Pork-packing

Ooi. Maxwell, Superintendent of the Cincinnati Chamber of Oommeroe, lias prepared au anniial report of the porkpacking in the West, of which the fol[owing are some of the most important figures : 1S74-5. 1878 I. icked 5,537,124 5,383,810 V cragi groas weight,lbs. 22.47 388.27 ■ ot lard.lbs. 84.93 8S.S0 Total pr.Hlucl of lard, tbs. 193,432,170 191,139,000 ,i park, brta 604,843 433,667 It.imi' i:i.'sb.1t;k 46,852 47,2'Jl ( lear iris 16,640 7,686 Runip, brls 1,M 17,839 The number of hoge paoked by BtutoH wae da Coliows : 1871 5. 1878 I. [lliaoie 2,104,770 1,870,856 ,,!,. . 871,730 897,697 iri 708,690 r;:r.,n(; Indiana 661,450 699,223 [owa 409,927 379,794 30ö,7!!4 Wi IOTM& 280,724 329,801 Theaboveareall th States that paoked morethan 60,000 hogs. The aggregate cosí of the hoga paoked this year was $96, "i 19,250, against $63,370,339 las( yenr. The average cost p'i' cwt. was j.65, agaiosi .!.:8 liit yoar. The aummer paoking between Maroh 1 and Nov. 1, 1871, ahows a total of 1,117,659 hogs. The average gross weight was 207 pouñds.