New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-01
have gone 10 the shsmblee II NEWTON curing S~9

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year 1856. .,
-. ,.,erysd this year than lsst, the falling on
beng principally N sheep, and this is manly owing
,be fact that The .cepts ofmuton careasses nave oeen
iuneus,ly Increased. The number OF noss U'ous"
here fer slaughter has increased, snd prooaoiy vi" oe
SIN further increased next year. Il VIII prooaoS
strike al raisers of and dealers IN bulocks that the mum
Der for three yesrs shoUld so nearly correspond ana
this nav enable them 10 account ior Toe continued
high prce Of beef while other food has 'slen c" nsc
eraby below the rates Of the previous year. Ine ses
the pa.t year have been much more concentrated non
the grea: market day Of the week at Fof'y-iour'H
street, than upon the previous year; and s ne
oppjou Of NOS, persons engaged IN the business thai
II would be much 70 the advantage Of both buyer and
seller. if all the sales were entirely confined 10 that
day as then the total supply would be aseertA'ned'
ard only a sufficient number offered 70 meet the
demand which II viii be seen averages os'
r4r week; while the Wednesday sales average
1894: showing sale Of 200 head scattered through
the week at SIX different locations 1t viii be curious
70 observe the huctusii)n Of numbers offered on differ
ent market dsys-ysryng from IA head, March II,
70 4.O6l head, Oct. Is.
There il an instructive Lesson IN looking over the
ke,s from the different States. Ohio has furnished
Is 5os more beeves than Illinois, and Illinois has far
nphed .322 more than the State Of New York and
undoubtedly half the number reported from NewYork
came originally from the West
The average weekly number from the several States
Is az follows: New-York j03 Pennsylvania, p; Ohio,
s24; Indiana, 10; Illinois, $50 Kentucky 295; Iowa,
&c; Virginia 50; Connecticut, Is; Texas, p; New
jersey S. The weekly receipts by the different rail-
roads will show how dependent the city Is upon this
mode of transportation for their daily supply OF meat
As to the quantity Of meat sold by the butchers in
this city, let US look at the following figures: Ii
innate the beeves at average Of 700 10 net, il will
give tots Of 1870 939 900 10 of beef, which at an
average Of &c. q b. which would be SO head for
the buocks total of ell 7S4 59l paid the country in
one year for beef cattle.
If we e.timate the calves 10 Average 10 10 live
weight Il will make 6, 462, $50 10 .and this at Sc av
erage h, viii make 1893 lO7 so paid for veal cslyes
The sheep we estimate at IS pounds, net average,
which viii give ~ s23, 255 pounds Of mutton. At
average of So 50 head for sheep, they come 10
81, 620, Osl.
We think It safe to estimate the net weigh. of swine
at lbs pounds Of pork each, which win give total of
- 226375 pounds which, at &c. pound, or $40 per
hog, il s3,i5S,llO.
AS the cove all pass into beef in Proeess Of time,
these must be added to the general stock of butchers
meat and estimating them to average 500 pounds net
we have i2s, 500 pounds of beef AT an average Of
s35 head the cows come to SAG, 995.
The sum total OF this s that the city has paid the
country for animals slaughtered in the city in the
year 1856 the sum of $l7 1874. and the sAti-
mated product s 207 $50 $50 pounds of meat. This,
at an average Of 10 cents pound to the consumer,
makes so s8 Ols and gives so 53i 5473 pounds per
gay, which may be set down something over hafa-
pound a day for every man, woman and child in and
about the city,
1t is true that considerable portion OF this is sailed
and sent abroad but not enough to balance the vast
quantity of meats, game, poultry, &C., that comes in
dead go that We cannot reduce the average daily
sumption below the above figures. Ii this does not
prove us csnvorous race, il does prove US a meat
eating people, and certainly welfe1 ore; aud it also
proves that but very small portion of the people
fran from the Of meat and it is wellknown fact
that the poorest elss, are the largest oonsumers.