The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-12-21
NeEAsE Is THE HOG CROP

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yconsi5erable quantity of
ths 'lus. But this outlet has
bed Tor the last two yefas, for
the YER excellent reason that the
South nds not only produces enough
corn to meet the demands OF home con-
sumption, but has n surplus for expor-
tation. The foreign demand is limited
partly 10y the high cost and scarcity Of
transportation, aud partly by the fact
that ther' is still considerable prejudice
IN EuroIy against the consumption of
American corn. But the comparative
deficiency in the wheat crop neverthe-
less afforded an outlet for corn that
probably would not have occurred under
a more bountiful yield of wheat, and the
corn exports this year were on n more
extensive scale than usual. As an evi-
dence Of the large yield of corn, it may
be noted that the total visible supply,
including stocks in this city and the
lake ports and in transit September %,
amounted to IS, $50, 7S4 bushels, against
! 1901, 900 bushels at the corresponding
period lastyear The exports of corn
from the lst Of January TO the 1st of
October, 1872, were 20, 722, 245 bushels,
an increase of 100000 bushels over
the corresponding period last year
AT PRESENT PiAEs
and with the large supplies on hand,
farmers can not find more profitable
investment for their corn than to con-
vert 1t into pork. In that form it is
nearly always sure of market, and in
a more available and less bulky form.
The foreign demand for pork is almost
certain to be stimulated by the growing
necessities of European consumers. In
England there is a slow but certain de-
cline IN home growth of cattle and live
stock, which has already advanced the
price of meat to an unusually high fig
ure. As this increase is more likely to
increase than diminish, demand will
almost necessarily spring up for all
kinds Of American produce, that is like
ly to grow to very large proportion at
no distant date. The recent formation /
OF the National Pork Packers Associa- /
ton, and the establishment of a new |
and accurate grading system, is calcu-
lated toexerise a timely and favorable +
influence ON the export demand.
THE PROSPECT.
M,
ty in the West, for the manufacture of
pork, and with the probability of a con-
stantly increasing and proportionate
foreign demand, there isasgery reason
to anticipate that the hdytrop of the
future is destined to ASSUME immense
proportions. The indications of an ex-
tensive business during the approaching
packing season are favorable Farmers
are generally feeding their hogs at an
earlier date than usual, and owing to the
abuRdaS and cheapness of food, the
average blight is likely to be heavier
than in fsner years, while there will be
a gain a,mbers. At present the
pork-pae manifest tendency to dis
continual heir purchases among farmers
and conn j the latter to send their hogs
to market. The result of this move
ment depends largely on prices, and on
the various pork-packing centers.-Ne,o
York Bsgiefin.
A rER' u drouth is reported as ex-
isting il rthern Wisconsin, and the
woods "a SO dry that great dread is
lest a repetition of the
awful frss Of year ago should occur. :
Il Is atsj ]. that if the fires once get
,tarted destruction viii be much ]
,reater ~ last year, as the swamps
"a all kl drier. On the ground $