Excerpt from Annual Report of the Packing of the West, Accompanied With Detailed Reports of the Packing of the Principal Western Cities, and Other Statistical Information, 1876: Compiled for the Pork Packers Association, of ChicagoPork Packers' Association, in April, 1875, I hereby present the first effort on behalf of the Provision trade of this city in compiling the Packing of the West.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.