CO-OPERATIVE CURING HOUSES IN DENMARK.

About half the pork exported to England from Denmark is cured by the co-operative curing houses, established first in 1888 and since that date greatly increased in number. Enormous quantities of cheap Black Sea barley have been brought into Denmark the last few years, used principally for fodder. The principal advantage of the co-operative system, doing away with the middleman, applies to these establishments. Farmers who raise hogs in a given district of say ten to twenty miles’ circumference, unite and furnish the money necessary for the construction and operation of the co-operative curing establishment. The farmers bind themselves to deliver all hogs that they raise to the curing house, and severe fines are collected when animals are sold elsewhere. At every curing house there is a shop for the sale of sausage, fat, etc., these as a rule paying well and forming an important part of the profits in this co-operation.

HOG PRICES AT CHICAGO, PER 100 POUNDS.

Year. Heavy packing,
260 to 450 lbs.		 Mixed packing,
200 to 250 lbs.		 Light bacon.
150 to 200 lbs.
1899 $3.10@4.75 $3.50@5.00 $3.75@5.00
1898 3.25@4.80 3.30@4.75 3.00@4.65
1897 3.00@4.50 3.20@4.60 3.20@4.65
1896 2.40@4.45 2.75@4.45 2.80@4.45
1895 3.25@5.45 3.25@5.55 3.25@5.70
1894 3.90@6.75 3.90@6.65 3.50@6.45
1893 3.80@8.75 4.25@8.65 4.40@8.50
1892 3.70@7.00 3.65@6.70 3.60@6.85
1891 3.25@5.70 3.25@5.75 3.15@5.95

TOTAL PACKING AND MARKETING OF HOGS.
[Year Ended March 1—Cincinnati Price Current.]

Western
Packing.		 Eastern
Packing.		 Receipts.
N. Y., Phil.
and Balto.		 Total.
1898-99 23,651,000 3,162,000 2,978,000 29,791,000
1897-98 20,201,000 3,072,000 2,861,000 26,134,000
1896-97 16,929,000 2,791,000 2,950,000 22,670,000
1895-96 15,010,000 2,603,000 2,867,000 20,480,000
1894-95 16,003,000 3,099,000 2,517,000 21,619,000
1893-94 11,605,000 2,701,000 2,483,000 16,789,000
1892-93 12,390,000 3,016,000 2,790,000 18,196,000
1892 14,457,000 2,771,000 3,684,000 20,912,000
1891 17,713,000 2,540,000 3,713,000 23,966,000

RECEIPTS OF HOGS AT LEADING POINTS BY YEARS.
[Stated in thousands—From American Agriculturist Year Book for 1898.]

1897 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1891 1890 1889 1888 1887
Chicago 8,364 7,659 7,885 7,483 6,057 7,714 8,601 7,664 5,999 4,922 5,471
Kansas City 3,351 2,606 2,458 2,547 1,948 2,397 2,599 2,865 2,074 2,009 2,423
Omaha 1,605 1,198 1,188 1,904 1,435 1,706 1,462 1,673 1,207 1,284 1,012
St. Louis 1,627 1,618 1,085 1,147 777 848 841 925 773 652 772
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Total 14,947 13,081 12,616 13,081 10,217 12,665 13,503 13,127 10,053 8,867 9,678
[1]Cincinnati 875 823 773 639 592 587 816 690 .. .. ..
Indianapolis 1,253 1,255 1,109 964 879 1,123 1,320 1,447 1,158 896 1,149
Cleveland 750 500 375 295 270 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Detroit 320 224 189 164 149 134 87 70 114 21 49
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Total 3,198 2,802 2,346 1,062 1,890 1,844 2,223 2,207 .. .. ..
New York 1,578 1,845 1,763 1,656 1,488 1,826 2,177 2,126 1,762 1,550 1,792
Boston 1,420 1,435 1,400 1,673 1,373 1,636 1,473 1,323 1,152 1,046 1,047
Buffalo 5,621 4,941 5,256 5,626 6,058 6,112 7,167 6,263 5,776 5,333 5,074
Pittsburg 1,894 1,340 1,063 1,074 999 1,347 1,428 1,356 1,205 1,161 1,259
Philadelphia 250 278 259 280 275 337 377 409 332 281 274
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Total 10,763 9,839 9,741 10,317 10,193 11,258 12,622 11,477 10,247 9,371 9,446
St. Paul 225 314 364 327 194 239 263 316 249 273 ..
Sioux City 350 279 341 499 329 413 397 724 593 431 ..
Cedar Rapids 487 358 365 317 293 409 502 520 346 307 847
St. Joseph, Mo 400 193 252 398 240 289 178 202 253 258 ..
Ft. Worth, Tex 114 141 60 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
New Orleans 18 28 26 26 30 36 33 29 .. .. ..
Denver 75 57 48 94 62 83 80 107 75 64 54
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Total 1,669 1,370 1,456 1,661 1,148 1,769 1,453 1,898 1,516 1,333 ..
Montreal 93 89 74 87 70 52 43 38 23 26 ..
Toronto 77 194 154 140 75 74 51 54 57 36 35
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Total 170 283 228 227 145 126 94 92 80 62 35

[1] For year ended March 31.