, 1870-12-30

country 6etpg ta ofporkeis ic aagaInoent oond
packer. though noat Of them worked oniy from
ns% nsaa a.,,x., To- @ mouth IN nllns orders TOT
short. on which thsy reaped handtoms proot.
4 seaa q tas @ pseR
on falling scaie. Prices declined til tns middle
o. M Decemoer. When they were about 6xc per h
On On we W. hcgs x..'o pr oFl On pork leac per =
other products IN proportion. Then cane Oh 4
spell Of such hitter weather rs TO Interfere Win
ne nog Supply, and the short Interest became
slalmed a. The fdeh OF not betu9 able 70 MI their
January options, when prices grew drmer, cs-
petlauy rs The price o. coopeFa4c advancel to q
s ve5y niRn point in view Of the large demaud an
Light suppl5.
!. had been thought that the bog crop IN the
sa 6ith ises seing some 6yo ooo head larger than
taken TO feeding hog Or Two for home use. that
there would be very light demand Tor hog pro-
H.. IT, has een s s
large orders: principally for Eoslish meats, and
kept our market comparatively bare, 10 that most
state, tie balance ot the curing Seins Der pertofmed
Tntle IN transit towards the eonsume1E
Il Is now believed, BY the great majority OF
tals season will not be largely In excess OF Thar
last scasoD, the excess beng pftuc1pa!ly In the
wtisht Of The hogu: which will net fully % rs per
eren that addition V iii be enormous. The totai
weight Of the 6s7,t3a hogs packed IN cnicago last
year 3as 40 6is, ,1t2 -: the atit!ton would make
ever, thought prcbsole ina. Chicago wlll aga.n
touch nearly 600 bead this seasou, as sns In
terror pobts seem TO be doing comp1rauyely less
now lhzn year sgo.
Livc Stock.
In this department OF tsade the year 1870 has
been oce OF activity and al fair proats There
nave been periods Of dulness, and times when,
stances. prices were rapidly forced 10 noint that
could hut have resulted in seyere losses 10 West
eru shippers. but wnen We take into considefa.
lion the depression that has characterised busI-
ness generally throughout the couu1ry, aud tue
Small rtonts that have accrued, those engaged In
The 1--we stock trade have little cause for complaint
1n the receipts there has been large increase In
cattle and bheep, and a moderate increase In
hogs THIS increase. though 4 alnly the result OF
lhe natural increase IN i've STOCK Incident TO The
rapid g1owth In population and development OF
tte Northwest, lnay be att.lbnted in part to ,ac
low rates OF freight prevailing during the sum-
ner and tall. and to the txer1ious OF our enter
tEe linton Stock Yasu and Transit Company re-
uains IN the hands Of ptcsliens Chandler ami Su-
peItnteudeut Sherman.
we anh the total receipts OF beef catt!c for the
Ieat 1870 TO be h3s 06] head, against ld hoad
Th u ay ho sscsesss s g heal
t9s.s1I head In lsG9-an increase ui 9tls0 hr41
Tie largest number received In any one month
during the year Was G0,130 IN .August, and tue
smallest ss,oaI in January. Although cur re-
ccirts OF cattle have beea larger hy more than
one hundred thousand head than ever before,
tie supply OF well matugcd beeves has at no time
btcn tn excess Of the legitimate wanM OF the
1radc, md such have commanded better average
prices than dut1ng any previous scason Etnce 1sGo
The supply Of common thin stock has, at most
seasons OF the year, been larztr than could be
disposed Of at aaiisfacsory prices, ana the differ
ence IN fhe market value between com
mon and choice stock baA beceu more marked
than III pEfrions se28onA. Thus ln June. while
the be2t cattle were eagerly taken at IS. cog So
common grades were drug NJ k.2533 %. The
Increase IN our receipts wRa chiefly OF Texas and
Cherokee ca1tie, the number Of naive catle
marketed during the year 1870 being but little
| larger than In 1569- TheAe foreign cattle have
arrived IN better condition than before aud u
much Of the predtuIlce heretofore e1stin9
| s9aiust Texas beef mas worn on, 1t commSnda
higher prices than formerly. During January aud
| the nrst half Of February prices ruled steady al
| $3,008sT3, but from the middle Of Februkty up
| 10 Jnne the market had advanced to fkf50a-5U
| which WAAthe highest point reached. These high
| pt1ceB did not lcDg PREVAIL On July l We dad
1hem ranging at s.. astaB. rs md on the urat daJ
| Of September At 81. .75@a2a During Gctober and
| November they decl1ued to S23091,23, Al which
| range the market cioaeG 1tm.
! The following were the rrlirG prices for cattle
hogs, and sheep, on the 1rst day OF each nontt
during The Jeaf 1870: