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Chart X. Prices of hogs and pork at Chicago, 1892-3 and 1896-7, highest and lowest year. Page 98.
Prices of hogs and pork products at Chicago Board of Trade for 1892-3 and 1896-7, the highest year and the lowest year
Annual fluctuation, 1892-3.—This chart presents a comparison between the prices of live hogs, fresh hams and mess pork in the year of highest range, with the prices of the same in the year of lowest range. The figures on the left indicate the prices per cwt. of live hogs and per bbl. of green hams and mess pork. No. 1 gives, in the dotted line above the date figures, the highest price of mess pork in each month of the year, while the dotted line below the date figures gives the lowest price for the corresponding months. The range in any month is found in the distance between the heavy dots on the line following the name of the month. Thus the highest price in April, 1893, is $19.35, and the lowest price in the same month, $15.50. The range throughout the year is from $21.80 in May to $12 in August. No. 2 gives the same facts with reference to the prices per barrel of green hams; and No. 3 gives the corresponding facts as to prices of live hogs.
Annual fluctuation, 1896-7.—Nos. 4, 5 and 6, marked by more distinct lines, show the range of prices for these three related articles of commerce for the year 1896-7. No. 4 gives the prices of green hams, which in this year averaged higher than the prices of mess pork, although the fluctuations of mess pork are the greater. At the top of the chart are given in thousands the number of live hogs received in Chicago during the two years.
On the right of each month are the numbers for 1892-3; on the left the numbers for 1896-7. The lines connecting the shaded portion show the fluctuations from month to month in the supply. A general, though not a perfect, correspondence is perceptible.
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