, 1873-03-02

Cincinnati has packed GIG, ,905 hogs this season,
or less than half as many as Chicago
Our stocks of pork are estimated at %, ooo DTS m
nav and 10 900 brlB old; OF lard 1000 to &C: GOO
tcg Of meats, somewhat less than 9 year ago.
Henry Milward l. Co. write as follows:
From all We can gather, the final summing up Wln
not vary materially from the reports Of tie packing
estimated weekly The eeaaon seems to LOOK more Emu
more promising for the packers as each week
e. The continual call from all points 1of 1ncleaseo
eupplcs and the apparent necessities Of I'll foreign
nations. added to our own domestic wants, render
operators confident that our Increased pacing ~ln
hardly be sufficient eyen at last prices) to cas
creasing weekly large proportion Of the meats md
lard being exported direct on through bns OF sdng,
not English pors but als0 70 aanep .nG
Our stocks viii probably provo smaller than ge9eraa5
anticipated drain has been so e1cessise a1a CO..
tinuo1s The statistics Is to bar7eled meats (rnosty
mess pork} are truly amazing.
From the 1st Of November this season, to INC pres
ent te receipts Of pork SUN up aess tnap oy
sumned up over 5000 b1ls. Our shipments for me
same year sun up over 10000 brla, against about
brs for ths nF ,scens es moi only
plenished the draft on our mannfacture o5 @
but increased stock some ooo brla Ih1s ea9 o
bTls. or cou1so, much Of this may be accounted 1or
By the heavy stock Of old held here the opening
Ct 6 &C. brs ssaso a1e neuded n se
thnt has gone into consumption or applied os stock at
New York and other points: The +r. sn'rmSm.s n;,a
ru1ups &C., but 1t Is doubtful Il the
aggregate OF these be large rs last year me true
souton Of the enigma as to our light rece1ps can 90
found in the fact TINT the country points, with hArd
an exception, made little II any mess pork, deferred
not only By the fact tat neats were more Advantage
ouHly sanble in other forms, but our known neaFy
stock Of old acted bugbcar to NJ the western
country This old must now be taken for actus
consumption at reduced price, cs ts not aVa1ole
for speculative purposes. 1t Is difficult to give any re-
sbIe opinion as to the STOCK but our best information
oud lead Us to believe that 1t cannot be over o
br1s Of new and $4,000 brls of old mess
It il well known that the packing Of mess pors
hers was extremely limited and confined to but few
houees some Of largest houses not having put ul
sn0}e bar1el Last year the manufacture q barrea<
nork waa returned by the packers At 152 2o12 bEts
which With the excess Of brls OF the receipts oSe
ehinments ought to have given us stock OF oye1 lGo
ma brls: but - returned by our packers nnd Wnre
on1etnsn ut the close OF the ecsson, was only
hris mrss, and 6,6l3 brls all other KINDS o. pork
Totai- 101 IT'S bris The stock ct mess At tne arg
snnnIying pointa, CINCINNATI St. Louis Louisville, ant
1ivanteo is much smaller than usunl and impo11an
noints. such ~ Keokut, PeoEta, lndiAnapoIs e1c.
have made hardly any, while the mnrReIs On 5ns So
board. New York. Boston, BALTIMORE, Phanaelpals p
and New Orleans, comparatively bare 30 toat .si
w1ll be probably = more urgent demand 1oi, Ioa
1rcater nroporionate advance in, mess pork 1fo NOV
On than in any other product.
Flour was less active, with decidedly easle
| feeling. owing to the continued drop Il Nhea