The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-30
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Try, and they We're the more ready to buy Oh
that account.
Thus the high prices were established early
i,- the season, and hen some weeks La er
they began TO weaken the granger stapped
Il and bought considerable of tie product
to- future cellFery, a. prices which seemed
tc Justify the cglrrent rates for hogs and the
n-ari,et was sustained ..util it was too ate Il
re lty the mistake which it became apparent
had been made. tne foreign exports nesEtine
wee ADeral, in p tul'yu4 TO the corresponding
the during the preceding season, Lat a
large part OF the product exported had been
contracted ear y ia the Sc lson at prices zach
Leo" those current a. the time the q ports
| We're made.
! THUS there seeias tc haze been a combina-
/ ton OF circumstances initiating against the
interest Of the p@ck-r, with when lie see2aed
| povefless to successfully contend, and which
Lad tae important eject Of bringing to mar
| ket G!mo5t every hog l. tie country, which
cou-G be made fit for slaughter. as well as
mary which were unfit. Z he consequence is
that tne statistics SHOW the number of hogs
paolet. in the West daring the season just
| closed, to be the largest Of any season in the
history Of the trade. This result has been
reached III the face oi apparent smaller re-
sources, as shown last year by the Department
Of agriculture Statistics ard eorroborated by |
STATE Auditors returns, as compared with the !
previous year.
The farmers, anxious to realize as much as |
possible have sold out their hogs closer than |
usual. Those who customari.y retain several |
for hone consumption have either parted |
With all or only retained oae or two for their |
own use. Reports to this effect are general, |
and in many cases it is confidently asserted |
that the farmers will have tc depend upon
the regular packers for their Summer supply
OF pork. 1t will be readily seen that if
farmers in The West have on the average sold
only one l2ore hog than usual the number
sent to market must have been increased by
this means alone several hundred thousand
This will probably account for the showing
made by the final returns as being greater
than was indicated by the preliminary reports
made during the season.
THE STATISTICAL SHOWING
Our statistics show that the totas number
of hogs packed III the West during the past
winter season Just closed to be 6, 5G6 22G
head, against !, 46G, 200 head for the season of
1873 4, or an Increase of 100 Ops head. OF
the total number, the six cities, Chicago,
Cincinnati, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Louis
vile and Milwaukee, packed 3, 500.Sll and
eli others or interior" points 2,0G5, 4l5, :
showing gain of 1l3 974 at the six cities,
points. Whole numler Of points named in
the list as having packed either this or last
season, or both, $50.
The average net weight of hogs packed is
309 Y pounds, against ga. II last seas n, or
decrease of 5. 20 pounds. The aggregate net
weight is 1,l67, 639, i57 pounds, against
|, Id 1851 last season, showing decrease
IF 74s7, 514 pounds, which is equivalent to
q, $50 hogs of last years average weight.
The percentage OF decrease in aggregate
Is G.5 100 Of | per cent
The average yield of lard of all kinds is
81. ~ pounds per head, against $500 pounds
asst season, or a decrease of S2-l00 of a :
pound. The aggregate weight of lard is
80, $3.50, GO7 pounds, against l9l, IA OBS, or a
decrease of 1,G'i3,42 pounds, equivalent to
1923 tierces OF 32O pounds. The lighter
weight of hogs would naturally cause larger
allng off III the yield Of lard than is shown i
y the reports, but the relatively higher price
# the latter than for meats caused closer
Of hams and shoulders than usual,
specially Of the latter, and thus the yield of
1 lard WAS increased.
The average cost Of hogs per 100 pounds
ct is IS 33 3d. as compared with s. 10 Is
st season, or an increase Of - 80 4S, the
erccntage Of increase being 53l. The ag-
reeate cost CT hogs of S97,333, $40 80,
sainst SG3, S27, 2l5 Is last season, an increase
! S53, oil, Gil %. I