Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-01-17

the farm at l25 cents.
Corn-stak sugar her naturally presents
itself. We know some look upon this as
one of the agricultural humbugs, which is
TO have It's day, pass away and be forgot
ten. Not 80. 1t is to be an important
staple with US. Within five years illinois
will manufacture more sugar and molas-
ses than she will consume. 1t is very
different thing from beet sugar. The bee,
never has promised success in this coun-
try. Our soil and climate do not appear
to be adapted to its culture. There is moth
ing like the per cent, Of sweetening in it
that there is in France. Blu, the article Of
DIR. NAUDEAN on another page shows the
value OF corn in the North TO be equal to
that of the cane in Louisiana; and surely
with the ease with which it can be cuItva-
ted here in the West, the farmers will not
long neglect ii.
Pork is also TO be raised in immense
quantities. Farmers can make a living
by driving it here at So per cwt, bnt after
this winter they can safely depend upon
So That we think " i'll be about the min
imum price, and frequently it will be high
er AS packers learn 10 suit the fancy Of
the English, they will pack expressly for
that market; and with the reduction in the
English tariff, we may confidently expect
, largely increased demand for our pork.
Our markets on the seaboard would be We
nv much relieved from their present sur
plus, were it packed as the English have
been accustomed to see it.
But we do not depend chiefly upon the
Foreign market for the consumption Of our
pork. Eastern farmers cannot raise it TO
compete with US in the general supply Of
their own markets. We shall! be able to
sell large quantities of it to them. Mel
Their is this our main dependence; it is
Lard Oil will consume even the inn
mense amount of pork the Great West is
bound to furnish. We are not to Judge of
quality of oil from lard by the imperfect
speci,nens produced at the new manuCac-
tories being established in various parts Of
the West: their machinery is new, and the
operators have not had sufficient expert
cnce. We should Judge from the accounts
where the manufacture has been prosecu-
ted sufficiently long to acquire the knowl-
eIoe of the art. In Cincinnati. for ms.
lance. the people are not all fools; thew
have not been, for more than a wear, chea-
ted into the belief that lard oil is as good
as sperm: vet we learn that the best quail
ties of snorm oil have gone a-begging pur-
chascs there at 60 te sc cents, because
lard oil is furnished at that price and is ge-
ncralIv preferred. When we consider the
immense quantities of oil consumed in
Iamps alone, for which good lard oil is
equal 10 anv other: and add 10 that amount
uicd for machinery of all kinds, for wool
en- manufactures. &c, for which lard oil
is better than any other: we see what an
almost unlimited market is to be opened
for it. And it is to be right away, too
pconIe will not long hesitate about consul
MING this. when it will be so much cheap
er than sperm can be obtained.
70 ascertain the price at which it can
bo ot1;,rdod we have been making some in
or;r;a, and tho CoIIowiro is The rosult. In
y hoo weich,nr two hundred. his hams and
sb,,Ida,s will moke about one-fouth Of his
wcioht. which are worth as much per h.
as is paid for the whole hog. This leaves
$50 hounds. which on the average will
ronda~ 80 rnunds Of lard. Call the expen-
sos Of rendering 30 cents. and the pork So
nor bnndred would make lard 6 cents per
hound A gallon of lard will weigh about
; mounds. and as the stcarine. the residu-
UNI after the oil is extracted, is worth more
ner Mound than the OIL. it is safe to estim.
ate y Gallon Of oil at as cents. and add II
coo,s For manufacturing and wastage. ma
k;na the cos, GO cents. The whales will
be allowed recess with oil at this price,
and il renders our calculation certain, tina
pork will be worth not less than So per
cwt.
Wool Groacing The prairies are so pre-
em;nentlv adapted to sheep, as TO cause it
to he remarked upon by agricultural wri-
ters from all sections of the Union. There
can no No Doubt all mt if: ere ten wears