The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-31

From the Louisville Journal, Dec. 70 ]
The total humbeI o. ogs killed around the falls
this seasoB il 234 .ls5; remaining in pens. GIGS.
Tbs CRANE total received up TO last evening vas
24O $50 head, which 10 26,6z0 10 excess Of last
week. Upwards Of 10000 are yet expected to
CT in Plumbers and weight combined this ear on
last years killing around the falls at two fthA This
corresponds with calculation made Ia another pa
pr several Gays subsequent to ours. The sane
tban THAI Of meat; and as he has been look "a upon
all along a. "lopg crop man. it 10 not % be sup
posed that his calculation Of the yield OF lard Is
shorter than the f. t. warranted. From tie same
source we learn that the falling on in toe Green
river ,ountry and some points in Tsnnesse- is 65
TO 70 per cent AZ compared with last years killing.
Blu. 80 9 settff it is nov generally admitted That
the killing in Northern Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and
that Of last year ts wen also NOS t. Ioss sight Of
the fact that last years crop was largely In excsss
of the O. assumption, and that heavy sto.k Of old
barrel ed meat ia yet unsold.
The Pekin (IIl) Mirror, Of the 14th, says:-
There he's bern rising Of eleven thousand hogs pack
ed In this city up to the present date. The average
weight per head has oeen about two hundred AMI
twenty pounds (at as usually. Prices with scarcely
any exception have not exceeded So so. There vii!
be, without eoubt, twenty thousand head packed
in this market this season, tw0fo!d increase on
laat year.
The Milwaukie Sentinel, OF the 10th, says:-The
past week has been an active one for our po K pack
uDprecedentedy large, and she quality superior to
anything ever seen In this or any other market.
This has been the general remark among oul deal.
ELS. Prices tave ruled low, the extreme strnyency
of the NOR ey market, and the vary large supplies
Of hogs, combining to keep down the rates. Du
rirg the greater part the week SO s. so was tDs
ing cash rate for meet of the pork offering,
though few choice lots brought So rs, and come
purchases were made ct the same rate on time. The
market for this week opens OF about the same H.
cures, with rather better feeling apparent. IL lie
the impression of our dealers that The quantity OF
pork packed here during the current winter will
largely exceed the aggregate Of any previous sea-
SOB.
The number killed at st. Louis, up to last Wed.
nesday, was atou. so 900 head.
Vsry few sales have been made during the wes k,
mcst OF the hogs that have arrived having been
contracted for some time sgo. On Friday $50 head
averaging over 200 lbs sold at 81 50 half cash and
half 80 days. without interest, and about 100 head.
averaging LOS lbs partly corn and partly mast fed
sofa at 50 IS cash. Toe stringency in the money
msfket still operates unfavorably on prices. Heavy
com fed hogs are, however, scarce, and may bs
quoted at a so.
The only transactions In tina product have been
In hams, Of which about 20 600 pieces have been
taken by cursrs at Cac, months without interest,
and In one or two instances one per cent was added
There is no market for barrelled pork lard, aud
shoulders and sides, holcers being unwilling to sell
At tie prices ffered By buyers.