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cattle may be taken at 750 pounds, and of the sheep and calves, 80 pounds. The population 

 of New York and suburbs in 1854 was about 750,000. Here, then, we have the elements for 

 the solution of the general problem. Three-fourths of the cattle, &c. consumed in New York 

 came from the West, beginning with the Valley of the Alleghany in New York and Pennsyl- 

 vania. Averaging the value of cattle at $70 each, and the sheep and calves at $5.50, at the 

 place where first sold, we have as their aggregate value the sum of $13,365,000. 



But in respect to the general consumption of cattle in this country, the consumption of New 

 York shows that each 1000 persons in civic population consume 205 cattle and 533 sheep per 

 annum. This gives us the consumption of the population of the principal large towns and 

 cities in the United States, amounting to 3,938,656, as eight hundred thousand beeves, and 

 two and a half millions of sheep and lambs. At an average of $50 each for the beeves, and 

 $3 each for the sheep, which is not too much, we have the following result: — 



Value of 800,000 beeves $40,000,000 



Value of 2,500,000 sheep and lambs 7,500,000 



Let us now add to this the hogs of commerce — 



3,000,000 at $8 24,000,000 



Total $71,500,000 



If, now, we add to this aggregate the pickled beef, the salt, barrels, and labor used in pack- 

 ing pork, and, finally, the value of wool sold from sheep, we find the commerce in animals 

 amounting in value to full one hundred millions of dollars, — an amount greater than the entire 

 cotton crop. Two-thirds of this entire product comes from the States in the Valley of the 

 Ohio ; and we shall not be beyond the mark in saying that the States of Ohio and Kentucky 

 create an exchange on the Atlantic States equal to twenty millions of dollars per annum, 

 derived from the commerce in animals. 



In reference to the average weight consumed, if the above number of beeves, sheep, and 

 hogs be reduced to their aggregate weight, and then divided by four millions, (the aggregate 

 of town or city population,) the result will be about 15 ounces to each individual per diem. 

 Now, the daily ration of solid meat allowed in the British navy is 12 ounces, which may be 

 taken as the average for adults. The excess of quantity found in the above calculation will 

 be fully accounted for by exportation to other countries, and by the consumption of towns of 

 less than 5000 inhabitants. The general accuracy of the above calculation is, therefore, 

 sufficiently proved, and the magnitude of the result furnishes another illustration of the value 

 of internal commerce. — Condensed from the Cincinnati Price Current. 



