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STATISTICS OF TOE NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET. 



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ANNUAL BKCKIPTS FOR TEN YEAES- 



Tears. Dccvcs. 



1854 l(;n,8G4.... 



1855 185,504 



1850 187,057.... 



1857 102,243. . . . 



1858 mi, 874.... 



1859 ;;05,272.... 



1800 226,933.... 



1801 222,835.... 



1802 239,480.... 



18G3 204,031.... 



Tows. 

 13,131 , . , 

 12,110... 

 12,857... 

 12,840... 

 10,12S... 

 '9,492... 



7,144... 



5,749... 



5,378... 



0,470... 



Calves. 



0.><.584 



47,90'J 



43,0S1.... 

 34,218.... 



37,075 



48,769.... 

 39,430.... 

 .32,808.... 

 30,405.... 

 35,709.... 



-1 854-1803. 

 Sheep. 



555.479 



588,741.... 

 402,739.... 

 444,030.... 

 447,445.... 

 404,894.... 

 518,750.... 



512,.36G 



484,.342.... 

 519,310.... 



Swine. 

 252,328. 

 318^107'.!! 

 345,911... 

 288,981... 

 551,479... 

 399,005... 

 323,918; . . , 

 559,421.... 



Ann. ToUils. 

 1.059,380 

 1,152,491 

 1,051,045 

 942;i21 

 1,23«,001 

 1,008,092 

 1, 111:. 181 

 1,333,239 



1,148,209 1,907,880 



1,101.017.... 1,927,203 



Totiil . . . 

 Av. pr. year . 



, 2,055,219.. 

 , 205,.522.. 



95,299... 

 9,530... 



418,774.... 4,938.108.. 



41,877. 



493,811... 



, 5,289,039. . . . 12,797,039 

 528,904.... 1,279.704 



WrKKLT .WKBAOE OF ALL ANIMALS FOR TE.V TEARS — 18-54-1863. 



Cows. 



2.33.. 



233. 



247. 



Years. Ueeves. 



1854 3,257.. 



18.55 3,505.. 



18.50 3.597.. 



18.'.7 3,120 245 



1858 3,080 195 



1859 3,947 182 



1800 4,304 139 



1801 4,285 110 



1802 4,518 101. 



1803 5,079 125. 



Calves. 

 1,315. 

 922. 

 828. 

 C.38. 

 724. 

 841. 

 758. 

 032. 

 574. 

 087. 



Sheep. Swine. Totai. 



10,682 4,852 20.359 



11,322 6,117 22,009 



8,898 0,650 20,224 



8,539 5,557 18.11'J 



8,004 10.005 28,809 



9,709 7,080 22,305 



9,970 7,229 21,405 



9,853 10,768 25,0.37 



9,1.38 21,004 30.0(10 



9,987 21,185 37,002 



The increase of bullocks in this tlccadc is 55 per cent. Cows have 

 I'allcn ull' more tiiaii lialf, and calves nearly the same. The siq^ply of sheep 

 remains nearly stationaiy, but swine have increased cnormouslv. The Ibl- 

 lowing is the estimated number of iiounds of meat, derived from slaughtei'ed 

 animals in 1803, and the wholesale value. In the estimate, cows are added 

 to the bullocks, because the most of them, eventually, go to the butcher. 



lVeve.<— 270,501, av. 700 lbs. net 189,392,700 lbs. at 9ic. per 11>. net S17,513,82l 75 



Ve.il— 35,709 calves at 75 lbs 2,078,175 " atlOc.perlli.net 207,817 50 



.Shcepaml lanilis-519,310, at 42 1bs.... 21.811,272 " at 10c. pel" lb. net 2,181,127 20 



Swiuc— 1,101,017, at 150 lbs 105,242, ■560 " ut 0,Jc. per lb. net 10,740,705 75 



Total 379,124,097 lbs $3U,708,.535 20 



It is also very important for farmers to know M-here the supply comes 

 from. Of 2iO,.3.S4: bullocks sold in 1863, the si.K following States furnished 

 the respective numbers, viz. : Illiiioi.-;, 11S,()9:3; New York, iiS, 985 ; Ohio, 

 19,2(50; Indiana, 14,232; Michigan, !»,074; Kentucky, G,782. As the same 

 proportion holds good for all the cattle received in New York, it will be seen 

 that Illinois furnishes 5Gj per cent. True, a good many credited to that 

 State come from Iowa, Missouri, and other States. 



The proportion of hogs from Illinois is probably greater than upon beef 

 cattle. The great bulk of pork from the hogs slaughtered here is packed 

 and Bent to other places for consutnpiion ; largo quantities of it to Euiopc. 

 A small portion of the beef is packed and sent abroad. Tiie great bulk of 

 it, and all the veal and nearly all of the sheep, and a vast quantity besides 

 that comes in ready dressed from the country, goes to furnish fresh meat to 

 the cities of New York and llrooklyn, three small cities in New Jersey, and 

 several towns within lifty miles, ships in jiort, and most of our armed ships 

 and ('"rts and soldiers on the coast between Hamilton lloads and Key AVcst. 



