110 AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



The receipts aud exports of lard for twelve years were as follows : 



Tears. 



Tierces. Barrels. Kegs. Paokages 



1861 

 186-2 

 1863 

 1864 

 1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 



27, 2)1 

 19, 497 

 15,984 

 'j:5, 67li 

 IC, 296 

 10,1)97 

 16,511 

 r.i, 15!) 

 19, 894 

 15, 619 

 34, 317 

 27, 481 



2,717 

 2,471 

 2,084 

 7,238 

 13, 567 

 9,358 

 6, 320 

 (i, 100 

 5, 889 

 5,745 



11,818 

 5, 993 

 4,' 501 

 1,089 

 4,643 

 2,025 

 1,873 

 3, 619 

 5,172 

 5,504 

 8,156 

 9,452 



Tierces. Barrels. Kegs. Packages. 



21, 179 

 15, 083 



34, 853 

 33, 168 

 33, 384 



35, 353 

 79, 729 

 89, 002 



8,515 

 3,914 

 5,080 

 2,401 

 3, 384 

 3,741 

 9, 263 

 5, 064 



8, 758 

 28, 651 

 35, 424 



32, 526 



33, :«5 

 50,000 

 50, 584 

 61, 492 



7,924 

 6,058 

 4,513 

 3,064 

 4,079 

 16,689 

 11,550 

 24, 478 



Sheep. — The moiitlily receipts aud sliipineuts of sheep during 1872 

 were as follows: 



Mouths. 



January . 

 February 

 March . . . 



April 



May 



June 



July 



Keceipts. Shipments. 



5, 763 



8,576 

 ti, 207 

 6,430 

 8, 089 

 10, 106 

 10, 140 



716 

 4, 62.5 

 3,900 

 2, 2D0 

 1,013 

 1,852 

 1,554 



Mouths. 



August 



September 

 October . . . 

 November . 

 December . 



Total 



Becoipts. Shipments. 



13, 844 



19, 570 



16, 290 



4,427 



4, 394 



115, 904 



2,802 

 2,230 

 5, 113 

 1,009 

 2,400 



29, 540 



Prices per cental at the beftinuiug- of each month of 1873 were as 

 follows : January, $3.25 to $5.50 ; February, $1 to $6 ; March, $2.50 



to $6.50; x\prii, $4 to $7.25; May, $4 to $4.75; June, ; July, 



$1.50 to $5; August, $3 to $5; September, $2 to $5; October, $2 to 

 $5 ; November, $2.75 to $5 ; December, $2.75 to $5. 



The market exhibited no important fluctuations, but a steady advance 

 during the year. Good mutton was in request during the whole year. 

 The advanced prices of wool limited the number of sheep available for 

 the meat market. Ijarge numbers in the market were brought by rais- 

 ers and feeders. 



Sheep peoducts. — Wool : The monthly range «f prices per pound 

 of tub-washed and unwashed wool, during 1872, Avas as follows : 



Mouths. 



January 72 to 79 



February ! 78 to 85 



March. 1 : 80 to 85 



April 68 to 80 



May I 68 to 75 



Juno I 65 to 72 



40 to 50 



46 to. 50 

 40 to 50 

 4i to 50 



47 to 52 

 45 to 55 



Months. 



July ' .55 to 71 



August I 53 to 63 



September 52 to (iO 



October | 50 to 58 



November ' 50 to 67 



December I 50 to 68 



40 to 

 33 to 

 32 to 

 28 to 

 28 to 

 30 to 



