The Saline County journal., 1874-01-08

The increase will be at about the rate Of
SIX per annum to the SOW. With stock
of twenty sOws, this rate will give an
annual crop Of ono hundred and twenty
rketabie hogs. If ted from the tune
the sow ceases to suck1e them, as trey
should be, tho yousg ones will cost a lit
tie less than two dollars each to raise
them fit for the faatenins pen. The es-
innate Of breeders il dat the COW, tat
tsncd, will sci! tor enough TO bring the
litter up to this age. The young hogs
will 10 fit to fxtten when from seven to
nine months old, and then to prepare
them for market but twelve bushels OF
corn is required. Corn in Kansas wss
worth about twenty cents per bushel in
1871; about fifteen cents in 1872, and
about thirty tho present year, making
the average for three years about twen-
'ty-tw0 cents per bushel. This is prob
ably as good xs farmers can hope to do
one year with another. Hogs for the
same years wers worth in the Kansas
City market for 1871, $3.50; for 1872,
s3.65, and ehis year, s4.OO and over, per
hundred, making the average fer These
years about $3.50. From this data an
estimate may be made, leaving out oi
the question the original stock, on the
grounds that, faftened, 1t will usually re-
pay the farmer the original cost and sx'
pense OF keeping.
We have then, at the above minimum.
ready for the fattsning pen, ore hun
dred and twenty hogs that cost the far.
mcr little less than $3.50. The corn re-
Quired to fatten them at the average
price Of the past three years will cost
S3l6.SO, making the total cost S597
The hogs should average, when ready
for market, about go pounds, making
An aggregate weight Of $4,000 pounds
aud at tho average price Of the las,
three years, in the Kansas City market
would be worth 81, ,l40. Deduct cost,
and tho remainder is Sj43, which is the
profit. Is this not sufficiently tempt
ing inducement for Kansas farmers!
1t is then shown how the corn which
is raised in such quantities in our State
can be made to bring higher price than
in any other way. Here is the arsu
mCnt:
Again, estimating that -ihe hogs ea,
S597 worth Of corn, worth % cents per
bushcl, and making q liberal deduction
to pay for trouble, and the price per
bushel realized for the corn will appear
to be At least So cents. No arsuMent is
needed to show The advantage of dispcs-
in. Of corn in this way in preference to
marketing it at an average price OF 22
cents. For corn, the markets are dis
tant and long lines of expensive trans
portatiOn intervene between them und
The Kansas farmers; tor hogs the mar
kct is at home.
We do not give tho above figures as
absolutely correct; the experience Of
farmers may vary from them somewhat,
but it will be found that as an Average
they are not far wrong, and are rather
below than above what actual expert
mcnt will show.
Another element onters largely into
this question: in Kansas, and makes this
species Of industry still more profitable
to the farmers. Large numbers Of Tax
rs cattle are annually wintered in that
State, especially along the line OF the
Kansas Pacific, the great cattle road OF
the West. Hogs may 10 allowed to fol-
low these cattle duri-g the time Of their
feeding, and will fatton on the waste Of
the cattle, and be rsady for market nj
the same time, thus saving all expense
of fattsning and adding that much more
10 the profits of the farmer.
Facts arc then produced to show that
4 permanent market is certainly assur-
ed. That extensive packing establish
ments are in existence in Kansas City,
Lcavenworth and Lawrence, which are
backed by wealth, and which will afford
sufficient competition as to give stcadi-
moss to the trade and good prices. Sta
listics are then given which prove that
The interest is already grown. in Kan
,as, farmers arc already considering the
subject, and in many cases have turned
almost their entire attention to this new
business. The Kansas Pacific,in this i,,-
erest, is liberal, and the company is
hard 10 build up this branch Of
business. The General Freight Agent
'oIicits correspondence from all along
he line of the road, from farmers aud
,thcrs interested.
Forrest on the Flag.
Gen. Y. B Fol rest has written letter 10 /
! Memphis ncwspaper,undSr date OF Dec.