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posed. France is a steady importer of lard, and also buys some 

 fat backs, trade in the latter being interfered with by a high 

 duty. We also sell a good many dried sausages to France where 

 this product meets with much appreciation. Italy, Switzerland, 

 Spain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, the West Indies, 

 Central America, all countries in South America, Asia, and 

 Australia are buyers of hog products in some form. Some 

 countries buy only the casings for sausage making, but all pay 

 tribute to the American hog in one form or another. 



Modern large hog markets. The census of 1909 estimated 

 that 53,219,568 hogs were slaughtered in the United States in 

 that year. Census reports indicate that about two-thirds of 

 the hogs marketed in the United States pass through the large 

 central markets, about one-twelfth are sold for local slaughter, 

 and one-third are slaughtered on farms and ranges. 



The receipts of hogs* at the principal markets of the coun- 

 try during 1918 were as follows: 



As shown by the above figures, Chicago receives more than 

 twice as many hogs as any other market in the country. Of the 

 8,614,190 hogs received at the Chicago yards during 1918, 

 7,643,326 were slaughtered by Chicago packers, 946,414 were 

 shipped out alive to other points for slaughter, and 24,450 were 

 shipped out for feeding. In addition to the hogs included in 

 the above figures, small packing firms at Chicago, located out- 

 side the yards, received and slaughtered 388,152 hogs in 1918. 



The growth of the Chicago market is shown by the fol- 

 lowing list of receipts and shipments of hogs at that point dur- 

 ing the years mentioned: 



*Year Book of Figures, 1919. 



