620 



AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



Summary of hogs packed in the west. 



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 Cur- 

 rent, the shipments through Canada, nor by the Avay of Bulialo, but those by 

 the way of Pittsburg and Dunkirk compare as follows, from November 1 to 

 February 1, each season : 



New York and Erie . . 

 Pennsylvania Central 



18G2-'63. 18G3-'64 



136,007 

 171,496 



307, 503 



64, 181 

 34, 141 



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 : 



States. 



Ohio 



Indiana .. 

 Illinois... 

 Kentucky 

 Missouri . . 



Iowa 



Wisconsin 



Average weight per hog. 



1862-'63. 



lbs. 

 223* 

 209 

 217^ 

 204 

 220 

 2U9i 

 224 



18G3-'64. 



189i 

 182 



188$ 



168,^, 



202 



Yield of lard per hog. 



18G2-'G3. 1863-'64 



Ihs. 



27 



27 



28 



31 



29 



26i 



33^ 



lbs. 



22i 



194 



214 



21 



23 



22f 



23 



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

 packing is ISS^f pounds, and the average yield of lard, per hog, 22y pounds. 

 The decrease in ihe average Aveight is about 26 pounds per hog, as compared 

 with last season, iu round numbers j but the accurate per cent, of decrease we 

 find as follows : 



