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Of the receipts of 187G, 200,014 were dressed carcasses. 

 Summer receipts. — The receipts from March 1 to November 1, 1875, and 

 1870 were as foUows : 



^Winter receipts. — The numbers of live and dressed hogs received at 

 these four cities during the last three winter packing seasons, respect- 

 ively, were as follows : 



For the twelve months ending March 1, 1877, and including the last 

 summer and winter seasons, the receipts of these four cities amounted 

 to 2,308,989 head, against 2,390,922 head received during the previous 

 twelve months. 



The increase in the last winter season of 70,351 head was more than 

 counterbalanced by the decline of 104,284 in the receipts of the previous 

 summer season. 



At BuHalo, K. Y., the receipt of hogs during the winter season of 

 187G-'77 was 373,000, against 459,800 the previous season. Of the 

 receipts of lS7G-'77, there w ere shipped 294,850 head, leaving 78,210 head, 

 of which 50,450 head were packed; the shipments of the previous year 

 amounted to 377,500, leaving a net supply of 82,300, of which 00,000 

 were i)acked. The receipts of the calendar year 1870 were 1,150,210 

 head, shipments 930,700, leaving a surplus of 213,510, of which 134,000 

 were jjacked. During 1875 the receipts were 1,007,300 and the ship- 

 ments 907,800, leaving 159,000, of which 142,000 w^ere packed. During 

 the last summer season there were packed here 78,800 head, making 

 135,250 for the twelve months ending March 1, 1877. 



ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



A growing demand for prime pork to be exported to China, Japan, 

 the Pacific islands, Eussian Asia, and South America is noted in San 

 Francisco. Grain was very abundant in California in 1870, inducing 

 farmers to breed and fatten an increased number of hogs. This caused 

 an enlargement of the packing business of San Francisco from 90,000 

 hogs in 1875 to 175,000 in 1870. The total number packed in California 



