, 1859-11-23

i he Teatlef Is more favorable fer packers.
but nos well settled yet. st. Louis packers ii .
december 10th, Mt the following rites: $3.50
net Tor those averaging oTer 200 TBS net !; s. for
those averaging 1ov a,s.. md $5.25 fur hogs OF
$50 to eo0 Tbs. As Jet only small! lots have
come in, which would hare been tuken by
butchers, were not fresh beef, by the quarter,
30 plentiful on the market. These 5o9lUo head
lots are picked up by packers, aud slau chtcred
wlsen sufficient number accu,nulates, Ash
cruft has killed some 5000 head; Dayhas CON-
tneuced on zoo head Saturday, out Of Gu0 in thei.
pens. But It is too early and warm for gene
nut commencement or receipt Of large lois Of
tat hogs.
st. Louis packers arc also investing 1ureely in
Aoss Ut various points in the country, in Iowa,
Illinois and Missouri. The ycssrs. Amcs buy
and pack at Muscatine and keokuk, Iowa, and
tt Warsaw aud Quincy, Illinois, and other
points, and are about making commencement
iu packing there. +. X. Bruce l. Co. pack at st.
Joseph and Weston, Mo, aud also ut kcokuk,
Iowa, and Peoria, ILL.,, with others Of our pork
merchants. Ar. Roe, in addition to packip:
nudria and Canton, No., and ut Warsaw, Ill.
Ills prices there, which NC suppose arc tho same
~ the others, are 4.50 net for hogs uetting .5D,
sad grading down, csc PR 100 less, for each
falling oil Of a5 lbs. Thus, our St. Louis pork
inescAants hare capital enough at their CON
maud. not only for all the hogs that may arrive
lcre, but to 10 tue business OF many Of the heav-
lest packing point in this aud adjoining States,
from which the hog products eau easily reach
1t. Lonis by river Communication, and from this,
the seaboard, nj all seasons of the year.
A small consignment Of new Mess Pork and
Lard (e7 brls Of one aud IS kegs Of the other)
llns already been received here by Partridge &
Co., from Newell L Smith, 20 miles in thc lntc. 9.
sior Of Iowa, at birmingham. To be thus the
lirst in the market shows enterprise worthy OF
note. The Pork will probably sell today ut
$14-5o, and tue Lard Ut lec-
tFtoua the feo.i. {1!l.> tsan1alpt. NV. 81
Warmed by the experience Of las. year, pack,
css are fighting shy, and SO fur, hare moi. that
we have hcari, nude single contract. Thcr
oGvr to tuke hogs md slaughter them uad allow
tue owners to tixupon the ruling price any time
in December. Farmers are holding Oh for q
higher price than We feur they will realize. They
usk S net while packers think they cannot
pay over q to q 25.
Last year our packing houses were full of
yond that period, ia owing partly to tho warm
weather and partly to the likeness Of fatten.
ing the hogs.
from tic K.ns.s City tAo., Metropolitan, l;,h.]
AZ st. Joseph, contracss aro being made nt
II net, but moving slowly, holders keeping
her is isPrepared 10 contract at f3..5 gross, which
liz equivalent tn II 10 net, or be will give a net:
extra lois sA.e;. 4 number Of holders have
called upon him, but they arc disposed to ak
tile same prices in lots, that they can get in the
country villages at retail Of from one TO ten
head to families, No permanent contracts for
large lots have get been made,
IFson4 The Clinton {to~., 1Ieszld1
Meksrs. 4. o. Mitchell Co., ase erecting a
pork packing establishment on Little Rock
Island, q! that place, and will in few DAYS be
prepared to slaughter from fire to seren hun
dred hogs per dag.
tFfou the Bei'eviue {Ili,l Democrat. 1ssh.1
Pork is being fed freely, and viii soon be
ready to slaughter. We are satisfied, however,
ftom personal observation in rurious parts Of
the country, that n very small lot Of pork. COM
raratively vii! be real'zed this year. Very III
tia more, if any, than will be required for home
consumption. There are no preparations max
ing that We hare heard Of to pack any this sea.
son in Bellevfle. What may te the price from
waXous GU the streets VIC art uuahlc to say;
but perhsps about a rer hundred.