Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-11-08

The Gazette anticipates falling off in
Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee, in con
sequence of the failure of the corn crop
In other States the corn crop is large
The Gazette says:
1t is not expected, we believe, that there
will be any falling off in the number Of
hogs in the States where corn is plenty
and cheap, while an increase of weight Of
of ten per cent. is admitted. We then
have l,sll,2s5 hogs, on which an increase
in weight of ten per cent. is conceded
The increase is equal to ls1, 900 head,
making the total in the five Northern
States, in round numbers 10000. De-
duct this from last years total crop, and
there is deficit of 5s,547to be made up
in Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee.
These States packed 539,547 head last
year. Allowing falling off on this num-
Der of thirty three per cent, which is lib
eral estimate, and lhere would be deficit
Of 1871 against the increase in weight
in the North of equal to lS1,128. Accor-
ding to this estimate the crop would come
out about the same as last season. But
is it safe 10 calculate on crop in the
Northern States no greater in number than
last year With very high prices pre-
vailing for hogs and corn being plenty and
cheap-the latter not worth in many pla-
ces over ten to twenty cents per bushel in
the field-it would not seem safe to an,ici-
pate such a result.
The Southern demand for provisions will
be much heavier than last year, and the
demand from England promises to be
large. Heavy purchases have already been
made in advance, and those directly in
terested in the European trade appear con-
fident that England will take as much ba
con and pork as last year, if not more
In closing the Gazette remarks, "lba, what
ever the result of the seasons business
shall be as regards packers, feeders are
likely to be well paid. A large proportion
of the the crop has already been bought
at prices ranging frcm 1878 TO s6,75 net,
varying according to locality. The con-
tracts in the whole West do not, we think,
fall short of 100000 head, and most of
these taken directly by packers. There
is, therefore, powerful interest already
enlisted on The side of high prices, and
the market can only be broken BY indica-
tions, as the season advances, of an increase
in the crop. Feeders, therefore, will be
able, in all probability, to realize an aver
age equal to sl4 to SIS per head for their
hogs, delivered here. 1t is noticeable fact
also that there is less difference between
the prices at Western points and our cur
rency than in any former year. St. Louis,
which was usually SOC to ST behind us, is
now full up. This is also the case at Chi
cago. This is the result mainly of the ac-
ton of the railroads, which carried freight
last winter without any special regard to
distance. Thus property was delivered on
the seaboard from all points in the North
west, much lower, relatively, than from
Cincinnati. Western packers expect to do
The same the coming winter, and hence we
shall not be surprised to find a material fall
ing off in the packing business at this place
this season; bat if the signs do not fail,
this diversion will be but temporary; and
if it should occur, our dealers may per-
haps not regret it, for while few anticipate
4 very profitable year, many are appre-
hensive of disastrous results. At all events,
100000, 900 will be placed in the hands
Of farmers for the nog crop, within the
next ninety days. This, when distributed
through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky,
Iowa and Missouri, must make an impor-
lant impression upon the trade of the
country and the city merchants. Ten years
,go this number of hogs would not have
brought over SIS, 100000. This is kind
,f progress that the farmers of the coun-
Try will be able to appreciate"