The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-11-01
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HOGS AID CATTLE-There is an active de-
mand for cornfed hogs for future delivery at &c
net, and we hear of sales at that figure. For beef
cattle weighing 500 lbs and upwards, the offering
price is 4e.
The Sparta Times, of the 9th, says ave hear
of some offers in the Pork trade at 81, and finest
lots at 81 80. Wedo not think it will range higher
than this. The vast amount Of corn in the country
will enable the farmers to bring many young hogs
TO market"
The Louisville Price Current, Of the 25th, COM
tains the following remarks in relation to the hog
market:
The most important question among provision
dealers and operators is the number OF Hogs that
will be fatted for slaughter the ensuing season.
Three months ago it was generally assumed that Z
the crop OF Hogs, both in number and weight,
would considerably exceed that OF last year. Sub
sequent inquiries and investigations have satisfied
dealers that this opinion is erroneous, and that
there will be increase in numbers, and but little
in weight Louisville was affected 10 greater de-
gree by the drouth OF last year than any other con-
Siderable packing point, AID the packing oil this
season will perhaps show an increase IN weight OF
ten to twelve per cent, but further West where
crops were good last season, the excess in weight
must be trifing. The number to be packed here
the ensuing season is estimated at 100000 against
2s5 900 last year. and 407 600 the year before last.
The crop of the West, last season, was in round
numbers, 2,l24,00O Hogs. The next crop may
reach ., 200, 900 Hogs against 2,47S,OOO Tor the
season of 1854 The average weight will be less
than for that season, when the hogs were heavier
than ever before. The number of young hogs that
must be slaughtered this season, il the Dumber
reaches our estimate will 60 far to reduce the aver
age weight.
The Cincinnati Gazette discusses the hog question
at length, assuming that the crop of the present,
will fall short of that of the previous year. The
Gazette says:
As to supply, the general impression is, that the
number OF hogs in the West will tall short OF last
wear, when the packing was twenty two per cent.
deficient as compared with the previous season.
This supposiron is based on the following ground
In almost every hog producing State, the corn crop
of 1854 was largely short, and the stock OF hogs
consequently not kept up, so that the number
in the country this time is not sufficient to make
crop equal to last years packing, Notwithstanding
the present super abundant supply OF corn. Then,
in addition to this there is known to be large de-
Gciency in the supply of old products that will 60
over into the new Thus, deficiency IN
supplies sufficient, it is supposed, TO justify the
rates that being paid for hogs, is figured up
by operators. Were the hypothesis upon which
these conclusions are based relilbe beyond any
reasonable doubt, the result Of the business would
be certainly satisfactory, but this cannot be said to
be the case.
1t is unquestionably true that the number of hogs
in the country at this time is largely deficient as
compared with last year. but it being also true that
only small portion of the hogs actually produced,
90 into the hands of packers, il may well be ques
toned whether the present heavy crop Of Corn,
aud the high prices that prevail for hogs will OF
operate to a very large extent towards making up
the deficiency that exists in numbers, far re-
CARDS the packing business and also TO Increase the
weight as TO more than annihilate the anticipated
falling off. Experience, believe, has fully es-
tablshed the fact that the high prices for Corn, and
low prices for Hogs, prevailing at the same time,
have never failed to result in short packing OF the
latter, regardless Of the number of Hogs in the
country; and low priced Corn and high priced Hogs
have in most cases produced the opposite result
The latter, therefore, is the main point TO which
attention should be directed in determining the
probable extent of the crop, for notwithstanding
the deficiency in number admitted in the country,
the circumstances referred to above, may produce,
not only full crop, but an excess. Let us then
compare the prices Of Corn and Hogs at this date
Tor two wears: