Table 3. Number of Hogs, Pigs, Sheep, and Lambs on Farms in New Hampshire 



by Counties — 1950 



Cattle for Slaughter 



The farmers' market outlets for slaughter cattle include packers, 

 dealers, commission houses, auctions, and home use. 



There are 26 slaughterers in New Hampshire, i Ten of these are com- 

 mercial packers. A commercial packer is defined as a slaughterer who takes 

 title to over 50 percent of the animals he slaughters for resale as meat. One 

 of the packers handles western beef only. Three packers combine local 

 cattle purchases with out-of-state purchases of live cattle. The remaining 

 seven follow a seasonal pattern of slaughter depending on the supplies of 

 local beef. Any deficiencies in market requirements are made up by inship- 

 ments of dressed meat. These ten commercial packers handled 91 percent 

 of the cattle slaughtered in 1952. 



In addition to sales to packers located in the State of New Hampshire, 

 a large proportion of the cattle is shipped to the Brighton market in Massa- 

 chusetts. The following table is an estimate of the disappearance of cattle in 

 1952. 



Table 4. Estimated Disappearance of New Hampshire Cattle — 1952 



Commercial Slaughter in New Hampshire 11,500* 



Sales at Brighton Stockyards 6,300t 



Farm Slaughter 2,000$ 



Death 3,000t 



* Survey of Slaughtering Establishments in New Hampshire 

 t Sales at Brighton Stockyards 



% Farm Production, Disposition and Income. USDA, April 1953 



Table 5. Estimated Disappearance of Calves Born in 1952 in New Hampshire 



Born 58,000* 

 Commercial Slaughter in New Hampshire 14,000t 

 Sales at Brighton Stockyards 11,00'0$ 

 Deaths 5,000* 



Farm Slaughter 2,000* 



* Farm Production, Disposition and Income. USDA, April 1953 

 t Survey of Slaughtering Establishments in New Hampshire 



X Estimate from Brighton Stockyards 



1 This figure is based on a field survey and registration under O.P.A. in 1943-4. 



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