Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-10-31

FIhe Gazette anticipates lalllhg OH IN
Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee in conse-
qnoncs Of ihe failure Of the corn crop. In
other States the crop corn is large. The GA
zette says:
It is not expected. we believe, that there
will be any falling of in the number Of hogs
in the States where corn is plenty and cheap,
while an increase in weight Of ten per cent is
admitted. We then have l,Sll, 275 hogs, on
which an increase in weight Of ten per cent.
is conceded. The increase is equal to ISL 900
head, making the total in tho ive Northern
States, in round numbers l,992,OOO. De
duct this from last years total crop, and there
is 9 deficit Of 1853, 547 TO be made up in Ken
tucky, Missouri and Tennessee. These States
packed 539, ,547 head last year Allowing
falling of on this number of thirty-three
per cent, which IS liberal estimate, and
there would be a deficit Of l5s,77l against
the increase in weight in the North of equal
to lsl, ,l2T. According TO this estimate the
crop would come out about the same as last
season. But IS it safe to calculate on a
crop In the Northern States no greater in
number than last year2 With very high
prices prevailing for hogs, and corn being
plenty and cheap-the latter not worth in
many places over ten to twenty cents per
bushel in the tield-it would not seem safe to
anticipate such result.
The Southern demand for provisions will
be much heayier,.than last year, and the de-
mRnd from England promises to be large
Heavy purchases have already been made, in
advance, and those directly interested in the
European trade appear confident that Eng
land will take as much bacon and pork as
last year, il not more. In closing the Ga
zette remarks, athat whatever the result Of
the seasons business shall be as regards pack
ers, feeders are likely to be well paid. A
large proportion of the crop has already been
bought at prices ranging from 1915 to Sc, 75
net, varying according to locality. The con-
tracts in the whole West do not we think,
fall short Of !, 600, 600 head, and most q these
have been taken directly by packers. There
is, therefore, powerful interest already en-
listed on the side Of high prices, aud the mar
ket can only be broken down by indications,
as the season advances, of an increase in the
crop. Feeders, therefore, will be able, in all
probability, to realize an average equal to $l4
to SIS per head for their hogs, delivered here.
Ii is q noticeable faot also that there is less
difference between the prices at Western
points and our currency than in any
| former year. St Louis, which was usu-
ally SOC to 81 behind US, is now full up
This is also the case at Chicago. This is the
result mainly of the action of the railroads,
which carried freight last winter without
special regard to distance. Thus property
was delivered on the seaboard from all points
in the Northwest much lower, relatively,
than from Cincinnati. Western packers ex-
pect to do the same the coming winter, and
hence we shall not be surprised to find ma
terial falling off in the packing business at
this place this season; but if the signs donot
fail, this diversion will be buttemporary; and
lif it should occur, our dealers may perhaps
not regret il, for while few anticipate very
profitable year, many are apprehensiTeo OF dis
Iastrous results. At all events, $40,0o0,OOO
will be placed in the hands Of farmers for the
bog crop, within The DexI ninety days. This,
whom distributed through Ohio, Indiana, IL
linois, Kentucky, Iowa and Missouri, must
make an Important impression upon the
trade of the country and the city merchants.
Ten years ago this number of hogs would lot
have brought over SIS, s,OOO,OCO. This is a
kind OF progress that the farmers of the eoun-
try will be able to appreciate"