Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-12-13
THE HOG CROP.
The Trade Of 1851 aud the Prospects
for SG2.
From tho Cincinnati Gazette

ihe movements attract general altcN-
ton. But never before in the history
81 the country did the packing season
open under circumstances so peculiar
aud embarrassing as this year. The
/, Juthern State, which have been large
consumers Of hog products, are no"
closed Low long this blockade : TO
continue no one, OF course, can prcdica,
as this must depend altogether on the
duration OF the rebellion. /. Is quite
natur4l, then, for packers TO inquire
what is 10 be done with the hog crcp 70 /
lie absence Of Southern mark.t, as 1t
il to calculate The risk attending invest
mcnt, when the result is supposed TO de-
pend mainly upon the duration OF the
war. We find, therefore, that the home
ira lie, smarilng under the heavy losses
Of last year, aud in view OF the unccr
tainties in which the future "a involved,
operate with great caution, and mani
fest, generally, disposition that causes
them to be about evenly balanced be-
tween do-nothing and moderately &C
tive policy. Under these circumstances
it VIII be Interesting to glance at the
trade Of last year, and to ascertain tie
proportion Of the crop CONSUMED III The
south Having obtained this intorma
t;on ne shall be the better prepared to
discuss the question as to the disposi-
ton Of incoming supplies.
The receipts Of pork and bacon at
New Orleans from September lst, 1860,
t. June 18th, 1861, vixen the tredc was
suspended, were (rcduclng all packages
to It's, So, 522,976 lbs. This, with the
: exception Of 7,329,9Oo lbs. exported to
foreign countries, was consumed III the
South. Cincinnati exported IN that
time, to New Orleans 29,772,10o lbs,
and to other Southern ports &c. 33s,4ol
lbs. while the total exports from this
port were 81 ,920,27l lbs. OF the total
: shipments southwark from tbs port,
= TWENTY-FIVE per cent. went to other
Southern markets than New Orleans.
Estimating the distribution oil stocks
shipped from other places in the West
c upon this basis, We approximate The To-
G tai Southern consumption as follows
Received at New Orleans, Id, IS, 522 80
! Shipped from ClHcinnat 10 0tncTSoutu-
era markets. .lV,o4S,toA
4 Ship Sd from other western markets TO
other southern ports. ......... ,43o,''a
Total supplies sen. Sou,h lLs....l2l ,2O2. l9l
Fgrei IN xports from New Orleliz.... s,329, sot
Left for Southern consumption. ......ll3,9'Z 3al
These fgnrcs embrace the entire
> shipments down the Ohio and Mlssls
e sippi rivers. In addition, Eastern Nir
e gnia, North and South Carolina, Geor
gia and Alabama received conslder;0,
:, supplies through Baltimore. We law
no statistics showing tho extent of TIL
= branch Of the trade, AMI We can do n
e better than guess at the figures. An es
il innate Of this character is not wort
ne mach, We are aware, but il our reader
n are Lot satisfied, they can guess Il
themselves. We put it at 100000
II lbs. The net Southern consumption
- south, from the " est, lbs. ll3 9.2 SO
By way Of Baltimore. 100000
TOTAL, lbs............ l3S .9.2 80
W The reported hog cop, as shown b
J., the packing at the leading points in til
i West, last year, VAS 2,l55, 72o ht aG
Is which would yied in meats, 323, 358
!. 900 lbs. The actual number packct
!. was OF course greater than reported, a
many small! points were not included II
=. the returns; but these omissions ar
r probably offset by the cen,umption 0
: products in the West, so that the crop
N rs reported, may be taken as fair basi
i IN calculating the exports and consump
@ ton outside Of the producing district:
! We have, then:
=, Total production lbs. 32335s eo
Southern consumption. $3.50. lbs ,972 80
l surplus. isl, SS6 40
+ Thus surplus is SD own of abou
N 100000, lbs for Eastern and foreig
e consumption. This, it is known, prov.
l. ed more than sufficient; for, notwith
N standing the demand created by tn
~ army, there is a surplus in the North, "a
a. this time, from last years products, c
d 100000 lbs. The crop of 1s6O,w,
Sc tiud, was distributed about as follows:
'e Inc East and Foreign countries 1856 40
f. Surplus on hand. 30 900 90
iotai crop.......... 1928 358 so
d With crop of hogs this season equa
O. to that OF ls6O-6l, and in the absenc
u OF southern market, there must be
'e largely increased consumption in tn
C. East and foreign countries in order t
" absorb the stocks. 1t is not our pu,
- pose TO speculate here as to the exten
8. OF the incoming crop; but it will b
'e profitable to 6 lance at the probable fol
eign demand. What amount was ex
ported from last years cropl
Mt The official report of the Treasur
IT. Department for the last fiscal year, END
RI ing on the 3Oth of June, has not yet bee
published, and we are therefore unabl
to answer this last question accurately
:" But the exports were enormous-unpre
e cedently large. From the port of New
York alone there was shipped, in eleve
n. months to Dee. LIST, of barrel pork an
>, cut meats, G4,2GO,7sS lbs. We estimat
other ports, except New Orleans, whic
C. we give exactly
- Nv io,h............. ........... "a $50 a
9 o''eans'.... ~ 0Z9 ,oC
Osher ports. &C G. 90
IL. Total in II months, lbs. sc, $50 81
ho The figures for the whole year woul
probably reach 1000 600 600 lhs "a III