NOTE—Breadstuffs include quotations of wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley, besides beans and peas; meats include live hogs, beef, sheep and various provisions, lard, tallow, etc.; dairy and garden include butter, eggs, vegetables and fruits; other foods include fish, liquors, condiments, sugar, rice, tobacco, etc.; clothing includes the raw material of each industry, and many quotations of woolen, cotton and other textile goods, as well as hides and leather; metals include various quotations of pig iron, and partially manufactured and finished produces, as well as minor metals, coal and petroleum. The miscellaneous class embraces many grades of hard and soft lumber, lath, brick, lime, glass, turpentine, hemp, linseed oil, paints, fertilizers and drugs. AVERAGE HOG PRICES AT CHICAGO. (This includes heavy hogs, light hogs and pigs.) ═════════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════╤══════ │1903. │1904. │1905. │1906. │1907. │1908. │1909. │1910. │1911. │1912. ─────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼────── Jan. │$ 6.40│$ 4.90│$ 4.65│$ 5.40│$ 6.60│$ 4.40│ $6.10│$ 8.55│$ 7.95│$ 6.25 Feb. │ 6.75│ 5.15│ 4.85│ 6.00│ 7.05│ 4.45│ 6.35│ 9.05│ 7.40│ 6.20 Mar. │ 7.30│ 5.35│ 5.15│ 6.30│ 6.65│ 5.00│ 6.70│ 10.55│ 6.85│ 7.10 Apr. │ 7.20│ 5.10│ 5.45│ 6.55│ 6.65│ 5.85│ 7.20│ 9.90│ 6.25│ 7.80 May │ 6.45│ 4.65│ 5.40│ 6.45│ 6.40│ 5.50│ 7.30│ 9.55│ 6.00│ 7.65 June │ 6.00│ 5.05│ 5.35│ 6.55│ 6.10│ 5.80│ 7.65│ 9.45│ 6.25│ 7.50 July │ 5.55│ 5.40│ 5.65│ 6.65│ 6.05│ 6.50│ 7.85│ 8.75│ 6.70│ 7.65 Aug. │ 5.45│ 5.30│ 5.95│ 6.25│ 6.00│ 6.55│ 7.75│ 8.35│ 7.30│ 8.25 Sep. │ 5.85│ 5.75│ 5.50│ 6.25│ 6.00│ 6.85│ 8.20│ 8.90│ 6.90│ 8.45 Oct. │ 5.55│ 5.40│ 5.25│ 6.40│ 6.15│ 5.95│ 7.75│ 8.50│ 6.45│ 8.75 Nov. │ 4.65│ 4.80│ 4.85│ 6.20│ 4.90│ 5.80│ 8.00│ 7.60│ 6.30│ 7.75 Dec. │ 4.55│ 4.50│ 4.90│ 6.25│ 4.70│ 5.65│ 8.35│ 7.65│ 6.40│ 7.40 ─────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼────── Av.[10] │ 6.00│ 5.15│ 5.25│ 6.25│ 6.10│ 5.70│ 7.35│ 8.90│ 6.70│ 7.55 ─────────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────