REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



93 



Hog products. — Eeceipts aud exports of liog products during 1871 and 

 1872: 



1871. 1872. 



Receipts : 



Pork barrels.. 31),7r)4 36,731 



Bacon boxes 40, 332 



Haius casks.. 3, 9SS lu, 300 



Hams barrels.. "J,961 5,532 



Lard tierces.. 37,081 39,644 



Lard ke^'s.. 1,665 754 



Exports : 



Bacon, foreigu boxes.. ^ <■•< '->i- 107,408 



Pork,foreign barrels.. S "'^'"^^ 27,063 



Pork, coastwise barrels.. 4,695 <>, 005 



Lard, foreigu tierces. . 21, 335 28, 515 



Lard, coastwise tierces.. 690 508 



Lard, foreign. kegs and pails.. 14,758 13,377 



Lard, coastwise '. .kegs aud pails. . 832 812 



The range of prices of prime and mess pork and of lard during tlie 

 past ten years was as follows : 



Tear. 



Primo pork, iier 

 barrel. 



Mess-pork, per 

 barrel. 



L.iril, per 

 pouuil. 



ISCU 

 1804 

 1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 

 1669 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 



$11 50 to 



16 00 to 

 20 00 to 

 18 00 to 



17 00 to 



18 .50 to 

 24 00 to 

 16 00 to 

 11 00 to 

 11 25 to 



116 .W 

 40 00 

 39 50 

 31 00 

 21 00 

 26 00 

 28 00 

 26 00 

 19 00 

 13 00 



00 to $22 CO 

 CO to 45 00 



00 to 

 00 to 

 00 to 

 00 to 



44 00 

 35 00 

 25 50 

 31 50 



00 to 34 50 



00 to 23 00 



50 to 23 .50 



75 to 17 00 



10 to 

 13i to 



18 to 

 13 to 

 13 to 

 13i to 

 18i to 

 12i to 

 9} to 

 8i to 



13i 



25.^ 



30 



23 



15 



21 



21i 



19 



14 



10 



Sheep lyroducts. — The range of prices of wool during the past year 

 was as follows: picklock and XX Ohio and Pennsylvania, 57 to 85 

 cents per pound; medium and X Ohio and Pennsylvania, 50 to 85; 

 Michigan, 52 to 82; western, 50 to 82. Tbe highest and lowest prices 

 for the last ten years for common western up to choice aud picklock, 

 Pennsylvania and Ohio, were as follows: 1803, GOc. to $1.05; 1801, G2c. 

 to $1.25; 1805, 50c. to 81.10;. 1800, 40c. to 89c.; 1807, 32.JvC. to 80c.; 

 1808, 35c. to 70c. ; 1809, 30c. to 70c. ; 1870, 30c. to 05c. ; 1871, 40c. to 

 75c. ; 1872, 50c. to 85c. 



The receipts of domestic wool during the same period were as follows: 

 1803, 112,031 bales ; 1804,157,202; 1805,180,750; 1800, 177,340; 1807, 

 190,431; 1808, 230,970; 1809, 210,320; 1870, 185,015; 1871, 204,097; 

 1872, 157,741. The imports of foreigu wool during the same period were 

 as follows : 1803, 22,044 bales ; 1804, 35,431 bales aud 5,740 quintals ; 

 1805, 21,101 bales ; 1800, 34,218 bales ; 1807, 23,994 bales ; 1808, 17.418 

 bales ; 1809, 27,399 bales and 7,170 quintals ; 1870, 20,193 bales ; 1871, 

 50,772 ; 1872, 88,157. The stocks of domestic wool left at the close ol' 

 each of the last eight years were as follows : 1805, 0,000,000 pounds ; 

 1800,0,500,000; 1807,7,000,000; 1808,11,117,000; 1809,8,700,000; 1870, 

 0,977,500; 1871, 7,105,000; 1872, 3,002,000. The stocks of foreign wool 

 left at the close of each of the last seven years were as follows : 1800, 

 5,435,000 pounds; 1807, 5,155,000; 1808, 2,840,000; 1S09, 4,550,000; 

 1870,2,052,000; 1871,4,300,000; 1872,9,910,000. 



During the first four months of 1872 the importation of foreign wool 

 into Boston amounted to 25,000,000 pounds, aud came, almost exclu- 

 sively, from JSTew Zealand, Australia, Mestiza, and the Cape. During 



