, 1874-01-15

fiBtical summary Of tho wooky reports md rec
ords maisoB n comprehensive royiow Of tho yoar'a
ernl roaaer most important information con-
corning q traffic scarcely second 1u Importance
md public interest to my otlor IN THE country.
Tho totals for tho ycar aro ID 2,74i boevea,
aid lambs, % md 1o5S Saso ioss. fheso ngaros
show MI increase ovor tho totnls for 1871 OF
17.a50 bcovos, 885 ca1vos, 27.202 ahoep, and
05002 hogs, mud n dooreaHo of 8B8 miloh cows.
Tho quality Of tho stock was NOT tip to tho
ayorago mark, and therc hayo boon numerous
h[ndrances mud obstno!os H. tho way Of a Batis-
factoro tralc. Fat, maturel boovoa hnyo Ind .
atonay demand Mt fair and comparatively unit
boon ovorstockod with inferior cattlo. producing
q glut md n consequent mnrkod doolino In
tho grades most used by Wholesale slaughter:
ora. For tho creator pArt Of tho yoar wool
pushed into into market WIG vitG very "%y tIs s' regara 10
condition. or tho wants Of tho tralo; hoilco low
prioos and allow sales layo boon tho foaturos Of
the trado genosaly.- Since Doo. tho wool skins
and lambs have hoen doing botter. Tho hog
trade. now chiefly confined to saloB OF dressed
hoga BY elaughtorars who are supplied direct
from Wcstorn Wholesale markot8, have boon un-
in prices have bcon frequent mud considerable,
the range has not beon 80 low as during tho pro-
port a moderately romuneratlvo business. Tie
months inaicatoH q scarcity Of fat hogs In tho
country, and a material falling of In tho supply
for the first quarter Of 1874 may bc looked for.
with .somo additions and improvements,
story, brick Bhocp building on West Forty-oighth
street, tho market placos are tho sano at tho
close as at tho beginning OF the yea,. But i'm
portant changes arc to tako placo in 1874. The
New Jersoy Stock Yard Company. for several
years pat. or snco oetobor, 1900, located ut
Cove, Jersey City, now asock-yarda aud abattoirs
that are intondedto to oxcol anything Of tho kind
IN ths country: or,51 The ' removal from Com
T s II ash &of Ss. Hn baon GSSa Ssn tse e
abattoirs In Wost Fortioth street, and planB arc
preparing for new stock-ynrda aud new mar
ket-placo Oh the eost bank OF tho Hudson near
Bixty-flfth street. It las been tho wish Of tho
trade that our markets should DO consolidated,
but union of tho eeYoral intoreBts has boon
found impracticahio, and 1t now appears to be
bottled that the throo railroads transporting nyo-
atock to this market arc to bo accommodated by
on tho bay near the pavonia Ferry ono on tho
west bank Of tho Hudson, just above tho Woe
hnwkcn Ferry; and ono on tho caHt bank OF tho
Hudaon in the noighborhood Of Sixty-6fth
stroct. Many other facts Of interest might fifty
accompany tho figures Of tho trado for ono year,
but space forbids.
The WilliamRport gazette and Bulletin pub
lishes worry full report Of lumber oporations a.
railroad agsrogstod 2ls, ,4e5, ,4sg teot~sn % ill., ill.,
croaBo on tho trade OF 1879 OF A, ,955, 78o feot,
aud within 90 4o0, 908 feet Of the amount shippol
IN 1871, the heaviest year in the history Of tho
buDiness. Tho shipments since 1869 amount to
boom for . period Of twelve years alow nearly
1,000,0 600 logs rated out, moas,,r-
ing nearly 1000, 900 Of foot, Which will
Herye to exhibit tho enormous magnitude
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