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SWINE IN AMERICA 



Year. Weight. Lard. 



1879 271.42 39.40 



1880 266.17 36.32 



1881 259.63 35.65 



1882 262.70 36.44 



1883 267.02 35.43 



1884 251.44 33.25 



1885 266.51 36.02 



1886 258.98 35.22 



1887 251.31 33.54 



1888 242.30 31.06 



1889 263.46 34.76 



1890 250.92 36.37 



1891 239.75 33.45 



1892 247.64 34.69 



1893 227.73 31.60 



Year. Weight. 



1894.- 248.20 



1895 232.73 



1896 240.71 



1897 244.80 



1898 235.35 



1899 232.65 



1900 235.67 



1901 230.31 



1902 206.38 



1903 224.05 



1904 223.46 



1905 221.73 



1906 222.27 



1907 222.88 



1908 221.40 



The averag'e li\-e Aveig-ht of hogs and }'iel(l of lard 

 from hog.s packed in tlie W'e.^^t in the .suinnier .season 

 (ending- Novemljer i) for [y years are gi\en 1)\- llie 

 same authority as below : 



Year. WeiRlit. Lard. 



1891 221.76 31, 39 



1892 222.42 31.23 



1893 240.41 34.04 



1894 229,98 33,05 



1895 226,52 33,10 



1896 240,76 40,61 



1897 239,12 36.41 



1898 231,36 33,24 



1899 231.46 35.66 



Year. Weight. 



1900 228.74 



1901 219.48 



1902 223.11 



1903 231.03 



1904 222,09 



1905 221,72 



1906 223,14 



1907 230,24 



YEARLY COST OF HOGS 



The average cost per hundred pounds of liogs ahve. 

 packed in the West in the summer and \vinter seasons. 

 and tlie yearly average of cost for each of 24 years are 

 tabulated by the Price Current as follows : 



