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HEPOET OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



Hog products. — Barreled porlc. — From lack of uniformity iu tbe details 

 of the reports of past years, it would be difficult to give a comparative 

 view of the production of pork in its various forms iu Cincinnati. Dur- 

 ing the last commercial year 3(),73r) barrels of mess pork were reported, 

 against 38,202; of other kinds of barreled pork 0.1)94 were ]iroduced, 

 against o,070 the previous year, but this last amount is evidently too 

 small, as in that year no note was made of several kinds of pork prod- 

 uct. The receipts of barreled pork during the last commercial year 

 amounted to 0,003, the smallest within a half century. The recei-pts of 

 1847-'48 were 09,828 barrels, but ever since that time this branch of trade 

 has been declining. The shipments of last year were 53,518 barrels, some- 

 what larger than last year, but bearing a very small proportion to the 

 great export trade of former years, which in 1847-'48 amounted to 190,186 

 barrels. The average price of mess pork during the last commercial year 

 was $20.92.1, against $20.40.8 the previous year, and $10.08.5 in 1873-'74. 

 During the last twenty-one years the maximum average price, $32.75, 

 was in 1804-*65 ; minimum, $10.70, in 1801-'02. 



Lard. — The product of lard last commercial year amounted to G4,312 

 tierces, 405 barrels, and 7,053 kegs, against 70,343 tierces, 243 barrels, 

 and 0,099 kegs the previous year. The receipts of lard were 13,951,721 

 pounds, against 11,580,129 the previous year; shipments 35,157,200 

 pounds, against 30,855,878. The average jmce of prime steam winter 

 was 12.24 cents i^er pound, against 13.72 the previous year; of kettle 

 winter 13.27 cents, against 14.45. During the last twenty-one years 

 the maximum quotation, 21^ cents, was iu 18C5-'6G; minimum, 7^, in 

 18Gl-'02. 



Poric and bacon. — Receipts of last year 25,244,229 pounds, against 

 25,530,475 pounds the previous year ; shii)ments, 91,797,010 pounds, 

 against 90,222,139. 



CHICAGO. 



The total value of all kinds of live stock received at the Union Stock- 

 yards of Chicago during 1870 was $111,185,000, against $117,533,941 ia 

 1875, a decline of nearly 5J per cent. This decline is not the result of 

 a decUne in business, but of a general shrinkage of values. The num- 

 ber of animals marketed during 1876 was greater than iu any former 

 year. 



Ilorscs. — The monthly receipts and shipments for the last four years 

 were as follows : 



ilonths. 



Jannary . . . 

 Pobru'iry . . 



Mftrch 



April 



May 



Juno 



July 



August 



September . 



October 



November . 

 December., 



\it-Z. 



Eeceipt,s. ^^'P- 



Total '2U, 2.^9 1^,540 



467 



1,078 



3, 909 



2, HOI 



2,003 



2, 276 



984 



1,002 



1, 2.54 



009 



370 



227 



Receipts. ^^P" 

 • menta. 



688 



9, ran 



3,838 



2, 7.39 



1,603 



1.807 



804 



853 



838 



1,251 



423 



206 



17, 588 



604 



2,376 



3, 690 



2, 072 



1,007 



1,508 



839 



700 



8e8 



1, 223 



256 



lc5 



16,008 



Receipt"- ^^?; 



483 



1,222 

 2. 764 

 2,08:3 

 1,376 

 1,150 



410 

 431 



!".):( 



271 

 172 



11,329 



562 



1,141 



2, 781 



1,835 



1,407 



1, 090 



715 



414 



424 



323 



2tiO 



l.'^.l 



1676. 



I'^oeipt^- S;. 



11,109 



152 

 726 

 1, 007 

 1,230 

 'J30 

 790 

 445 

 464 

 953 

 497 

 214 

 121 



8, 159 



SCO 



C17 

 l,5ii 

 1, 224 

 £C3 

 696 

 440 

 S99 

 381 

 373 

 1S6 

 lOd 



6,839 



