POEK-PACKING. 



677 



gross weight, average yield per head of lard 

 of all kinds, total product of lard, the average 



price paid per hundred pounds gross, and the 

 aggregate cost : 



STATES. 



689,527 



433,051 



1,183,136 



289,445 



35,800 



465,033 



165,181 



27,931 



4,548 



250,044 



14,000 



9,500 



11,018 



32,500 



3,690 



Totals 3,623,404 



Ohio 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Kentucky 



Tennessee 



Missouri 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Nebraska 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



West Virginia 



Pittsburg, Pa 



Detroit, Mich 



Atlanta, Ga 



NUMBER OP HOGS. 



1870-'?!. 18?l-'?2. 



4,782,403 



Average Gross Weight. 



301.8 



293.762 



285.226 



258.866 

 269.879 

 279.1 



252.423 



281.221 



302.5 



275 



300 



325 



270 



285.124 



282.207 



Aggregate Groes Weight. 



210,815,638 



127,214,194 



337,461,419 



75,743,116 



9,265,270 



125,503,033 



46,102,089 



7,838,055 



1,048,023 



70,317,632 



4,235,000 



2,612,500 



3,305,400 



10,562,500 



1,033,120,169 



156,957,963 



468,532,038 



86,477,482 



9,760,741 



182,745,546 



76,812,058 



11,319,118 



91,130,281 

 5,925,000 

 1,740,000 

 1,378,000 

 8,820,000 

 837,000 



1,349,630,955 



Average yield per head of 

 all kinds of Lard. 



Total Product of Lard Ibs. 



18n-'?3. 



Average Price per 100 

 Pounds Gross. 



Aggregate Cost of Hogg. 



Ohio 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Kentucky 



Tennessee 



Missouri 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Nebraska 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



West Virginia. 

 Pittsburg, Pa.. 

 Detroit, Mich.. 

 Atlanta, Ga 



Totals... 



42.143 

 37.558 

 37.543 

 33.327 

 31.533 

 36.58 



39.006 

 34.312 

 33.144 

 37.5 



35,595 

 41.701 

 29.978 

 34.324 

 35.487 

 39.377 

 40.197 

 33.975 

 39.005 

 35 



31 

 44 

 30 



37.714 



16.264,950 



44,418,453 



9,646,867 



1,128,891 



17,010,968 



6,440,131 



1,089,487 



156,054 



8,287,519 



525,000 



365,000 



341,558 



1,430.000 



, 110,700 



34,223,738 

 19,639,461 

 47,013,805 

 10,268.260 



1,287,738 

 24,612,127 

 10,663,646 



1,628.716 



127,645 



12,778,761 



735,000 



148,400 



1,064,000 



93,000 



$6 51.734 

 6 06.332 

 6 49.305 

 6 44.931 

 6 54.084 

 6 09.738 

 5 78.287 

 5 74.43 



5 28.282 



6 '29.225 



7 10 



6 65.73 

 6 70 



6 04 



7 50 



$4 31.275 

 4 16.138 

 4 14.42 

 4 42.182 

 4 27.311 

 3 97.703 

 3 74.689 

 3 56-057 



3 51.253 



4 03.34 



3 59.27 



4 29.971 

 4 35 



4 10 



5 00 



$13,739,573 



7,713,415 



21,911,553 



$10,620,730 

 6,531,630 

 19,416.940 



7,652,402 



2,666,026 



450,242 



60,648 



4,424,562 



300,685 



173,922 



221,462 



637,975 



74,723 



417,088 

 7,267,853 

 2,878,070 



403,025 



32,747 



3,675,649 



74,815 

 59,943 

 361,620 

 41,850 



38.589 



136.653,181 



184,552,627 | $6 34.177 I $4 13.585 



$65,518,123 



$55,818,711 



The following table exhibits, by States, the 

 gains and losses, respectively, in average gross 

 weight, and average yield per head of lard of 

 all kinds, for the season of 1871-'72, as com- 

 pared with the season of 1870-'71 ; also the 

 relation which the whole yield of lard for the 

 season of 187l-'72 sustains to the aggregate 

 gross weight in the States, respectively : 



A great majority of the hogs are slaughtered 

 and packed during the winter season, which 

 extends from November 1st to March 1st. Ke- 

 cently, however, summer-packing has greatly 

 increased, and is destined to perform an im- 

 portant part in this department of trade. In 

 October, 1871, 26,540 hogs were packed in 

 Cincinnati, 10,350 in Chicago, and 9,187 in 

 Indianapolis. Only in these three cities has 

 October-packing prevailed to any considerable 

 extent the last season. 



The amount of green meats produced was 

 estimated as follows : 



Pounds. 



Green sides, 1870-'71 



Green sides, 1871-72 431,881,905 



Green shoulders, 1870-'71 132,239,382 



Green shoulders, 1871-'72 172,752,762 



Green hams, 1870-'71 115,709,458 



Green hams, 1871-'72 151,158,667 



Total, green sides, shoulders, and hams, 



1870-'71.... .. 578,547,294 



1871-'72 755,793,334 



Increase 177,246,040 



From the above it appears that there have 

 been packed in the entire West (not including 

 the October packing, amounting to about 

 46,077 hogs in 1871-'72, and 67,423 in the 



