Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-12-30
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The Peoria (i't) Press Of the 2cth has the


The Peoria Oil) Press Of the 2cth has the
following. n''ns 4 siss e-.hs
Pork maintain. former prices. but there ap-
pears TO be a FILLING OF in the quan,ity coming
IN. uhay about 5000 hugs, live and slaughtered.
have Tins fsr been Jur hased here this season,
and the probability is that the number will moi
inaghs il il does at all, exceed half tha, which
come TO this IN ,rketls s.a>ol. This. we learn,
IS she case at all poshts on this river where pack
ing . done. The great falling off in the number
Of hogs brOught 10 market is solely attributable
to the general failure of the corn crop.
Eson various sotiscs similar to the above
which. have fallen under our eve in papers pub
lished along the Illinois, Wabash and Ohio
rters, wsl think there can be bat little doubt
'hat the quantity Of pork put up the present sea-
scnnshs mississippi valley will fall ccnsidera-
by hslowthat Of last year. Tie true cause Of
this falling OF is Doubtless given in the article
above qaoted-namely, the partial failae of the
---@-a->->f. srs--- e;"oiuusu papers anticipate
the packing Of less number At that place by
5a.ooO hog. son,s g s.GHia5 af*
In this Territory, and especially a, this place,
widely different resnit may be anticipated II
is t'ssarding little TO sew that one half more il
nctdouels the quantity Of pork put up last year
hf Iowa viii be packed the present season. Al
this place about $4,000 hogs were cut IN las,
season, one third Of which, il is estimated, were
driven fsom Illinois This year. owing to the
want Of q free bridge over the river, we have
lost this latter trade entirely; notwithstanding
which from 5000 to ic,c0O hogs have already
been slaughtered, The packing season being
scarcely half over. We shall be greatly disap-
POINTED, II, ny Ire middle Or Close Of February,
The facts viii mt warrant such change of figures
a. will show firm 1900 to Is. OCO hogs to have
besn putnup at the various packing establish
mems Of Burling on. The pork, too, is much
heavier and fatter than any ever before brought
in. and more Than usual care has been taken in
seeing that il is properly packed.
The reports from other portions Of the Terri
tory show similar il not greater increase. At
Keokuk, Madison, Bloomington, Davenport and
,,nbnque, more or less pae.Singis done. gen.
tieman frnm the Des Moines assures us that
twice the number Of hog, killed on that river last
year win be slaughtered This; and we hear OF
several persons engaged IN packing on the Skunk
and Iowa
The raising Of pork in this Territory, though
the business is yet in its infancy, has increased
at 4 rate which will enable those acquainted with
the date Of the settlement and present population
OF Iowa to form something like an adequate con-
cePtion Of her capacities for production. As a
provision State she il destined, in the long race,
to outstrip all her competitors, with perhaps the
solitary exception Of illinois. All that is want
q u a,ready market and unobstructed navigation
for her commodities, and she can annually double
her supplies Of beef, pork, wheat, -four, pota-
toes, Ac., for an inierminable number OF years
When, too, il is apparent, as is the fact, that
Burlington j. to b the great curing and shipping
point for Al this. produce, who, that is unprc-
j,diced. SAP doubt that the present it is but the
beginning Of her growth and prosperity?