The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-04-22
Annual statels. cut OF Pork Packing
an the west. a

from the Cincinnati Commercial
! Over two months age we Published statements
/ In the Price Current which Indicated very aecu.
rately what would be the result OF pork packing
! no nresent season; ard though we have been In
! ,osssssipp II the great bulk Of $ho returns since
iLep and ALI but about eight or ten durinEfbe last
tAt.e weeks, re deferred rs Siissiasahix car usual
annual statement, until nov, IN order To be able 10
The number IL hogs packed the present season, it
will be seen Is over four million head, being, an
uoreage over the packing of the season OF 1861 z
of over million and quarter, Bsisaly, y357, ISL,
being an increase of 40 l-loth per cent The de.
crease in weight is - par cent, eas Ing a nek.a-
crease Of ovsr32 3-5thspor cent rs <c~yarsd With
last wear The yield of leaf lard Is FIVE pounds
,,st bs,. less than it ~ in 1SGl=?, but owing to
the great Increase in the number OF hogs shnght-
| cred there is an absolute increase in quantity OF
! ga per cent over last In these compari-
/ sons we do not include the Tennessee packing
| last season.
Ii win he seen that the great incrcssc was in that
section of the West tributary Chicago. but Of all
that section, in 40 place that increase SO mark
| cd ~ In Iowa, and our correspondeItss In ihst
| State say that fully onc.half of The hogs packed u.
] Chicago, were shipped from thence, and explain
the enorm ou nj ease hi this wny. The enrii crop
in that State, The past two years, was IN unusually
| good ore; but owing to the blockade OF the Missis
| sippi To, usual channel OF outlet To markesr and
the low price, the pytlcle did not admit Of trans
portation to the East il was therefore rs matter
of necessity fed hogs, to extent unusual, and
which would not have been The case had market
been accessible. This applies not only to Iowa,
but to that portion OF Illinois bordering upon the
upper Mississippi. Owing TO the gree speculation
in, and the high price ofKod feHrj.s rptte prices
and which rrnlGd III much ad.
vantage to the feeders if the currency was down
! TO a specie basis. The rise in gold affected none
but those who foreign goods, and Of these the
agricultural classes use but little.
Ii will be there is large increhso in NIL the
Ssgates but kentucky, and in that State there is
decrease, but this is not wonderful and the sur
prise s that the packing along the Ohio is largs
as it has been, owing to the disturbed state Of nf
fairs and the repeated menaces of the rebels along
| the border.
When the season opened, owing to the large
| stock of barrel and bulk meat on hand, and which
had become next to unsaleabe, the impression ~
general that the product of the hog crop, which
the tpode then did mot suppose would exceed tina
of the previous season, ard, in mnny cases, tina
il would not up to IL, should b
packed in shape for foreign markets, o. but
small amount would be needed for home market
and. therefore, boxing sides, shoulders and hams
for The Liverpool market WAS the rule throughout
and "a was not until in December that any Of con
st,,8rEcc was put in barrels for home market -
TINS naturally led to shipments of baked meat
abroad, to an extent vastly greater than tue prev
Gus season; t,.,i ewing TO Il tigA premium OF
gold and sterling exchange, b,- a.eut VAS furnish
! ed in foreign market at prices below the previous
year. and which has induced largely increased
consatr liiom ia England. France, Germany, Hol
lard ana Denmark
The amount OF mess pork packed has been small
unusually so. We have returns ON this pom
TO enable us to make any estimate approaching ae
curaoy bat we think il not over one-thrd th
amount packed the previous season. The scarcit,
and high price Of coopernge had some influence il
diminishing the amount A good deal of tina
packed in barrels was prime mess--aBtieipating al
army demand.
Last season, owing to the vary low price and tn
unsettled state Of the public mind, and the want o
confidence 10 The currency, IN uaassal number 0
hogs wcre packed bylfsuznsrs and country mer
chuntss stated in our last annual report; thi
season this was almost universally avoided, a. th
packing done la this way ass season, the scqae
has shown. proved uawise, ard generally re
suited IL heavy lossc- to the parties, because tn
meat wac generally unsnleable.
The yiold of LARD given bciowis what is GALES
leaf tard only In many places the greater portion
OF the hogs were rendered into lard but this wa
not done generally 1t was last season, W hcl
was partly owing TO the fact that tbs hogs ser
not SO well istted and partly to the Eigher price
paid for ihem. Lard WAS considered lover in ptV
portion than the meat, and hence il bought III,
lie .sya on speculation IN siailar manner TO VIVA
me ~ PORK was Jas. season. The shipments TO FOR
4 eign countries have been large.
the returns from SO packing points in Ohio, L
in Iowa, SO in Indiana, 80 IN utupis, Il 10 Mis-
souri, in kentucky, andS b WisconGns foot Y
4 sIvlL wA.h e. ~ W. NJ NY .