MARKETS AND PRICES. 



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The following- table shows the ordinary market prices in some of the 

 larger cities for the season of 1894-95 : 



Market Prices of Jack liabbita, 1S94-95.* 



City. 



San Francisco, Cal. 



Denver, Colo 



Chicago, 111 



New Orleans, La. . . 



St. Paul, Minn 



St. Loni.i, Mo 



Boston, Mass 



Date. 



Oct. 20, 1894 



Oct. 27-Nov. 24, 1894 , 



.Ian. 12, 1895 



Feb. 9, 1895 



Price i)(!ri)air. 



Dec. 1, 1894 



Dec. 15, 1894 



Feb. 23-Mar. 2, 1895. 



Price per 

 dozen. 



$0.50-$1.00 



. 75- 1. 00 



.75- 1.00 



1.00 



Average 

 price per 

 dozen dur- 

 ing season. 



^0. 67-$l. 00 



2. 00- 3. 50 

 1.50- 2.00 

 1.75- 2.50 



1.25- 

 1.75- 



2.50 

 2.66 



S 1 



New York, X.T 5 



J,in. 26-Feb. 2, 1895. 



Dec. 22, 1894 



Dec. 29, 1894. 



Washington, D. C Jan. 26-reb. 2, 1895. 



0. 25-$0. 50 

 . 40- . 60 

 .40- .55 



3.00 



50- 

 00- 

 1.75- 



1.50- 

 2.40- 



50 

 75 

 00 

 25 

 00 



45 



00 



*Ketnrns for Boston, New York, and Chicago are taken from the market review in the American 

 Agriculturist, Vols. LIV and JjV ; fur San Francisco, from the Pacific Iviiinl Press, Vols. XLVIII and 

 XLIX; figures lor St. Louis havi^ been kindly turnished by the St. Louis Poultry and Game Company; 

 for St. Paul, by K. E. Cobb; for New Orleans, by Messrs. U. &- S. Blum, and I'ur Dcaver, \)y H. 0. 

 Hunger ifc Co. 



As mig'ht naturally be supposed, some of the largest markets for 

 jack rabbits are in the cities of California where the game is sold at a 

 lower price than elsewhere. San Francisco probably uses more than 

 any other single city in the United States, and it is said that this game 

 is received during the winter months at the rate of 100 to 150 dozen 

 per day. An estimate obtained by the board of trade from the com- 

 mission merchants places the total number consumed per annum at 

 about 06,000. The game is sup])lied principally by the counties of 

 Fresno, ]\Ierced, and Tulare, in the San Joa(]uiii N'alley. Los Angeles 

 is supplied by the southern counties of Los Angeles, Orange, River- 

 side, San Bernardino, and San Diego. The number sold as estimated 

 by the Chamber of Commerce, averages from 12 to 15 dozen per week 

 the year round, or approximately 7,500 to 9,200 i)er annum, most of 

 which is received during the winter months. 



An estimate furnished by the Chamber of Commerce places the num- 

 ber of Jack rabbits sold in Salt Lake City, Utah, during the winter of 

 1891-95 at 10,000 to 15,000. Many more were given away, and the sec- 

 retary, Mr. E. F. Colburn, explains that ])erhaps more were consumed 

 than usual, owing to the fact that the rabbits were slaughtered in large 

 numbers in regular hunts and were donated to the poor. In Denver, 

 Colo., large numbers of Jat^k rabbits are donated to the i>oor, but many 

 are also sold as game. One commission house reports that for the last 

 ten years they have handled from 13,000 to 15,000 each season, although 

 large (juautities are rarely found in market at any one time. The game 

 comes from the eastern i>art of the State and from western Nebraska 

 and Kansas. Omaha, Nebr., is supplied by the western part of the 



