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Table 29. — Hogs: Corn and hog ratios, based on average farm price per 100 pounds of 

 live hogs, divided by average farm price of 1 bushel of corn, 1910 to 1920. 



Month. 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



1920 



11 -yr. 

 av. 



January 



February 



March 



12.2 

 12.0 

 13.6 

 14.4 

 13.3 

 12.9 

 12.2 

 11.7 

 13.0 

 14.2 

 15. 1 

 14.9 



15.3 

 14.4 

 13.7 

 12.1 

 10.7 

 9.8 

 9.4 

 9.9 

 9.9 

 9.3 

 9.3 

 9.2 



9.1 

 8.8 

 8.6 

 ' 9.0 

 8.4 

 8.1 

 8.3 

 9.1 

 10.1 

 12.0 

 13.2 

 14.1 



13.6 

 13.9 

 14.4 

 14.4 

 12.7 

 12.3 

 12.1 

 11.1 

 10.2 

 10.4 

 10.5 

 10.3 



10.8 

 11.3 

 11.2 

 10.9 

 10.3 

 9.9 

 10.1 

 10.3 

 10.3 

 10.0 

 10.4 

 10.2 



9.5 



8.6 

 . 8.4 

 8.5 

 8.7 

 8.7 

 8.7 

 8.5 

 9.2 

 10.8 

 10.6 

 10.1 



9.8 

 10.5 

 11.4 

 11.5 

 11.4 

 11.0 

 10.9 

 10.6 

 11.1 

 10.4 

 10.1 



9.8 



9.9 



10.5 



11.5 



10.3 



8.8 



8.3 



7.4 



7.7 



9.0 



10.1 



11.2 



12.0 



11.2 

 10.3 

 10.1 

 10.2 

 10.3 

 10.0 

 9.9 

 10.1 

 10.8 

 11.0 

 11.5 

 11.3 



11.1 



11.3 



11.2 



11.1 



10.8 



10.2 



10.5 



10.2 



9.3 



9.7 



9.2 



9.2 



9.3 

 9.2 

 8.9 

 8.4 

 7.6 

 7.1 

 7.8 

 8.5 

 10.1 

 13.0 

 15.0 

 13.2 



11.1 

 11.0 

 11.2 

 11.0 





10.3 





9.8 





9.8 





9.8 



September 



October 



November 



December 



10.3 

 11.0 

 11.5 

 11.3 



Average 



13.3 



11.1 



9.9 



12.2 



10.5 



9.2 



10.7 



9.7 



10.6 



10.3 



9.8 



10.7 



Table 30.— Lard, 



pure: Monthly and yearly average price per 100 pounds, Chicago, 

 1910 to 1920. 1 



Month. 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Average 



$12. 43 

 12.50 

 14.08 

 12.33 

 12. 95 

 12.27 

 11.85 

 11. 82 

 12.44 

 12.93 

 10.82 

 10.31 



12. 23 



$10. 32 

 9.50 

 8.83 

 7.93 

 8.03 

 8.17 

 8.30 

 8.97 

 9.32 

 8.85 

 9.07 

 9.00 



1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



1920 



$9.24 



$9. 88 



$10. 89 



$10, 69 



$10. 32 



$15. 66 



$24. 39 



$23. 46 



$25. 99 



8.90 



10.50 



10.67 



10. 53 



9.99 



17.00 



26.05 



24. S3 



23.14 



9.37 



10.66 



10.52 



9.84 



10.79 



19.30 



26.07 



27.35 



22.93 



10.06 



11.00 



10. 23 



9.95 



11.77 



21.00 



25.44 



30. 09 



22.71 



10.77 



11.05 



9.95 



9.71 



12.80 



22.30 



24.53 



33. 58 



22. 75 



10.87 



10.99 



10.03 



9.39 



12.87 



21.41 



24.50 



34.15 



22. 98 



10.57 



11.53 



10.08 



8.05 



13.12 



20.77 



26.09 



34 ; 76 



21.71 



10. 73 



11.28 



9.69 



7.92 



13.44 



22.20 



26.78 



30.01 



21. 16 



11.08 



11. 15 



9.68 



8.13 



14.47 



24. 03 



26.98 



26.19 



22.58 



11.47 



10.60 



10.22 



9.07 



15. 34 



24.29 



26.66 



27.41 



23. 28 



11.15 



10.63 



10. S9 



8.94 



16.91 



27. 13 



26.69 



2S.80 



22.07 



10.46 



10.68 



10.05 



9.47 



16. 66 



25.46 



25.31 



26.15 



18.15 



10.39 



10.83 



10.24 



9.31 



13.21 



21.71 



25.79 



28.90 



22.45 



ll-yr. 

 av. 



