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The average net weight and yield of lard per head, per cental at 

 those cities during the last three seasons were as follows : 



It will be noted that the hogs packed at Cincinnati during these three 

 seasons show, respectively, the greatest average both of weight per 

 head and of lard per head. The hogs packed at these six cities, although 

 averaging in weight considerably below those i^acked at other points, 

 show a larger yield of lard. 



ForJ{ product. — The amount of barreled pork produced in the six cities, 

 in the interior and in the whole of this pork-packing region, was as fol- 

 lows : 



Of the barreled pork, 69.4 per cent, was made at the six cities in 

 187G-'77, against 71.3 percent, in 187a-'76, and 72.3 percent, in 1874-'75. 

 This fact indicates that the interior points are gaining in their propor- 

 tion of the more elaborate preparations of pork. Of the 412,210 barrels 

 of all kinds made by the six cities in 1876-77, Chicago claims 290,493 

 barrels, or Go per cent. ; of the 363,555 barrels made in 1875-'76, Chicago 

 made 263,430, or 72 per cent.; Cincinnati turned out 46,944 barrels in 

 1876-'77, against 43,729 in 1875-'76 ; Saint Louis, 47,826, against 32,799 ; 

 Indian»j)olis, 1.350, against 1,480; Milwaukee, 44,250, against 33,172; 

 Louisville, 11,297, against 15,945. Chicago, Cincinnati, Saint Louis, and 

 Milwaukee greatly increased their product, but Indianapolis and Louis- 

 ville declined. 



/Summer paclcing. — The number of hogs packed during the summer 

 season, or irom March 1 to November 1, of the last three calendar years 

 was as follows : 



