60 BULLETIN 1440, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 1. — Data used in the statistical analysis — Continued 
Year and 
month 
1924 
January. .. 
February- 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September. 
October 
November- 
December. 
1925 
January. .. 
February.. 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September. 
October. .. 
November. 
December . 
Monthly supply of hogs 
Re- 
ceipts 
of 
hogs 
at 11 
mar- 
kets 
Thou- 
sands 
4,534 
3,913 
3,515 
3,100 
3,132 
3,205 
3,093 
2,350 
2,217 
2,811 
3,571 
5,049 
4,571 
3,379 
2,534 
2,307 
2,376 
2,600 
2,086 
1,863 
1,965 
2,402 
2, 705 
3,143 
Monthly slaughter 
under 
Federal inspection 
Num- 
Live 
ber 
wt. 
Thou- 
sands 
Lbs. 
5,911 
217 
5,006 
221 
4,536 
223 
4,073 
224 
4,278 
224 
4,288 
229 
4,114 
237 
3,070 
239 
2,857 
232 
3,498 
220 
4,641 
212 
6,600 
209 
5,979 
212 
4,447 
216 
3,299 
219 
3,037 
225 
3,186 
229 
3,732 
231 
2,819 
241 
2,453 
246 
2,598 
239 
3,314 
229 
3,646 
222 
4,533 
225 
Dressed 
weight 
(pork 
and 
lard) 
Lbs. 
165.9 
169.2 
169.5 
170.2 
169.3 
6 
172. 
178.7 
179.6 
173.2 
160.7 
156.4 
156.1 
159.6 
163.3 
166.7 
171.7 
175.2 
175. 
182.4 
187.3 
178.3 
170.7 
166.9 
171.3 
Aver- 
age 
live 
weight 
of 
hogs 
at 
Chi- 
cago 
Lbs. 
230 
229 
234 
234 
236 
237 
239 
242 
244 
236 
229 
227 
226 
222 
228 
233 
23.3 
237 
243 
249 
250 
246 
24! 
23S 
Stocks 
of pro- 
visions 
at Chi- 
cago 
1,000 
pounds 
145, 961 
177, 978 
194, 525 
201, 170 
217, 275 
237, 935 
240, 667 
208, 980 
164, 779 
87, 572 
75,887 
134, 037 
183, 
227, 
218, 
214. 
197. 
201, 
193, 
167, 
125, 
32, 
Prices at Chicago 
Aver- 
age 
price 
of 
heavy 
hogs, 
per 
100 
lbs. 
Dols. 
7.23 
7.18 
7.41 
7.42 
7.46 
7.26 
8.26 
9.82 
9.84 
10.62 
9.56 
10.11 
10.71 
11.26 
13.74 
12.58 
12.15 
12.60 
13.60 
12.99 
12.82 
11.58 
11.37 
10.86 
Aver- 
age 
price 
of 
corn, 
per 
bu. 
Dols. 
.77 
.82 
.80 
.79 
!83 
1.10 
1.18 
1.17 
1.11 
1.13 
1.23 
1.30 
1.29 
1.20 
1.09 
1.18 
1.14 
1.09 
1.03 
.90 
.83 
.85 
.82 
Quotations 
for 
delivery in 
five 
months 
Short 
ribs, 
per 
100 
lbs. 
Dols. 
Iooq 
10." 60 
16.72 
10.48 
Lard 
per 
100 
lbs. 
Dols. 
1L42~ 
II." 25" 
Lard 
per 
100 
lbs. 
16.22 
15.50 
Dols. 
11.88 
11.04 
10.94 
10.71 
10.40 
10.55 
12.22 
13.60 
13.62 
15.62 
14.84 
16.01 
15.98 
16.08 
16.42 
15.35 
15.36 
16.85 
17.37 
17.24 
17.05 
15.62 
15. 08 
14.82 
Short 
ribs, 
per 
100 
lbs. 
Dols. 
9.75 
9.56 
9.50 
9.88 
10.06 
10.06 
11.12 
12.25 
12.31 
12.88 
13.25 
14.69 
15.08 
15.80 
18.11 
16.15 
16.68 
18.32 
18.62 
18.56 
18.00 
16.62 
16.62 
15.12 
pork, 
per 
bbl. 
Dols. 
22.50 
22.25 
22.00 
22.50 
23.00 
23.00 
24.25 
26.00 
27.25 
29.00 
30.00 
30.50 
32.50 
34.50 
37.00 
37.50 
36.00 
37.00 
38.00 
38.00 
38.00 
36.50 
34. 50 
33.00 
