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SUMMARY OF HOGS PACKED IN THE WEST. 



1862-'63. 1863-'64. 



Ohio 991,183 648,836 



Iowa 404,861 313,331 



Indiana 585,428 394,217 



Illinois 1,472,834 1,273,390 



Kentucky 130,920 126,019 



Wisconsin., 201,745 164,576 



Missouri 297,611 370,736 



4,084,582 3,291,105 



Decrease 793,477 



But this decrease does not show the entire decrease in the hog crop of 

 the west. The shipments to the east must be taken into consideration also. 

 The returns of these are yet imperfect. We have not yet got, says the 

 Price Current, the shipments through Canada, nor by the way of Buffalo, 

 but those by the way of Pittsburg and Dunkirk compare as follows from 

 November 1 to February 1, each season : 



1862-'63. 1863-'64. 



New York and Erie 136,007 64,181 



Pennsylvania Central 171,496 34,141 



307.503 



98.322 



Here is a falling off of 209,181, and added to the decreased number packed, 

 make the total decrease 997,658. The decrease in the average weight and 

 yield of lard is as follows : 



The Price Current says : " We find that the average weight for the entire 

 packing is 188||- pounds, and the average yield of lard, per hog, 221 pounds. 

 The decrease in the average weight is about 26 pounds per hog, as com- 

 pared with last season, in round numbers ; but the accurate per cent, of 

 decrease we find as follows : 



"The aggregate weights of similar numbers of hogs, this season and 



