The suburban citizen., 1902-02-01

day on January z, when for the first
time in the history of the New York
Stock Exchange more than 1000, 900
shares were traded in on its floor dur
ing the five hours Of business.
The showing Of national banks in the
country at large was far in excess of
anything Of the kind ever before re-
ported; the Oomptroller's statement in
| Washington in June accounted for a
total Of 4064 banks with total resources
Of 5000, ,794,s67
The largest single order ever given
| for watches was received by an Ameri-
can manufacturer from a London firm,
the former agreeing to deliver to his
customer 100000 timepieces within
twelve months.
A. l.. Schaeifer, of Edgar County,
Ill, harvested the largest crop of pop
corn ever gathered in the world From
his 1O2 acres he had 1900 bushels, a
yield Of a little over seventeen bushels
to the acre. 1t cost him SIT an acre
to raise, sort, shell and pay ground
rent.
The winter wheat yield Of Kansas
for 1901 was 90,045,514 bushels, val
ued at $60,479,5 $40, and breaking the
preceding years record by 13,450,07O
bushels. These two were the largest
wheat crops ever grown by any State.
The first year Of the new century
was an all-around record breaker for
the farmers of the United States. The
entire years surplus of the products
Of field and farm sold abroad amount
ed to no less than S500,O00000.
Charles M. Schwab, President of the
United States Steel Corporation, is
authority for the statement that steel
has supplanted cotton in industrial
kingship; that it exceeded the cotton
industry in 1900 by more than $780,
100000 and for 1901 win exceed it by
more than $2500O0,000.
Imagine if you can, live stock train
sixteen and seven-eighth miles long
numbering 1897 cars and containing
4,7S5 head of cattle, 3S,456 hogs and
22,234 sheep and you will have some
idea Of the record breaking day for re-
ceipts at the Union Stock Yards, Chi
cago, on Wednesday, July "a, 1901. 1t
was the biggest day ever known in the
history Of this big live stock mart.
The drought in the Middle and West
ern States caused this unprecedented
rush of stock to the market. The to-
tai value Of the days receipts was
over S500,000 The cattle alone con-
solidated in one mammoth animal
would have made a steer seven times
as high as the Masonic Temple, or in
single file drove would have reached
from Chicago to Milwaukee.
This herd weighed about 30000000
pounds on the hoof, and furnished beef
eaters with about 20,000000 pounds Of
meat. The value Of cattle shipments
for that entire week was estimated at
over $4,000,000, The worlds sheep rec
ord was smashed at these yards on
Monday, August 5, when 32,153 head
were received.
Taking broader survey, all previous
records were broken in the live stock
markets of the West during tho first
nine months Of 1901.
To conclude with few records more
strictly IN the odd class: Two prize
winning hogs were produced Down
in Vladosta, Ca. hog was killed
whose gross weight was 1880 pounds;
his net weight was 955. Each ham
weighed 102 pounds. This fat monster
produced $40 pounds Of lard, or nearly
a tierce and half-enough to last a
small family about four years. Besides
the lard there was nearly wagon load
Of sausage from this one pig, to say
nothing Of the big dishpans full Of hogs
head cheese, liver pudding and other
products.
The second giant pig was Chester
white boar, weighing 1858 pounds,
measuring three feet nine inches
across the back and eight feet six
inches from the tip OF the nose to the
end Of the tail. 1t was brought to the
Chicago Stock Yards February 20 by
S. A. Stephens, of Dayton, Ill.
Among other curious things London
had a record-breaking fog on October
25, the streets being rendered impassa
BILE during all that evening by the
densest and blacklist fog known for
years.
Park Policeman A. +. stiles, Of Chi
cago, says he is the champion stopper
OF runaways, having during the year
increased his total to 1876.
Finally, the entire postal revenue Of
the United States in 1901 reached high
water mark, being in round numbers
$111,000, ,000.-New York Sun.
Birds Necessity to Man.