MARKET STATISTICS. 
43 
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 
9.9 
10.5 
11.5 
10.3 
8.8 
8.3 
7.4 
7.7 
9.0 
10.1 
11.2 
12.0 
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 
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 
May 
10.3 
9.8 
July 
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> 
Month. 
1910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
ll-yr. 
av. 
January 
February 
March 
$12. 43 
12.50 
14.08 
12.33 
12. 95 
12.27 
11.85 
11.82 
12.44 
12.93 
10.82 
10.31 
$10. 32 
9.50 
8.83 
7.93 
8.03 
8.17 
8.30 
8.97 
9.32 
8.85 
9.07 
9.00 
$9.24 
8.90 
9.37 
10.06 
10.77 
10.87 
10.57 
10. 73 
11.08 
11.47 
11.15 
10.46 
$9. 88 
10.50 
10.66 
11.00 
11.05 
10.99 
11.53 
11.28 
11. 15 
10.60 
10.63 
10.68 
$10. 89 
10.67 
10.52 
10. 23 
9.95 
10.03 
10.08 
9.69 
9.68 
10.22 
10.89 
10.05 
$10. 69 
10. 53 
9.84 
9.95 
9.71 
9.39 
8.05 
7.92 
8.13 
9.07 
8.94 
9.47 
$10. 32 
9.99 
10.79 
11.77 
12.80 
12.87 
13.12 
13.44 
14.47 
15. 34 
16.91 
16.66 
$15. 66 
17.00 
19.30 
21.00 
22. 30 
21.41 
20.77 
22.20 
24.03 
24.29 
27. 13 
25.46 
$24. 39 
26.05 
28. 07 
25.44 
24.53 
24.50 
26.09 
26.78 
26.98 
26.66 
26.69 
25.31 
$23. 46 
24.83 
27.35 
30.09 
33. 58 
34.15 
34.76 
30.01 
26.19 
27.41 
28.80 
26.15 
$25. 99 
23.14 
22. 93 
22.71 
22. 75 
22.98 
21.71 
21.16 
22.58 
23. 28 
22.07 
18.15 
$14. 84 
14.87 
15.43 
15.68 
May 
Juiie 
16.22 
16.15 
Julv 
16.08 
August 
September 
October 
November 
December 
15. 82 
16.00 
16. 37 
16 65 
15.61 
Average 
12.23 
8.86 
10.39 
10.83 
10.24 
9.31 
13. 21 
21.71 25.79 
28.90 
22.45 
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. 
1900 
1901 
1902 
1903 
1904 
1905 
1906 
1907 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
Receipts at principal markets.* 
Chi- 
cago. 
Kansas 
City. 
Omaha. 
St. 
Paul. 
East St. 
Louis. 
Fort 
Worth. 
Denver. 
Sioux 
City. 
St. 
Joseph. 
Total. 
18, 324 
8,109 
3,094 
2,201 
500 
1,792 
( 2 ) 
116 
833 
1,679 
8,290 
3,716 
2,414 
617 
1,924 
( 2 ) 
109 
960 
2,105 
20, 135 
7,895 
2,279 
2,247 
668 
1,3^0 
79 
87 
1,008 
1,698 
17,291 
7,326 
1, 9o9 
2, 231 
760 
1, 568 
151 
147 
1,008 
1,701 
16,861 
7, 2,9 
2, 227 
2, X00 
882 
1,955 
281 
162 
1, 113 
1,657 
17,816 
7,726 
2,508 
2,294 
855 
2,026 
463 
191 
1,299 
1,900 
19, 262 
7,275 
2, 676 
2, 394 
861 
1,923 
551 
193 
1,158 
1,908 
18, 939 
7,201 
2,924 
2,254 
867 
2,065 
488 
241 
1,289 
1,923 
19, 252 
8, 131 
3,715 
2,425 
1, 133 
2,560 
703 
280 
1,381 
2,349 
22, 677 
6,619 
3, 093 
2, 135 
725 
2,473 
868 
242 
1,077 
1,694 
18,926 
5,587 
2,086 
1,894 
836 
2,054 
541 
187 
1,044 
1, 353 
15, 582 
7, 103 
3,168 
2, 367 
911 
3, ,108 
556 
220 
1,349 
1, 922 
20, 704 
7,181 
2, 523 
2,886 
984 
2, 5?0 
388 
222 
1,698 
1,970 
20, 382 
7,571 
2,568 
2, 543 
1, 257 
2,584 
404 
247 
1, 533 
1,869 
20, 576 
6,618 
2,265 
2,259 
1,590 
2,559 
515 
256 
1,257 
1,725 
17, 319 
7, 652 
2,5'U 
2, 643 
2, 155 
2,592 
464 
344 
1,761 
1,698 
23, 565 
9,188 
2,979 
3,117 
2,675 
3,057 
968 
467 
2,131 
2,199 
26, 781 
7,169 
2,277 
2,797 
1,928 
2,706 
1,062 
352 
2,149 
1,920 
22, 3C0 
8,614 
3, 328 
3, 430 
2,061 
3, 256 
762 
384 
2,421 
2,351 
26, 607 
8,672 
3,141 
3, 179 
2,190 
3,651 
588 
368 
2,322 
2,126 
26, 2? 7 
7,526 
2,466 
2,708 
2,247 
3,399 
413 
341 
2,173 
1,914 
23, 187 
Num- 
ber on 
farms 
Jan. 1. 
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. 
» Not in operation. 
