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TYPES AND MARKET CLASSES OF LIVE STOCK 



season, and the cost of hogs per 100 pounds live weight, accord- 

 ing to the Price Current-Grain Reporter's special reports* since 

 1849 and estimates previously, were as follows: 



The number of hogs packed in the West during the cal- 

 endar years, from 1845 to 1918, were as follows: 



Year 



Number Year 



1845 781,000 1885 



1850 1,652,000 1890 



1855 2,124,000 1895 



1860 2,350,000 1900 



1865 2,451,000 1905 



1870 2,635,000 1910 



1875 6,485,000 1915 



1880 12,210,000 1918.. 



Number 



.11,350,000 

 .16,980,000 

 .15,285,000 

 .23,265,000 

 .25,485,000 

 .25,729,000 

 .30,737,000 

 35,116,000 



Present leading hog-packing centers. During the fiscal 

 year 1918, swine were slaughtered under Federal meat inspec- 

 tion at 292 establishments in the United States located in 127 

 cities and towns. From the government reports of animals 

 slaughtered under federal inspection, the following table is 

 constructed, showing the rank of the twenty largest hog-packing 

 cities during the fiscal year 1918: 



City 



Number of 

 hogs packed 



1. Chicago 6,692,697 



2. Kansas City 2,775,329 



3. Omaha 2,132,068 



4. St. Joseph 1,772,773 



5. National Stock Yards, 



111 1,490,954 



6. Sioux City 1,323,741 



7. Indianapolis 1,235,443 



8. Boston 1,227,496 



9. St. Paul.. ..1,190,948 

 10. Milwaukee 1,121,361 



City 



Number of 

 hogs packed 



11. St. Louis 1,091,769 



12. Cleveland 957,093 



13. Detroit 733,424 



14. Buffalo 687,642 



15. Cincinnati . . 676,849 



16. New York 624,811 



17. Fort Worth 601,976 



18. Jersey City 515,134 



19. Philadelphia 508,039 



20. Newark 483,088 



* Price Current-Grain Reporter Year Book, 1919 



