90 ANIMAL FOOD fiESOURCES OF DIFFERENT NATIONS, 



latest statistics of the United States. Russia stands 

 second of all countries for its pigs, having about 12 

 millions. Pork raising is an important element in the 

 agricultural wealth of the great transatlantic republic, and 

 they ship annually for foreign consumption an enormous 

 supply of pork products. 



According to the Census returns of 1880, there was 

 exported from the United States — 



Quantity. Value. 



Live hogs 83,434 £84,000 



Bacoa and hams... lbs. 759,773,109 10,200 000 



Pork „ 95,949,780 1,200,000 



Lard „ 374,979,286 5,600,000 



£17,084,000 



rather a large figure for hog products. 



The following are the official figures of the imports of 

 foreign pork into the United Kingdom. We received 

 from various countries in 1883 38,863 live pigs ; and 

 of— 



4,910,451 £13,005,082 



Nearly all this came from the United States. 



Now, judging from these imports (none of which are 

 re-shipped, and adding our home production of pork, 

 there are about 4,000,000 pigs in the United Kingdom), 

 the flesh of swine enters more largely into the British 

 food-supply than would be generally supposed. 



More than 250,000 pigs are annually sold in the Paris 

 markets, besides those killed annually for domestic use 

 in the households, and some 500 tons of smoked flesh is 

 disposed of at the annual ham-fair. 



To give an idea of the importance of the elevation of 

 swine in America, we have only to look at the figures of 



