, 1873-10-10
estimating for tho agricultural hurcaus, as there
iaa quito discrepancy between the different o.

estimating for tho agricultural hnroaus, as there
r. quito discrepancy botween the different CO.
Producers ought to DO tho best, judges, and
dnoed by wet springs, dry summers, and
nt,ntimeiy t,s ls!y frqasn who hsa not "beon through
hayo scen an estinato placing tho Drop Of
Iroluos County at two-thirdB that Of 1879. Tho
best crops In the county Aro In portion OF tho
south purt, natd to bo tho best botwoen Chicago
aud Contrhlla by many who hAye passed. alo1g
tho l. 9. Il. H., and am fully porauaded thait
tho ostimato above Ia too high for tho boal town
ships IN tho county.
-, | hayo aosn many samples; nearly all are
ally finee samples arc seeh but the best ia very
unequal In q,.ulity, and worry largo portion ia Of
no uso except for stock foel.
A farmer told mo fow days ago that llB crop
hc did not put hia at over ono.fourth Of last
year's crop, and ho wna teetling lust twice the
bulk Of corn to the samo number OF hogs that
he did lust year at this time, md thoy wore not
teal farmer. vol knows, that immature Of Frost
bitton corn is very doticent In foodinR value.
and It IL impossible to fattcn animals on 1t. a
Tow farmers IN this vicinity arc waking up to tho
them for fnttonng their stock, even hauling Il
from town back to their farmB, whilo eome seem
to think their crops nre very good,-thongh such
ones ueunlly acknowledge they havo not exan,-
From direct reports from Leo and Wlitoside
Counties mud TINT part Of tho State, from What
"Producor" says Of his part Of tho stato,
(schuyler County,, and also from reports
from other parts Of tho State, I
ali through the great corn bolt orcopt nlong the
water-conraos where the drainage Is good OF tho
land saudy Or gravelly, aud, with such exoep~
tionB Comprising n very small portion OF the
state), the average is much losn than half an
average crop; but surprising tho crop Averages
ono-half that Of 1s72' whit will be tho result
not claiming them to be exact but approximate
ing as closely aH tho average Of statistics
The receipts Of hogs for last year, ending (see
Chamber Of Commerce report for oxaot dato),
was over $500, 600; and q very large number
was shipped from the State directly East By tho
A large number can,o to Chicago from other
BtateB. Yet think tho hog product of Illinois
amounted to 2,5O0,0Oo to 100000 Of hogu
The amount OF corn necessary to "mako "shog
vnrios with tho advantages possessed by tho
feeder, With plenty Of good pasture, twenty
do not doubt that nearly double that amount is
ted TO each hog but calling tho product 2,500,-
900 4 think low eRtimato), aud tho average
amount twenty 1.-Two bushels OF corn per hog, and
NO have the amount fod to hogs 62, 500, 900 BUSH
OILS. think We may safely ostimate thea amount fed
horsea, mllch-cowa, hens, humans, burnt and
wasted, cannot fall far abort OF 10000, 600 to
so, ,d0O.
Tho amount received in Chicago for 1872 was,
I think lin round numbers), 48t00o,0O0. Some
came from other States, but more won't out on
Eastern roads, 30 that, think, We may safely
estimate the expotrH from tho btato'at 30, ,O00.-
600; then we have tho following results:
Corn fcd to hogs. s26ooooo