SEPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



229 



The following table shows the monthly movement of hogs, as pur- 

 ch-ased by packers, butchers, and shippers, during 1S76, together with 

 their average weight per head and value per cental : 



The grand total of the above figures shows 892,213 hogs, weighing, 

 as a whole, 228,585,380.25 pounds, or 114^293 tons, with an aggregate 

 value of $14,506,729.21. The average weight per head w^as 256.28 pounds, 

 and the average price per cental $6.38. 



The range of prices per cental for hogs at the beginning of each month 

 of the last four yeans was as follows : 



Months. 



January . . 

 February . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August ... 

 September 

 October . . . 

 November 

 December 



1873. 



$3 30 to 



3 85 to 



4 25 to 

 4 60 to 

 4 95 to 

 4 35 to 



3 90 to 



4 00 to 

 4 00 to 

 .... to 



3 70 to 



4 00 to 



13 70 



4 25 



5 00 

 5 50 

 5 35 

 4 CO 

 4 25 

 4 40 

 4 50 

 4 00 

 4 25 

 4 25 



1874. 



$2 81 

 4 90 



4 90 



5 CO 

 4 50 



4 80 



5 00 

 5 50 

 4 CO 



4 50 

 3 25 



5 50 



to $5 37i 

 to 5 65 

 5 30 

 5 25 

 5 45 



5 00 



6 00 



7 25 

 7 50 

 7 25 



6 25 



7 50 



to 



$4 00 to 



4 50 to 



5 00 to 



5 00 to 



to 



C 00 to 



6 00 to 

 6 00 to 

 G 00 to 

 6 00 to 



5 25 to 



6 90 to 



$6 00 

 7 00 

 7 25 



7 25 



8 00 

 8 00 

 8 00 

 8 00 

 8 00 

 8 00 

 7 25 

 7 00 



1876. 



CO to $7 50 



75 to 7 25 



40 to 8 10 



50 to 8 50 



20 to 7 55 



40 'to 5 90 

 50 to 5 75 



10 to 

 10 to 

 50 to 

 50 to 

 50 to 



6 50 

 6 35 

 6 25 

 6 25 

 6 25 



Swine products, — The receipts for sixieeii years and the shipments for 

 twelve years of leading j)reparations of swine flesh were as follows : 



