The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-03

Prices were maintained i'm this mar
ket at point, considering the condition
of the property, that caused buyers for
shipment to act cautiously and slowly,
hence the stock in store was kept up
from $50, 900 to 100000 bushels, until
after the middle of July, and large
portion of this had remained in the
bins for from six to eight months.
! The crop of spring wheat for 1870,
while probably not large one, is, as
compared with that of 1869, of very SUI
perior quality. The receipts since Aug
ust ! have been l0,209,044 bushels (;
corresponding time last year, 7,6l0,926
bushels. Many familiar with the facts,
estimate that larger percentage than
usual has been marketed during the au-
tumn months, and hence conclude that
our receipts hence to August will be no
larger than last year. The high charac-
ter of the wheat received at this point
since August has sensibly improved the
reputation of Chicago us desirable mar
The Agricultural Bureau at Washing
ton estimates the product Of the princi-
pal wheat-producing States at considera-
bly, less than in 1869.
| Prices at the close of the year are
strong at Sl.0S l.09 for No. 2 spring,
and many predict a much higher range
before spring.
The corn crop of 1869 at the West was
small in quantity, and generally Of in
ferior quality, yielding in less surplus
for market than was anticipated a year
since The receipts at this point for the
year have been 20,lS9,775 bushels,
against 23,475,700 bushels in 1869, the
decline being nearly all in the receipts
by canal-the crop in sections tributary
to it having been apparently relatively
smaller than in other sections of this
State. Prices have remained remarkably
uniform during most of the year, gradu-
ally settling as the new crop approached
a condition fit for market. City con-
sumption has been larger than last year,
mainly owing to the increased distilling.
The crop of 1870 appears to be of fine
quality, and is believed to be the largest
in this State since 1865. Since it was in
condition for market the movement has
been liberal, much of it passing into i'm
mediate consumption but during the
past few weeks considerable has been
stored, under the belief that it will keep
safely until spring.
The Agricultural Bureau estimate
places the entire crop of the country for
1870 at oyer l,l0O,000,0O0 bushels the
same estimate of the crop of 1869 was
SS4 100000 bushels, the principal in
crease being in the Western States.
The production of oats by Western
farmers seems to be in less favor than
a few years since. Receipts for the year
have been l0,472,07S bushels the pre-
vious year, l0,6ll $40 bushels. The
quality of the last two crops has been
fairly good, that of 1870 rather the bet
ter. Prices have ruled rather low as
compared with recent years. and gener
ally dull, with an almost entire absence
of excitement during the whole year.
Receipts of rye have been 1,093,439
bushels iii 1863, 9i5,629 bushels. The
trade has been quiet and lifeless, local
consumption small, considering the
amount of distilling in the city, the
place of rye for that purpose being sup
planted by inferior grades of wheat to
considerable extent The shipments
have been much larger by lake, and less
by rail, than in 1869.
The crop of Western barley harvested
in 1869 was poor in quality and injured
in harvesting, very little of it being of
quality desirable for mailing, hence
Western brewers drew supplies from the
East, largely from Canada. The receipts
of 1870 have been 1885, bushels, all,
except a small portion before harvest,
being of Western growth. The crop of
1870 has proved the largest and best
ever grown at the West.
PROVISIONS.
The market for pork product since
the beginning of the year has been
marked by steady and healthy de-
mand. Stocks have been light at all
prominent points, and the consumptive
requirements have gradually absorbed
the offerings, so that at the beginning
of the present packing season all mar.
kets were nearly bare. The number of
hogs to be received here during the
which to purchase and whatever of
discredit previously attached to our
market i'll this regard has passed away.
present packing season promises to be
considerably larger than last season,
while the weight will be above the av-
erage of last year, probably to the extent
Of Is to 90 per cent.
The number of hogs, live and dressed,
received during 1870 was 1,953,372; in
1869, l,S52,3S2.
Bcef-packing has dwindled into COM
parative insigniicance in this city, but
during the past season large numbers
of cattle have been slaughtered by
Chicago packers at Kansas City, and
other points convenient to the pastur-
age grounds of cattle. The receipts of
cattle have been So, 1854 head in 1869,
403, l02 head.
LUMBER.
The business in the product Of the