884 THE FARMER'S AND 



this is reduced to lard by the most expeditious and profi- 

 table manner, viz : by steaming, we may expect about 

 sixty per cent, of lard, equal to 154.80 pounds, which, a: 



six and a quarter cents, amounts to $10 67 



Add forty-two pounds of ham at seven 



cents $2 94 



Deduct shrinking and curing. . 94 



200 



12 67 



Deduct keg or barrel 75 



Also freight to New Orleans 67 



Commissions and contingencies. ... 75 



217 



$10 50 

 This gives $3 50 per hundred for the hog as dressed. 



FREIGHT TO EUROPE, ETC. 



As shipments will be made to other parts of Europe 

 besides England, the freight to Liverpool or Havre, from 

 New. York and New-Orleans, or Boston, are given in the 

 following table : 



Price of articles in England : Lard, 38s. to 43s. per 

 cwt. ;=to $8 36 to $9 36. 



Cost of shipment or freight from Cleveland to Montreal, 

 47 1-2 cents per hundred. 



Cost from Montreal to Liverpool, about 70 cents per 

 hundred. 



Cost to New-Orleans from Cincinnati, 75 to 87 cents 

 per barrel. 



From New-Orleans to New-York, 75 cents per barrel. 



From Cleveland to New- York, 55 cents per hundred 

 pounds. 



