Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-10-23
TEN Esg iFRIDA OCTOBER 49, 1851 Il.

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THE WESTERN HOG CR0P-hINTER4I
s,1 gsiESTING STATISTIGSaas dsd4
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The folloEing,ariclo from the Cinein..
natti Price. C4rrepb Of recent date, con
tainis many statements Of great interest at
thAe present ~ time a;li,osssap ssaaaNd nj n
s,Consequent upon the financial crisis
arising out of the failure of the Trust
CompanSl the, feeling in the market for
hogs, as regards contracts for future de-
liyerya has been quite subdued the last
two or three weeks; and though there
were plentyIo of buyers at 81 for November
delivery pp, to, within the last enrdays of
August and but few sellers, there are now
more sellers, than buyers at this rate. The
question whether the next hog crppwill
be a. 'lengaa or l;'short%a one is being gem
orally discussed and opinions are given on,
both sides freely and supported by plausat
able, logic, to say the leastiof it. Letters
from various sections are being placed be-,
fore the public, stating that the hogs. are
dying by thousands in all directions, and
that in many places there arelnob enopghi
left to- propagate the species is in other
places we, hear the animals are unusually,
abundant and well taken eareofid In some
places it,isi stated with the greater perth,
nacity that Iall except igs-the merest
pigs, were slaughtered last lwinter and
spring pork being SO high, and then again,
we are told that those not slaughtered in,
winter. were during the lastsummer. Here
and there we find communications in the
papers from correspondents Of imercantileI
agencies stating that there are Very few.
hogs in the country. But when it is rec
objected, that !, these eorrespon dents are
icopnty lawyers who, spend, their time,
I"roosting about county court-houses, ,,
! watching for clients, it will be seen that
their opinion regarding the hog or other
crops is, .exseedingly worthless. BE- Dealers
and all interested in the provision market
will, always find it safe to spme there are,
every year, hogs enough in the country )
there may. he less at one time than at an,
other, bat there is always ensugh to fatr
ten 50 as, to makeia long hog cropn in case
/ the. Inducements Hapd the means exist to
dothis, y,iyo4s5Fq islst3msaoe sds COG
4 In our paper we publish the assessors
returns Of the number of, hogs in Ken
! tdcky completes We also publish the
!, returns from thirty-ohe counties in Ohio.
! The former shows AN an increase Of t,cc,Slg-
I niag per cent, as compared with last year,
! and the latter Of eig1@@ per cent. The
/ returns in IIshtack ! are Of hogs SIX months
! old on the i0t69 Of JanHary each year,
/ and in Ohio Of hogs over SIX months '6ld
{ on the 1st Of. April each year. tn Ken
lltucky we find over one million hogs over
I G months old on the 10th of January,
,'1s57, and IN Ohio, if tBe 'ihcfssse I'll. the
!, coahties hot yet heard from is the same al
? it's in those Reported, there we're z, l84-
y 326 hogs over SIX months old on the e ls' .
> of last April Indiana and Illinois had
no doubt three milllons.of tins age on Isl
Of April, SO that 1t will DC seen the supply
Of the animals is ample But then it i
Z said, and il iS'trpo that hogs are being
y swept away by the. 'hog cholera at fright
7 ful rate. This, however, is confined to ;
few localities, chiefly in the vicinity Q
Y distilleries,i and we feel safe in saying tha
n the whole number carried off in this wa,
o for the wear ending December 81, 1857