Here is an excellent prize winning record:  S.H.  Todd, of Wakeman, Ohio, won on Chester-Whites and Poland-Chinas in 1883 as follows:  At the Tri-State Fair, at Toledo, O., sweepstakes for best herd of Poland-Chinas, and the same on Chester-Whites.  At the Michigan State Fair he took sweepstakes on Chester-White boar; at the Illinois State Fair, sweepstakes, for best Poland-China sow; do. for Chester-White sow, and the grand sweepstakes of $50 for the best herd on the ground regardless of breed.  He also won in breeders’ ring the prize for best herd of Chesters, and the prize for best boar with five of his get; also first and second prizes for sow with five of her pigs.  Besides these notable premiums Mr. Todd’s stock won for him nearly 100 class prizes at various leading fairs.

SWINE STATISTICS.

One of the Chicago dailies recently made the point that this city should be the center of the swine and pork statistics of the country on the ground that here is the center of trade in these products.  The point is a good one.  Some years ago the bulk of the hogs of the West was marketed at Cincinnati.  At that time the Price Current of Cincinnati with commendable enterprize established itself as an authority in swine and pork statistics, and it has held the position from that day to this, despite the fact that Chicago has for several years received and packed several times as many hogs annually as has the original porkopolis.  And this year, as usual, the Chicago press is dependent upon Cincinnati for packing statistics throughout the extensive swine-growing regions of the country.  Of course it makes no real difference to merchants or producers where the figures emanate from so that they are comprehensive and reliable.  It is only a bit of local pride that suggests the idea that here should the records be kept and the statistics compiled.  If there is not sufficient enterprize here to capture the business, there is no ground for complaint.  We should not have alluded to the matter, probably, but for the fact that the Cincinnati Price Current, with its hog-packing statistics, for the season of 1883 has just brought it to notice.  Here the figures are compared with those of last year: 

Cities. 1883-84. 1882-83.

Chicago, packed 1,405,000 1,500,000
Kansas City 254,059 233,336
Cincinnati 301,000 300,000
St. Louis 200,000 207,000
Indianapolis 181,700 183,000
Milwaukee 185,000 197,000
Louisville, Ky. 142,000 118,000
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 91,618 86,965
Cleveland, O. 62,280 42,352
Keokuk, Iowa 28,601 31,411

IOWA STOCK BREEDERS.