Fort Worlh -
Total Intrastate Omitting Fort Worth
TOTAL SHIPMENTS---------
Cattle
1944 1943
5,021 7,560
1,029 1,664
6,050 9,224
1944 1943
1,283 1,278
231 375
1,514 1,653
1944 1943
2,870 2,428
177 149
3,047 2,577
Sheep Total
1944 1943 1944 1943
543 1,332 9,717 12,598
100 146, 1,537 2,334.
643 1,478 11,254 14,932
*Rail-car Basis: Cattle, 30 heal per car; calves. 60; bogs, 80; and sheep, 250.
Fort Worth shipments are combined with interstate forwarding. in order that the bulk of market disappearance for the month may be show.
Nova: These data are furnished the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economies by railway officials through more than 1,500 station agents, representing
every livestock shipping point in the state. The data are compiled by the Bureau of Business Research.
FEBRUARY CREDIT RATIOS IN TEXAS DEPARTMENT
- (Expressed in Per Cent)
Number
of
Stores
* Reporting
All Stores -------- ------------------
Stores Grouiped by Cities:
Austin ----------- -------------,------ 3
Beaumont-----------------------------3
Bryan---------------------------------------- 3
Corpus Christi--------------------------------- 6
Dallas ------------- -------------- 6
El Paso ------------------------- -4
Fort Worth ------------------------------- -
Houston -------------------- ----------- 54
San Antonio-------------------------- 5
Waco------------- -- -------------- 4
All Othe-s ------------------------------------.1
Stores Grouped According to Type of Store:
Department Stores (Annual Volume Over $500,000)----_------ 18
Department Stores (Annual Volume under $500,000)--------- 10
Dry-Goods-Apparel Stores--------------- ------- 312
Women's Specialty Shops--------------------------- 12
Men's Clothing Stores------------------------1
Stores Grouped According to Volume of Net Sales During 1943:
Over $2,5000,000----------------------- 17
$2,500,000 down to $1,000,000 -------------------- 83
$1,000,00down to $500,000----------------------- 173
Less than $500,000 ------------------ 1
AND APPAREL STORES
Ratio of
Credit Sales
to Net Sales
1944 1943
44.5 50.4
40.6
48.8
45.9
39.9
51.5
37.9
39.5
44.9
40.9
48.8
38.4
.45.0
-41.5
43.9
42.9
45.9
55.7
44.4
42.7
59.9
43.1
49.1
52.2
41.4
51.8
42.5
51.4
4.2
46.6
52.1
Ratio of Ratio of
Collections to Credit Salaries
Outsiandings to Credit Sales
1944 1943 1944 1943
62.2 64.9 1.3 1.5
70.0
71.0
S58.1
83.1
68.9
S65.7
64.6
64.1
43.3
59.8
71.0
66.9
68.5
41.1
65.2
71.2
75.8
54.4
85.9
68.4
55.9
62.5
64.1
62.6
60.1
68.1
65.2
65.7
64.4
62.9
42.6 53.2 66.7 65.4
4S.5 45.2 67.3 70.1
40.0 45.0 66.6 70.7
32.4 32.7 6S.5 68.8
1.6
1.3
S.1
1.3
0.9
1.8
1.4
1.4
1.5
1.0
1.5
1.2
1.7
1.1
1.7
1.2
1.7
1.2
4.7
Nov: The ratios shown for each year, in the order in which they appear from left to right are obtained by the following computations: (1) Credit Sales
divided by Net Sales. (2) Collections during the month divided by the total accounts unpaid on the first of the month. (3) Salaries of the credit department
divided by credit sales. 'The data are reported to the Bureau of Business Research by Texas retail stores.
*Destinationi
TOTAL
Intrastate
Interstate-
1.2
0.7
3.9
0.7
0.7
1.3
1.1
1.2
1.4
1.1
LO
1.0
1.3
0.7
1.1
1.0
1.2
0.9
2.8
Cars of Eggs