54 BULLETIN 1440, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 
APPENDIX 
Table 1. — Data used in the statistical analysis 
Monthly supply of hogs 
Prices at Chicago 
Year and 
month 
Re- 
ceipts 
of 
hogs 
at 11 
mar- 
kets i 
Monthly slaughter 
under 
Federal inspection 
Aver- 
age 
live 
weight 
of 
hogs 
at 
Chi- 
cago 4 
Stocks 
of pro- 
visions 
at Chi- 
cago 5 
Aver- 
age 
price 
of 
heavy 
hogs, 
per 
100 
lbs.e 
Aver- 
age 
price 
of 
corn, 
per 
bu.7 
Quotations 
for 
delivery in 
five 
months 8 
Lard, 
per 
100 
lbs.o 
Short 
ribs, 
per 
100 
lbs.e 
Mess 
pork, 
per 
bbl.9 
Num- 
ber 2 
Live 
wt. 3 
Dressed 
weight 
(pork 
and 
lard) 3 
Short 
ribs, 
per 
100 
lbs. 
Lard, 
per 
100 
lbs. 
1896 
Thou- 
sands 
Thou- 
sands 
Lbs. 
£6*. 
Lbs. 
236 
239 
246 
243 
243 
249 
' 249 
253 
257 
1,000 
pounds 
182, 815 
195, 896 
217, 623 
240, 565 
265, 730 
289, 465 
280, 448 
227, 808 
188, 243 
159, 194 
144, 877 
199, 956 
242, 448 
260, 431 
260, 255 
248, 964 
268, 443 
293, 799 
271, 779 
244, 224 
207, 280 
181, 196 
188, 245 
217, 126 
246, 745 
262, 862 
252, 006 
239, 823 
244, 632 
270, 420 
275, 729 
234, 249 
191, 166 
161, 591 
177, 549 
2-17, 525 
Dols. 
3.95 
4.10 
3.90 
3.55 
3.30 
3.15 
3.05' 
3.05 
2.90 
3.25 
3.25 
3.25 
3.25 
3.35 
3.85 
4.05 
3.75 
3.40 
3.50 
3.90 
4.00 
3.75 
3.40 
3.35 
3.65 
4.00 
3.90 
3.90 
4.35 
4.10 
3.95 
3.90 
3.85 
3.70 
3.45 
3.40 
Dols. 
0.27 
.28 
.29 
.30 
.29 
.27 
.26 
.23 
.21 
.24 
.24 
.23 
.23 
.23 
.24 
.24 
.24 
.24 
.26 
.30 
.30 
.27 
.27 
.26 
.27 
.29 
.29 
.32 
.35 
.32 
.34 
.32 
.30 
.31 
.33 
.36 
Dols. 
Dols. 
Dols. 
5.56 
5.52 
5.20 
4.87 
4.45 
4.06 
3.48 
3.30 
3.50 
4.20 
4.00 
3.82 
3.92 
3.84 
4.10 
4.15 
3.84 
3.78 
4.05 
4.52 
4.62 
4.34 
4.24 
4.46 
4.74 
5.00 
5.04 
5.42 
6.28 
5.78 
5.42 
5.20 
4.88 
4.88 
4.98 
5.25 
Dols. 
4.75 
5.18 
4.88 
4.35 
4.00 
3.78 
3.38 
3.38 
3.32 
3.68 
3.78 
3.85 
3.94 
3.96 
4.02 
4.60 
4.52 
4.40 
4.45 
5.22 
5.35 
4.78 
4.05 
4.45 
4.75 
5.08 
5.06 
5.38 
6.00 
5.65 
5.50 
5.32 
5.25 
5.20 
4.88 
4.78 
Dols. 
8 84 
5.38 
5.82 
10.08 
March. . 
9.05 
8.40 
May . 
7.52 
7.02 
July- 
6.42 
August 
3.54 
3.70 
6.35 
5.85 
242 
245 
6.92 
6.75 
254 
247 
238 
230 
235 
237 
240 
238 
249 
252 
244 
252 
245 
233 
227 
220 
223 
225 
229 
232 
243 
246 
246 
235 
239 
4.01 
4.09 
6.75 
1897 
7.78 
4.10 
4.01 
7.72 
March _ 
8.42 
4.34 
8.32 
May .. 
8.32 
7.62 
July 
7.68 
August.. _. 
3.54 
8.32 
8.52 
7.85 
7.35 
4.49 
4.64 
7.56 
1898 
9.50 
February... 
March 




5.18 
5.14 
10.45 
10.00 
April 
5.50 
5.64 
10.45 
May 
11.52 
10.30 
July - 
9.67 
9.00 
8.42 
7.88 
7.90 
December. . 
4.99 
5.55 
8.45 
i Data for 1904 compiled from Minneapolis Daily Market Record, weekly reports, Jan -Nov. 26, 1904, 
and National Provisioner, weekly, Dec. 17, 1904-Jan. 7, 1905. Data for 1905-1925 from Chicago Daily 
Drovers' Journal Yearbooks, 1906-1925. 1905-1909 combined weekly receipts; 1910-1925, monthly. 
2 Compiled from office records of Division of Livestock, Meats, and Wool, as reported by the Bureau 
of Animal Industry, 1907-1925. 
3 Compiled from office records of Division of Livestock, Meats, and Wool, 1910-1925. 
4 Chicago Daily Drovers' Journal Yearbooks, 1903-1925. 
{ Cincinnati Price-Current, monthly reports, 1896-1913. Price Current-Grain Reporter, monthly 
reports, 1914-1925. 
6 Data for 1896-1915 from Agricultural Prices by Henry A. Wallace {28); for 1916-1922 from Chicago Daily 
Drovers' Journal Yearbooks; for 1923-1925 from office records of Livestock, Meats and Wool Division. 
7 Data for 1896-1915 from Agricultural Prices by Henry A. Wallace {28), No. 2 mixed; for 1916-1923 from 
annual reports of the Chicago Board of Trade {2), No. 2 contract, spot yellow; for 1924-1925 from office 
records of the Division of Statistical and Historical Research, weighted average price, No. 2 yellow. 
8 Chicago Board of Trade {2), monthly reports, 1896-1924. Chicago Daily Trade Bulletin, 1925. 
9 Cincinnati Price-Current, Jan., 1896-Dec, 1913. Price Current-Grain Reporter, Jan., 1914-1925, 
except prices for short ribs, 1916-1923, from Chicago Board of Trade prices as quoted by Howard, Bartels 
& Co., in Chicago Daily Trade Bulletin. 
