HOGS AND PORK PACKING. 



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PORK PACKING AT DUBUQUE, IOWA. 



Hogs packed in lS02-'3 12, 585 



Hogs packed in 1863-'4 13, 200 



Average weight of hogs, 1862-'3, pounds 229 



Average weight of hogs, 186o-'4, pounds 208 



Hogs bought and shipped from Dubuque without packing, iji 1863-'4. 25, 300 



PORK PACKIXG AT TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA. 



Number of hogs packed 49, 674 



Average weight I'^'^/oo pounds. 



Yield of krd per hog '^'^■fio pounds. 



The number packed in Louisville and around the Falls is estimated for the 

 season at 103,996, being a falling off from the previous year of some 11,000 

 head. 



At St. Louis the estimated number received and packed is 200,000, Avhicli is 

 an increase of over 20,000 head from the previous year. 



The receipts at most other western packing points have fallen somewhat in 

 numbers. 



The whole decrease in number in the west has probably amounted to 20 per 

 cent., and in weight at least 12 to 15 per cent. The decrease in lard will be 

 very large, as the hogs were turned off unusually early, in light condition, as 

 the corn ci'op was so badly injured by early frost in August, and the high 

 prices obtainable for it would not warrant putting it into pork. 



The following are the prices that have been paid in Chicago the first and 

 third week of each month for live and dressed hogs during 1863 : 