$14. 84 

 14.87 

 15.43 

 15.68 

 16.22 

 16.15 

 16.08 



15. 82 

 16. 00 



16. 37 

 16 65 

 15.61 



15. 81 



i Prior to February, 1920, compiled from the National Provisioner. 



Table 31. — Hogs: Yearly receipts at principal markets and number on farms, 1900 to 



1920. 

 [In thousands of animals; i. e., 000 omitted.] 



Year. 



3900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 

 1918 

 1919 

 1920 



Receipts at principal markets. 1 



Chi- 

 cago. 



Kansas 

 City. 



8,109 

 8,290 

 7, 895 

 7,326 

 7, 2.L.9 

 7,726 

 7,275 

 7,201 

 8, 131 

 6,619 

 5,587 

 7,103 

 7,181 

 7,571 

 6,618 

 7,652 

 9,188 

 7,169 

 8,614 

 8,672 

 7,526 



Omaha. 



3,094 

 3,716 

 2,279 

 1,969 

 2, 227 



2, 508 

 2, 676 

 2,924 

 3,715 



3, 093 

 2,086 

 3, 168 

 2,523 

 2,568 

 2,265 

 2, 531 

 2,979 

 2,277 

 3,328 

 3,141 

 2,466 



St. 

 Paul. 



2,201 

 2,414 

 2,247 

 2,231 

 2,300 

 2,294 

 2,394 

 2, 254 

 2,425 

 2, 135 

 1,894 

 2, 367 

 2,886 

 2,543 

 2,259 

 2,643 

 3,117 

 2,797 

 3, 430 

 3,179 

 2,708 



500 



617 



668 



760 



882 



855 



861 



867 



1,133 



725 



836 



911 



984 



1,257 



1,590 



2,155 



2, 675 



1,928 



2,061 



2,190 



2,247 



East St, 

 Louis. 



Fort 

 Worth. 



1,792 

 1,924 



1, 3o0 

 1,568 

 1,955 

 2,026 

 1,923 

 2,065 

 2,560 

 2,473 

 2,054 

 3, ,108 



2, 5?0 

 2,584 

 2,559 

 2,592 

 3,057 

 2,706 

 3,256 



3, 651 

 3,399 



( 2 ) 



( 2 ) 

 79 

 151 

 281 

 463 

 551 

 488 

 703 

 868 

 541 

 556 

 388 

 404 

 515 

 464 

 968 

 1,062 

 762 

 588 

 413 



Denver 



116 

 109 

 87 

 147 

 162 

 191 

 193 

 241 

 280 

 242 

 187 

 220 

 222 

 247 

 256 

 344 

 467 

 352 

 384 

 368 

 341 



Sioux 

 City. 



833 

 960 

 1,008 

 1,008 

 1, 113 

 1,299 

 1,158 

 1,289 

 1, 381 

 1,077 

 1,044 

 1,349 

 1,098 

 1, 533 

 1,257 

 1,761 

 2,131 

 2,149 

 2,421 

 2,322 

 2,173 



St. 

 Joseph. 



1,679 

 2,105 

 1,698 

 1,701 

 1,657 

 1,900 

 1, 908 

 1, 923 

 2,349 

 1,694 

 1,353 

 1,922 

 1,970 

 1,869 

 1,725 

 1,698 

 2,199 

 1,920 

 2,351 

 2,126 

 1,914 



Total. 



18, 324 

 20, 135 

 17, 291 



16, 861 

 17, 816 

 19, 262 

 18, 939 



19, 252 

 22, 677 

 18,926 

 15, 582 



20, 704 

 20, 382 

 20, 576 



17, 319 

 23, 565 

 26, 781 

 22, 360 

 26, 607 

 26, 237 

 23, 187 



Num- 

 ber on 

 farms 

 Jan.l. 



62, 868 

 56, 982 

 48, 699 

 46, 923 

 47, 009 

 47, 321 

 52, 103 

 54, 794 

 56, 084 

 54, 147 

 58, 186 

 65, 620 

 65,410 

 61, 178 

 58, 933 

 64, 618 

 67, 766 

 67, 503 

 70, 978 

 74, 584 

 71, 727 



1 Compiled from yearbooks of stockyard companies. 

 s Not in operation. 



