REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



95 



BALTIMORE. 



Beef-cattle. — The receipts of beef-cattle at Baltimore, dnriug the past 

 six years. v,-ere as follows : 18(37, 55,713 ; 1S6S, 75,891 ; 1809, 91,000 ; 1870, 

 S9,{)21; 1871, 88,380; 1872, 92,292. Of the aggregate received during the 

 year just closed the '• Baltimore butchers" took 43,000 head, worth, iu 

 rouud numbers, $2;500,000. Of the residue 35,000 head were taken by 

 speculators for eastern markets. The remainder were taken by butchers 

 and farmers of the city and its environs for home consumption. The 

 average price of cattle during 1872 was 85.20 per cental against 85.54 

 in 1871. The jmces of cattle at the beginning of each month of 1872 

 were as follows : 



Months. 



Jauuary... 

 February., 



llarcli 



April 



May 



Juno 



July 



August . . . 

 September 

 October . . . 

 November 

 December , 



Common to fair. 



$4 00 to 



3 50 to 



4 50 to 

 4 00 to 



4 87J to 



5 00 to 



3 75 



4 00 

 4 00 

 3 25 



3 50 



4 00 



§5 51 

 5 50 

 5 50 

 5 25 

 5 50 

 5 75 



4 75 



5 00 

 5 25 

 4 50 

 4 50 

 4 75 



Good and piimc. 



S6 00 

 6 00 

 G 25 



6 00 

 5 62* 



7 00' 

 5 62i 



5 75 



6 00 

 6 00 



5 75 



6 00 



to ?- 25 

 to 7 00 

 7 25 

 7 37* 



6 75 



7 75 



6 87} 



7 00 

 G 75 

 7 00 



6 87i 



7 25" 



Averajre. 



85 25 

 5 mi 

 5 50 



5 37i 

 C 12J 



6 50" 

 5 00 

 5 12i 

 4 50 

 4 50 

 4 37i 

 4 50 



Jlogs. — The receipts of live hogs during the past three years were as 

 follows : 1870, about 300,000 ; 1871, 307,430 ; 1872, 400,874. These were 

 mostly, if not entirely, slaughtered by city butchers, and represent, at an 

 average of 810 per head, an aggregate value of 84,008,740. The pro- 

 duct not required for home consumption is shipped to other markets. 



The prices of live hogs at the 15th of each month of 1872 were as fol- 

 lows: January, 80 to 87.50; February, 80.50 to $7.50 ; March, 80.50 to 

 $7.25; April, 80 to 80.75; May, 85.50 to 86.50; June, 85.75 to 80.25 ; 

 July, 80 to 80.25; August, 80.50 to 87.25; September, 87.25 to 7.50; 

 October, 80.50 to 87; i^ovember, 85.75 to 80.50 ; December, $5 to 85.50. 



The receipts of hog products by rail at Baltimore, during 1872, are 

 estimated at 100,000,000 pounds, or about 20,000,000 x)ounds more than 

 during the previous year. The prices of mess-pork on the 15th of each 

 month for the past three years were as follows: 



Months. 



1S70. 



Per barrel. 



January $29 25 to .*30 00 



February 27 00 to 27 50 



March 26 50 to 



April 28 50 to 



May - 29 75 to 



Juue 31 00 to 



July 30 75 to 3100 



August 30 75 to 3100 



September 28 00 t« 23 50 



October 27 00 to 27 50 



Kovcmber 25 00 to 2G 00 



December I 20 00 to 



1871. 



$20 

 23 

 21 

 20 

 18 

 II) 

 15 

 14 

 13 

 14 

 14 

 14 



Per barrel. 



25 to 620 

 25 to 23 

 50 to 

 75 to 

 00 to 

 00 to 

 50 to 

 50 to 

 75 to 

 50 lo 

 25 to 

 50 to 



! Per barrel. 



$14 50 to 



i 14 00 to $14 50 



, 13 50 to 



I 13 50 to 



14 00 to 



13 50 to 



1-1 00 to 



I! 50 to 



I 14 75 to 



15 50 to 



i 17 00 t(i 



14 50 to 



The average prices of provisions on the 1st day of each month of 

 1872 were as follows : 



