Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-11-06

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! Twelve months notice TO farmers and they will
furnish ~ many hogs as may be desired, provided
| Won will nav we'll for them, and there IL o good
| l,orn cror, Again, the actual number Of hogs in
those States which furnish the surplus for market,
Is usually about ten millions. The surplus packed
Tor market ut the leading points, therefore do not
| embrace more than one-third Of the actual number
| IN the pork packing States From this, it may be
| seen how easy il is for farmers. when extra in
.ucements are offered. in the shape Of high prices
to increase the surplns.and they have rarely failed
| 10 do this when the business opened at tempting
figures, il has this year. 1t is TO be concluded
therefore that If prices sustained for sixty days
tn come, fall proportion Of all the hogs in tho
West will be packed.
One important question TO be considered, then
is': How doe. the number Of hogs in the coun,
| try compare with last years crop? Looking only
nj the prices that have prevailed and drawing our
conclusions from this basis, we should estimate
n large increase But for several years past a
counteracting influence has operated TO check the
production and reduce, relatively tho number in
the country, NJ that the former has not kept up
with the general increase of population or the
progress Of agricultural industry. Millions Of hogs
have been swept nway by that extraordinary and
mysterious disease known as hog cholera" Within
the last three or four years which has not only
diminished the number by death, but has also
checked the production; for farmers. discouraged
| by the prevalence Of this. epidemic. have in the
infected districts, given less attention than usual
to this department Of business. And during the
past year the disease has been fully fatal as in
any previous season. 1t is question, therefore,
not withstandng the high prices that have pre-
vailed, aud arc still current, whether there is
greater number Of hogs in the country now than
there last year. 1t is safe. we think, to say,
that the increase, if any, is but slight But with
| equal safety it may be concludclthat there has
been no actual decrease in nnmbers--that there
nre ms many animals in the leading hog-producing
States at this time az at the corresponding peri
on last year. II So how will the packing Of tho
TIVE Seasons compare Letus see: Last year. it
will be recoleced. the country at this time in
tho midst Of the panic. Money was exceedingly
scarce and every branch of business was greatly
deranged There were few cash markets for hogs.
In the West, farmers had the alternative Of psok-
! ing themselves. or selling credit In some
ses they chose the latter. and in others the former
But in consequence Of this difficulty, the surplus
crop was not brought out. large proportion Of
it was scattered about through the hands Of farm
crs and small dealers. which was not included in
the general footings and but little ofthis. compar
ntiyoly was sent to market in the shape of pro-
ducts. This year it is different. Money is plen-
ty. business is settled. and everywhere pork
dealers AFRO actively preparing for operations
On the Western rivers particularly there ia brisk
demand for hogs, and at many points the contracts
already made, exceed the total Of last years bust
ness Mt the same places. Wherever there is pork
tradc there il II cash market, In addition full
prices prevail; and farmers are in n condition to
appreciate and avail themselves of these advanta-
ecs. They need money. Many Of them nre in
debt. Wheat crops are short, and hogs the
most available thing they have for sale They
will therefore, be apt to sell asmany hogs as they
can latten' depending upon other commodities for
Domestic consumption. The inference therefore,
that farmers will soil Close and that the full sur
lus crop of hogs will be brought cut and concen
The We've that we have thus presented lead us
, anticipate an increase of the hog crop in 1859.
his viii lie chiefly realized in Indiana, Iowa. IL
| uois Missouri and Tennessee Ohio and Ken
lucky will probably hold their own, but no moe.
he packing. reported last year, in the sevelul
,ncs named, were as follows: