, 1874-03-16

400 hn do at s1.2l 2,ouo BIZ No. Northwestern
et g. ~ 400 bu No. strictly floah spriug at
Sea12f i & bu s DE- 1s It. $12 4 ~ ss DO DO
r. l.? iaSs % su sis do =! s III X
Corn yay quiet and yory stosay at m avoraeo
of o bslow the pr price, M of Friday Livcrpool
Now York was unchanged, and tic receipts llore
Nero somowlint larger tl,an Ind boeh expected,
Iha conflict ofinlueuooB nude operators gener-
n1ly unwilling to trade. except In aettonlo,t, and
tlmo past, The buying for April and solltng ior
May, Which liaa beon n leading feRturo OF the
markot for couple Of wooks, VIVA partially B,lB-
pondo1,. tho innrgln of difference botwoon tho
two having been narrowed down SC much M to
proao,nt little temptation u continue. There
was almost no demand for caah lots, except for
The lowor gradcH.. which wore wa1ltol by tue
local distillols. Seller April opened at 0t56o,
declined to o1s6o ayanoea 10 o216c, foil bnek to
cl05JGo Regular No. closed at sii5 aiSio, s and ID
strictly frosli receipts Of do at cake. Now No. !
closed ut Goo, old rojootod at 6SI1o antnow do
Ct 6g19 60, Oaah saloa wero reported Of 1,200 b,l
No 1la sat'19btly a by d9es st bn do
lar at 6111c; 10. 600 Blu do Mt o11(o; 1,200 bu do
new at Goo: 1000 bu rejected old at 6816p Q, 200
bu do At 58o; 4,400 bu do now at b7o 1,001 bl
10 nato St oG1o sau bu DO at 6oo. Total 424oo bu.
tho greater part of tho session, though avcrag.
BolIor April sold at 441441Sc, ansl seller Iay 1t
47@A735fo. both closing firm as tho outside. Re-
gular No; closed ut 431fc, and gilt odgod ro-
Of 500 bn No. !, strictly frosh, 1T 4i1o LOO
bu 90 go Htorage) Mt 44c I'D, Zoo bu rog,llnr at
a9Mo u; l. 100 bu by sample ut Goo GOO 61 do ut
d9o o l., GOO bu do at 4so' all on track. Total TO-
Rye was quiet md steady, with small do
mand md 2 light supply hence no deviation
from tho ruling price Of tho past wool1. nogu-
lar No. was onttroly nominal at Bio. sales
were restricted to 1000 bn No. q, strictly fresh
receipts, Of 8oc; 400 bu by sample ut 88]lo; 400
bn DO at $50; md 400 bu rejected Ut &c. Total,
Barley WAS qufot and stronger, being In good
domand, while thero was very little disposition
to coll, oven at m advance. Now York Ia still
depressed s BY tho presence Of foreign barley
from the flow of California barley, as 1t barely
pays to tay 1t down hero at prosont prlcos with
freight chargoa at zoo por bu. No. cloaod firm
e. Sd:eg Ely cash Or aellcr April. No. closed at
we're YSa reported Of 400 bu No. N. w At 1.G0
400 bu do, fresh, at s158; 1000 bu No. 8, fresh,
at 81.50; 1,200 bn do at S1.471<; l 600 bu do at
91.47; 400 In rejected nt s1.39; 400 bu do Mt
$l.31 900 bu by sample, California, ut s1.0o; !;
Wcstorn, at s1.57; 400 bu do at 81 a5, delivered.
Total, 10, 100 bu.
EUROPEAN MAHKETs.
