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TRANSACTIONS OP THE 



The following table shows the number of hogs- in the different sections, 

 and in the United States and Territories, to each one hundred inhabi- 

 tants, in eighteen hundred and fifty, and in- eighteen hundred and sixty: 



1850. 



I860. 



New England States.. 



Middle States 



Western States 



Southern States 



Pacific States 



States and Territories 



It will be observed that in every section there has been a decrease in 

 the number of swino, from eighteen hundred and fifty to eighteen hun- 

 dred and sixty, except in the Pacific States. In eighteen hundred and 

 fifty, California had less than three thousand, while in eighteen hundred 

 and sixty she had increased to four hundred and fifty-six thousand three 

 hundred and ninety-six — sliowing that the increase of the Pacific States 

 was owing to the increase in California almost entii'ely. 



In view of the above facts it would be natural to conclude that Cali- 

 fornia had become a large exporter of pork, bacon, etc., and that proba- 

 bly the Atlantic States maj^ have been under the necessity of calling on 

 her for some of her extra product. This presumption would be ver}'' 

 much increased b}" the fact that since eighteen hundred and sixty the 

 grain raisers of California have complained very much for want of a 

 market for the surplus grain, and have even exported gi-ain to the Eastern 

 States, and Europe, and China. 



Let us examine California's figures in the pork trade for the last three 

 yeai"S — and we invite the farmers to accompan}^ us in that examination, 

 as it may be they can profit hy reflecting uj^on the matter a little : 



TABLE 



Showing the aviount of bacon, hams, porh, and lard, imported into California 

 tfitiiin the last three years, and the cost of the same for each year, and for 

 the ivhole time. 



