370 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



Price of Chicago beeves, 1885. 



Montlui. 



£xtr». 



Choice. 



Good. 



Mediutii 



.ranaary... 

 February ., 

 March .... 



April , 



May 



June 



July 



August . . . 

 .Sej)tomber 



Octobt^r 



November 

 Docenibor , 



$6 65 to $6 85 



6 50 

 5 75 

 5 00 

 5 40 



5 75 



6 00 

 5 25 

 5 90 

 5 90 

 5 00 

 5 75 



6 CO 

 6 CO 

 5 75 

 5 75 



5 85 



6 20' 



5 90 



6 00 

 05 

 5 80 

 00 



$6 25 to $6 CO 



00 



4 75 



5 50 

 5 50 

 5 00 



4 26 



5 50 

 5 30 

 5 10 

 5 35 



6 40 

 5 75 

 5 00 

 5 60 

 5 65 

 5 70 

 5 50 

 5 80 

 5 87i 

 5 55 

 5 7U 



$5 75 

 5 40 

 4 75 



4 75 



5 25 

 5 25 

 4 80 



4 00 



5 00 

 5 00 

 4 20 

 4 40 



to $6 10 

 5 90 

 5 25 

 5 00 

 5 40 

 5 40 

 5 25 

 5 00 

 5 40 

 5 50 

 5 00 

 5 20 



$:> 00 



to $5 50 

 5 25 

 5 00 



4 75 

 10 



5 15 



3 3U 

 3 40 



4 00 

 4 30 



Tlic movement to which these prices refer is as follows 



Receipts. 



Shipments. 



.Cattle nnmber. 



Calvea ~ do 



Hogs w do 



Sheep do — 



IIorBes do — 



1,905,518 



58, 500 



6, 937, 5;!5 



1, 003, G98 



19, 356 



744, 093 



33, 610 



1,797,416 



260, 277 

 18,582 



Prices of cattle in Kanaaa City, 1885. 



SWINE BREEDING IN AMEEICA. 



The swine-breeding industry is a very important branch of American 

 agriculture. The numbers in summer are in recent years about 43,000,000 

 to 45,000,000, or four-fifths as many as the inhabitants of the United 

 States, and the number annually slanghtered are now about 28,000,000, 

 which is less by 1,000,000 or 2,000,000 than four years ago. The expor- 

 tation has declined to the extent of 2,000,000 in that time. 



While the numbers are about 80 to 100 of the population in this 

 country, the enumeration in Europe gives only about 15 to 100 of popu- 

 lation. This shows how relatively small is the European consumption, 

 how easily the supply may become a glut, and how seriously an increase 

 of production in those countries may affect the demand for American 

 pork. 



