Pork.

Pork. See PIG for the animal from which pork is procured; DIET and FOOD for the properties of pork as an article of food; and TRICHINOSIS for one of the gravest of the diseases affecting the pig. The great headquarters of the trade in pork is the United States. This is partly indicated by the figures given at CHICAGO and HAM; but it will be shown more clearly by the following figures. In 1890 the total number of pigs in the United Kingdom was 2,773,609; in the United States it was in the same year 51,602,780, with a value of 243,418,336. While Britain imports pigs and pig-products (hams, bacon, pork, and lard) to a large extent (mainly from America), the United States exports on a vast scale. In the fiscal year 1889-90 the exports were as follows: hogs, 91,148; bacon, 531,899,677 lb.; hams, 76,591,279 lb.; fresh pork, 279,463 lb.; pickled pork, 79,788,868 lb.; lard, 471,083,598 lb. The value of these pig-products in that one year 1889-90 was over 67,070,000.