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no lonf]^cr. Many of these houses arc so located that vcsfols can be haid along 

 side of the docks, aud t^hipmeuts made without any extra handling of the stock 

 when ready for market; they also have tracks connecting Avith all the principal 

 railroads, so that hogs can he delivered at their doors. There are fifty-eight 

 diflferent establishments in Chicago doing a general packing business the present 

 season. The following table will show the hogs packed in the city for tho 

 several seasons : 



lS53-'54 52, 849 



18.')4-'55 72, 694 



1855-'56 80, 380 



185G-'57 74, 600 



1857-'58 99, 262 



1858-59 185, 000 



1859-60 167, 968 



1860-'61 . : 231, 335 



1861-'62 511, 118 



lS62-'63 970, 264 



1863-64 904, 159 



The average yield of lard and weight of hogs packed during 18G3-'4 is as 

 follows : 



Yield of lard 34 pounds. 



Average Aveight 192 pounds. 



The following table shows the number of hogs received and forwarded for 

 the respective years, including live and dressed : 



Year. 



Received. 



Forwarded. 



1858 



1859 



1860 



1861 



1862 



1863, estimated 



540, 486 

 271, 204 

 392, 864 

 675,902 

 1,348,890 

 1,900,519 



192,013 

 110,246 

 227, 164 

 289.094 

 491, 135 

 810,959 



The receipts of hogs at Cincinnati, the next largest point to Chicago, for a 

 aeries of years, are as follows : 



1853 - 275, 665 



1854 228, 885 



1855 313, 702 



1856 328, 855 



1857 302, 698 



1858 346, 878 



1859 404, 126 



1860 * 300, 077 



1861 315,841 



1862 479, 698 



1863. estimated 400, 000 



