Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1878 — A Hoggish City. [ARTICLE]

A Hoggish City.

During the twelve months ending Oct. 31, 1878, the packers of Chicago slaughtered and cut into product 4,594,000 hogs—equal to 14,720 during each working day of the year, 1,472 per hour, and 24£ per minute. The value of the hogs was about $40,000,000. The aggregate weight was about 965,000,000 pounds, and the product manufactured was equal to 382,000,000 pounds of sides, 154,000,000 pounds of hams, 131,000,000 pounds of shoulders, and 154,000,000 pounds of lard. —Chicago Inter Ocean