Tho following atlyicoa were received on Change
today, III addition to those given lii our telo-
graphic columns
MARou l4.--London-C Continental demand continues
Tor carEocs Of Wheat. Cargocs Of wheat a1d Oft
coaHt, hrm; on paaBngc, steady. nycrpooE EWhcat,
steady. Corn, 4os Cd.
rACKlSa,
Mesars: Cowlea Il Dunkloy, in tho Daily Com
morcial Report. and Market Review, present
stntistios Of packing In Chicago during tho past
satoRRon, which dif1er from those published iu
thcBo columns on Saturday lnYt. They mako
tho total number of hogs packed from Oct,
to Feb. 2S to bo 1,539tS5l, and for tho rngulnr
Hoason ,4GG ,2O1. Avorago wolght,. 2156 lbs !;
yield Of lard, 37.S Tbs. They say:
In our report wo lave omitted some returns from
small houRcs who nro packora only in tho smallest
semao % Of tho word, md might more properly bo
they do not xiii hog but buy dressed lots from reg
lar alasghtercrs end doubt quite frequently hap
pans tha. hogs ase duplicated. Tint this view Of tho
common occurrence for lnen who make business u
hnying hogs s'.d killing for the city trade to sell hogs
lie s ga e ani a oasr Sn' also Eoperss
them, hence tho duplication. II is not IN unco-
mon Ching either for packers to buy few hog.
plcaton. Again, thoro some packers who do. not
kill hcir own lloKs, but lire 1t dnno ut hpuacs whcro
elaughtcring for other parties Is mao business but
der tho head Of live" while {horo is chanco aaa Tor
tho packerslaghter to report tho hogs. Iudced
subject wo aro led 10 the bclicf lint these aro facts
worthy Of consideration. The strongest argument
stntenlcut In nutshell:
Hcccipta OF i've hogs for November December
,,ccents y " nsasseG far
Total receipts for four months ,2l3 ala
shinmonts Of 1.-Two LOGS for November: Do
colnbor, January, and February. .Gl3gla
Shipments Of drcaaed for same tiuo ls9 837 ao3 755
Left over for packing and city consumption 4s7
month Of October packers roportod tota Of 1856
head OF hogs killed. during that mouth Tho returns
number by about 1a0o0 head, but ws aro disposed to
believe hnt tho rs roturn IL nearest correct and tha
soma my haye inadvertently o,od II tho Anal
consumption IL estimated by conpot1nt authorities to
10 about go head por day or about head for the
ttrey by tho tenderoins ribs etc., sold by packerd
and tho dressed hogs TINT como in by wagon, Of which
Ms ha gS Of
But for this by allowing TINT at tho opon-
Ing Of tho packing season packers lad hand hc-
nesst aud tAla is not far out Of thor rDn capacity.
THE OUTLOOK ron ooRs.
~ =. .r,,. AT51NsoN, March 10. 1874.
Sin: Tho lotter of "iroguols,' in yeatoraays Tn1p-
uNE, applies exactly to this locality. With a,i expert.
enca Of csRlt years in thia place. have noticed that
this laa al"nys been ayesyo ata1lpotnt to judge
from on the corn question: Whun there IL good crop
here II + gnod in Tue whole corn.growug belt, al,
wlan abort bore ii a tho sue III other lacca: and
the farmers here will avernge fnirly will faruaars of
other sections ~ their holiilg on props,'sIaes. The
corn crop OF 1878 ia moro than onethir Of crop
In Horny County, aud think ii will tala fully t1at
amount for 4omo consumption. Tho amoslnt of old
corn IN tho hands Of farmers and at the stations is
ahout al much more, or about onethira Of averayo
crop; aud nearly all tie hold at tho ioren sta-
tioB Ia sold for May udJune deliveries also cou-
siderable qualisy of that iii tho anda Of farmers Is
sold Gu the Same options; consequently, tho receipts
for tho mouths Of March an April will bo very light
good or bad roads, And farther, the corn tht Ii not
sold for May mud Juno is held BY who bound
to stick to 1t Until tho next crop is fully assured to DO
uu average ono. Now. tho shear" sido Ut tho coFu
lUal iii dhicuHo have claimed nll winter that tho
country wss ss, literally running over with tue old
Of Hht receipts, when tho act ia TIM. thero has bean
no winter IN twenty years That THO roads hare boen
any better taking tho frnn tho ls Of November
to the lst Of March, than tho one Just passed.. Tho