New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-07
ra.I.....I77I7,p0 7tS5,o75 2277A3 HlI%l N.sI@1's
The export Of Animal Products from Chicago
dnr;nn the lat GEAR Sums up as follows:

Hog killed here during the yeArs'''sss..''s' <oSot
Beef cs.,Is re eiyed In is5s..... 1851
Butter r,,eeiyea ard shipped n..........". 3G56sa
Wool shippsd b...........s....'.'''''''' '''sso0
Hehwinss sbpped, bols.'''.''''''''''''' IN oSa9,4
Hides, 'S,.3S9se
Grass Seed, D.......... ....'.'''.''''''' 4'iH'''
The returns from which the above are com
piled are necessarily imperfect-Woo, for exam
pje. showing a receipt Of 81 500 ib with an ex-
port Of but 594, ,610 as above. Very much stock is
driven in and sold in such manner as MT to be
taken into the account, as much produce comes In
by wagon and is sold and consumed without being
recorded. Consider that Chicago is but Of yester-
daJ--that the boy who used in 1880 TO bring her
weekly Eastern mail from Niles, Michigan, go
miles, on an Indian pony crossing the Calumet on
q tree felled for a foOt-bridge, camping in the
woods, and passing but single Post-Ofiice CLa-
porte) on the way, is not yet an old man, and that
not one.tenth Of the soil, which must ultimately
contribute to the Exports of Chicago, has yet been
broken up, and We have some glimpse Of the uti-
mate importance of the Agriculture Of the North
West.
Not that tie export Of Grain or Flour from this
region is to keep pace with the growth Of the
couptry-fsr from il. To-day the production of
Grain for ca, vt IL the most precsrious and worst
paid direction which the farmer of Illinois or 10
can give 70 bis labor. The ssme amount Of effort
devoted to the production Of Horses, Cattle, Hogs
or Sheep, will pay him twice well. But the
poor cahLot await slow returns, and the labor in
vested in sowing Spring Wheat or planting Corn
can be turned into cash in the course of Fix months
while the stock grower must wait three or four
wears for his reward; 40 Grain viii be grown and
shipped, at least until the farmers of the North
West shall be less generally harassed by debt
By-apd-by, shoemakers, tailors, hat.ers spinners
weayers, &c, will be drawn hi.her by cheap food
and ready markets for their wares at fair prices;
but so long as Clothing, Shoes and Hats can be
bought in Eastern cities OH credit Wills the
makers, if living here, would have to be paid
down for them, Ispprehend that this benehcent
movement of manufacturers and mechanics
from the East 10 the West will be much
slower than the general good requires. Mean
time, the West must export Grain, though
every bushel Of it takes from her rich soil
elements which she does not replace and will ulti
nately miss and though for every dollars worth
nus exported double amount, under a rude ana
vicious system Of cultivation, is washed out by
rains and foods. and carried down stream TO be
lost in the Lakes or the Gulf
do not believe Wheat. growing q profitable
pursuit in this region. Tast the labor devoted TO
The last crop has not been half paid, is We'll under
stood; but it does not seem TO be so well remem-
bered that the poor harvest Of 1858 does by no
meats stand alone. In fact, it had slresdy been
sives Up that Winter Wheat could not be relied
on as staple crop in Illinois or lowa-that there
b too little snow in Winter OF too much wind,
or too much ice, or too many sudden and violent
changes of temperature, or too many destructive
insects, TO allow il fsir chance. The Spring
wheat of this region is an Inferior article ST best;
and now this has failed slso think il viii not
be sown bali 30 extensively next Spring as it was
last Spring-snd the ground thus yielded VIII not
be recovered. Chicago will export less Wheat
and Flour in 80 than she did in Sc, and, though
her aggregate export Of these staples msy he
greater ten years hence than il now is il will bear
far smaller proportion TO her entire export trade
than il has done. The growing Of Wheat viii
move gradually northward-to northern Mi,higin,
Wisconsin, Minuesots, where the snow lies
through most Of the Winter and protects tae
yeuns plants from fierce winds aud bitter fro.i.
illinois will not for many years grow 80 many
bushels Of Wheat 10 each cultivated acre o! her
soil as abe has done.
With lndisn Corn, the case is different From
tAe answers to pretty general inquiries conclude
that an Illinois farmer who understands his business
can usually sack four bushels OF sAe.!ed corn Tor
every day S work of man or team required in its
pxeducion-in other words, cen earn dollar per
day in growing corn and selrg il at hi. barn st
twenty Eve cents per bushel Some do better than
this; Others much worse; bat growing corn here
ct twenty Eve cents per bushel fair business TO
those who understand il; while the farmer who
ln0ws how and when TO sell, and is not obliged to
Asrry his crop into market prematurely, can aver
age higher price taan that, alter adding the cost
sf taking it 10 market. There are portions Of the
State in which il may not average 60 much; bat
even here the crop nav b. fed IN the field oa the
car TO Swine or Cattle 20 as to psy at least the
above price. believe, ths refore that the prOduc.
ton Of corn in Illinois and Iowa is destined to in
crease largely and rapidly and that the production
OF Pork from il at anything Ike present prices
sure road 10 wealth. Cattle grown on prairie
grass and eorn-stalks st very small cost and wei
fattensd on corn before selling also pay well;
Horses better; Steep, where well housed a. nigh
and carefully tended, hes. Of sll. There ought 10
be millions more Of Sheep in this State, especially
Of tiose breeds which yield choice Matton-and 10
doe time there will be. With a range including