REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



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BECAPITULATION. 



The number of hogs packed during the last two summer and winter 

 packing seasons were as follows : 



In the West 



Buffalo, Albany, and Troy. 



Pacific slope 



Canada 



Atlantic slope 



Grand total . 

 Increase 



1875-'76. 



Winter. Summer. Total. 



4, 880, 135 



126, 738 



85, 000 



119, 989 



887, 391 



6, 099, 253 



1, 262, 343 

 88, 324 

 170, 000 

 40, 000 



1, 509, 531 



6, 142, 478 

 215, 062 

 255, 000 

 159, 9(?9 



2, 396, 922 



1876-'77. 



Winter. Summer. Total, 



5, 072, 339 

 101, 450 

 105, 000 

 186, 198 

 963, 742 



3, 070, 198 \9, 169, 451 6, 428, 729 

 329, 47C 



'2, 291, 616 



82, 800 



200, 000 



58, 544 



1,405,247 



i, 038, 207 

 968, 009 



7, 363, 955 

 184, 250 

 305, 000 

 244, 742 



2, 368, 989 



10, 466, 936 

 1, 297, 485 



PORK PRODUCT OF WINTER PACKING. 



The Cincinnati Price Current estimates the aggregate pork product of 

 the last two winter seasons as follows : 



1875-'76. 



1876-'77. 



Green sides pounds. 



Green shoulders do... 



Green hams do . . . 



Total green meats 



Sides put into barrels pounds. 



Sides remaining do 



Shoulders put into barrels do... 



Shoulders remaining « do . . . 



Sides and shoulders, excluding barreled pork do... 



Sides, sho aiders, and hams, excluding barreled pork do . . . 



424, 982, 408 

 169, 992, 963 

 148, 743, 843 



743, 719, 214 



88, 825, 900 

 336, 156, 508 

 8, 000, 000 

 161, 922, 963 

 498, 149, 471 

 646, 893, 314 



438, 218, 892 

 175, 287, 556 

 153, 37C, 612 



706, 883, 060 



Exclusive of barreled pork, the production of meats shows a slight 

 reduction, being 1,090,954 pounds less in 1876 than in 1875. 



EXPORTS OF HOG PRODUCTS. 



During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876, we exported 327,730,172 

 pounds of bacon and hams, with a declared value of $39,064,450; 54,195,- 

 118 pounds of barreled pork, valued at $5,744,022; and 108,405,839 

 pounds of lard, valued at $22,429,485 ; total exports, 550,331,129 pounds, 

 worth $67,837,903, or about lOi per cent, of our total domestic export. 

 Deducting from the exports gold and silver coiu and bullion, our export 

 of hog products amounts to over 11^ per cent, of the merchandise. 



The distribution of this mass of material is very irregular. Europe 

 takes 311,319,716 pounds, or 95 per cent., of the bacon and hams ; 15,310,- 

 048 pouuds, or 29 per cent., of the barreled pork; and 128,296,831 pounds, 

 or 76 per cent., of the lard ; all these are valued at $56,010,651, or 82| 

 per cent, of the whole export of hog products. Of the amount sent to 

 Europe, the United Kingdom took over two-thirds, including 281,176,650 

 pouuds of bacon and hams, 14,272,923 pounds of barreled pork, and 50,- 

 771,281 pounds of lard, valued at $42,053,774. Our next best customers 

 on tliat continent were Germany, which took 64,886,453 pounds of hog 

 products, valued at $8,295,569 ; France, which took 13,952,985 pouuds, 

 valued at $2,460,777; and Belgium, which took 9,107,248 pounds of bacon 



