274 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



Mules are shipped in the largest numbers from New York (2,058), New 

 Orleans, La. (1,036), Brazos de Santiago, Tex. (116), Saluria, Tex. (92), 

 and Galveston, Tex. (90). They are sent chiefly to the British West 

 Indies and Honduras (1,541), Cuba (1,018), the French West Indies and 

 Guiana (252), the Central American States (210), British Guiana (218), 

 and Mexico (134). 



Horned cattle are shipped chiefly from Texas (20,396), Key West, Fla. 

 (9,071), Minnesota (6,615), New York (4,863), Huron, Mich. (4,748), 

 Boston (1,566), Philadelphia (700), Puget Sound, W. T. (611), Detroit, 

 Mich. (543), and San Diego, Cal. (685). They are sent chiefly to Cuba 

 (27,388), Quebec, Ontario, &c. (12,020), England (4,991), Liberia (2,809), 

 and to the British West Indies and Honduras (1,741), the Bermudas 

 taking a large share of the latter. 



Sheep are sent principally from Texas (108,747), California (53,438), 

 Washington Territory (9,484), and New York (4,744), and find their way 

 mostly to Mexico (161,549), British Columbia (9,484), British West Indies, 

 (2,299), England (2,692), and Quebec, &c, (1,003). It is sufficiently evi- 

 dent that Texas and California send to Mexico, Washington Territory 

 to British Columbia, and New York and the Atlantic ports to England 

 and the West Indies. 



Hogs are exported largely from Detroit, Mich. (34,504), Huron, Mich. 

 (28,508), and Minnesota (339); also, from Puget Sound, W. T., to the 

 British Provinces. Key West, Fla., sends about 230 to Cuba, and Texas 

 348 to Mexico. 



There is a foreign export of living animals to the value of $22,970, 

 chiefly to England ($12,136) and the British West Indies ($8,176). It is 

 chiefly from New York ($20,722). 



FOOD PRODUCTS, EXCEPT FISH. 



The import entries of food products are placed at $ 724,452. New York 

 is the chief receptacle of these imports ($508,905), followed by the ports 

 on the Canadian border ($173,007), San Francisco ($53,760), Philadel- 

 phia ($32,111), New Orleans ($7,400), Boston ($5,253), and Key West, 

 Fla. ($2,336). 



The receipts from Canada ($113,191) correspond nearly to the amount 

 given for the northern border ports, those from China ($43,331) to the 

 entries of San Francisco, and those from Cuba ($2,846) to the entries of 

 Florida. New York and Philadelphia receive nearly all the remainder, 

 which is principally sent by Germany ($325,693), England ($65,164), 

 France ($63,119), Belgium (54,537), the Netherlands ($40,145), Italy 

 ($11,957), and Mexico ($2,679). 



The total value of the import of honey is $61,205, of which New York 

 receives the principal share ($34,693), then New Orleans ($13,483) and 

 Boston ($8,019). 



Sausages, sausage-skins, and Bologna sausages are imported to the 



