EEPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



213 



1873 ; slicep, though iucreasiug, have not equaled the high figures of 

 the first few years of this decade ; swine are also recovering their pre- 

 vious liigh aggregates. 



BALTIMORE. 



Cattle. — Tiie annual receipts of beef-cattle at Baltimore for the last 

 ten calendar years were as follows: 1867, 55,713'head ; 18G8, 75,891; 

 18G9, 91,000 ; 1870, 89,021 ; 1871.88,386; 1872,93,292; 1873,94,664; 

 1874, 130,940; 1875, 113,379; 1876, 109,854. Of the receipts of 1876, 

 the city and neighboring butchers took about 70,000 head; a consider- 

 able number were taken by farmers of the neighboring counties for stock 

 cattle ; the residue were shipped eastward. The comparative prices per 

 cental of all grades of cattki on the 15th of each month of the last three 

 years were as follows : 



Cattle products. — Butter. — No record of receipts has been kept. The 

 supplies of "glades" butter were a fair average, and with a sharp com- 

 petition among buyers, very good prices were obtained and but little 

 "was left over unsold. Eeceipts of good and fair stock have not been 

 equal to the demand. Prime "Glades" was quoted at 24 to 26 cents per 

 pound during the first eight months of 1876. Subsequently a slight 

 fluctuation was noted, but prices fell into their old routine. 



Cheese. — The market for cheese tended downward from January to 

 September, but subsequently a sharp reaction was felt, causing an ad- 

 vance of 4 cents per pound by the end of the year. For prime eastern 

 factory, the year opened at 12^ © 13i, declined to lOi ©11^ in mid- 

 summer, but rose in the middle "of December to 14 ® lo. Prime west- 

 ern factory ranged about 1 cent per pound lower all the year. 



S'wine. — Eeceipts of hogs for seven calendar years : 1870, 300,000 

 head; 1871,307,436; 1872,400,874; 1873,392,734; 1874,357,547; 1875, 

 277,490 ; 1876, 247,462. The receipts of 1876 fell behind about 30,000, 

 but this is not to be wondered at, considering the unsatisfactory condi- 

 tion of the hog trade throughout the country during a large part of the 

 year. The entire receipts were required by the city butchers for home 

 consumption. The prices per cental of live hogs on the 15th of each 

 month for the past five years were as follows : 



Months. 



January .. 

 Febma.ry . 

 March .~.. 



April 



May 



OuiJO 



July 



August . . . 

 September 

 October . . . 

 November 

 December . 



00 to $7 25 



50 to 7 20 



50 to 7 25 



00 to (i 75 



50 to 50 



75 to G 25 



00 to G 50 



50 10 7 25 



25 to 7 5"0 



50 to 7 00 



75 to G 50 



00 to 5 50 



1873. 



•55 50 to $G 

 C 25 to G 

 7 00 to 7 

 7 50 to 

 7 00 to 

 G 25 to 

 G 75 to 

 7 25 to 

 G 75 to 

 G 00 to 

 5 25 to 



50 



25 

 00 

 00 

 7 00 to 7 50 



1874. 



50 to $7 

 37 to 8 

 00 to 7 

 50 to 8 

 00 to 8 

 50 to 8 

 50 to 9 

 00 to 10 

 00 to 10 

 50 to 

 25 to 9 

 00 to 9 



1875. 



9 50 

 9 25 

 11 00 

 10 00 

 9 75 

 9 50 

 10 25 

 10 00 

 10 00 

 9 50 

 9 00 



to $9 75 

 to 10 ,50 

 to 10 00 

 to 12 00 

 to 11 50 

 to 10 50 

 to 10 50 

 to 11 25 

 to 11 50 

 to 10 G2 

 to 10 25 

 to 9 75 



•910 00 



10 00 



11 00 

 10 50 



9 75 



8 50 



9 50 

 9 00 

 8 00 

 8 00 

 7 25 

 7 00 



to $10 50 



to 10 75 



to 11 37 



to 11 50 



to 10 75 



to 9 00 



to 10 00 



to 9 75 



8 50 

 8 75 

 8 25 

 7 75 



