96 



AGRICULTURAL REPORT, 



iloutlis. 



iless-pork, 

 per bar- 

 rel. 



January j §15 



i'ebniary | 14 



March i 14 



April .1 13 



May 14 



eTuiie 13 



July 13 



August 11 



September | 15 



October j 15 



November K! 



December 15 



Lard, per j Bulk 

 J) on ml, shoulders, 

 (tierces.) per pound. 



09i 

 9^ 



054 

 5i 



4i 



Bulk sides, 

 per j)ound. 



SO OCi 



S 



9i 

 lO" 

 91 



Hams, 



per 

 pound. 



§0 15 

 15 

 14 

 13 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 17 

 17i 



171 

 15 



During 1872 the butchers of Baltimore slaughtered about 400,000 

 hogs, about 100,000 more thaii in 1871. The receipts of hog products 

 by rail amounted to about 100,000,000 pounds against 80,000,000 in 

 1871. The quantities distributed for domestic and foreign consumption 

 during 1871 and 187li were estimated as follows : 



Bacon and bulk meats hhds. . 



Hams casks.. 



Lard tierces.. 



Pork barrels.. 



60, 000 

 18, 000 

 2.5, 000 

 24, 000 



CINCINNATI. 



Cattle. — The annual statistics of Cincinnati are collected by the 

 Chamber of Commerce at the close of each commercial year, which ends 

 August 31. The receij)ts and shipments of cattle during the last fifteen 

 years were as follows : 



The receipts and shipments of the last commercial year were larger 

 than those of any previous year. The quality was but little varied 

 from the previous years. Cattle for shipment generally came from 

 Kentucky, and were scarcely equal to the arrivals of the previous year. 

 Of the entire receipts about 20 per cent, were Texas cattle. The 

 average prices per cental gross of prime beef-cattle, on Tuesday of the 

 first week in each month during the last five commercial ycjirs, were as 

 follows : 



