St. Paul daily globe., 1886-01-16
z HOGS AND HOMINY,
General Review of the Last Corn Crop
and the Swine Product of North
western States.
Farmers in Convention at Moorhead--An
Iowa Bill Threatening Negroes
Who Disregard the Law.
Minnesota School superintendent
Impeached for Drunkenness--
Water Rats Sentenced.
bYLarrabee for 81 ,25o--small-
Pox at Moorhead.
Northwestern Hogs and Corn

Northwestern Hogs and Corn.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO. Jan. 15.-The Times tO-mor-
row will publish complete report Of the
corn and hog situation in the Northwest,
prepared bv q well-knOwn statistican.
The writer says: AS TO the hog situation.
the report brings out these facts: The
swine disease has been more prevalent and
fatal than for several years. No state in
the corn belt has been free from disease.
but effects have been more perceptible in
some states than in others. There proba-
bly have been as many hogs thrown on the
market for fear Of hog cholera as have died
Of disease. The low price of pork and
the high price Of corn, also. in some locali-
ties have been other occasions for large
shipments in November and December.
The failure of the winter wheat crop is
another reason assigned for the free
shipments early in the season.
as conservatively as possible, there is
nothing to indicate for the remainder Of the
winter packing season as large run for
the months Of January and February in
1885. Speaking of the condition of affairs
in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, the ar
ticle says: There is uniformity with regard
TO the corn yield in the state of Iowa. There
will be little if any corn to go out OF North
ern Iowa, as it Will be about all required
Tor home consumption. In the southern
portion Of the state the crop is somewhat
better But, taking the state as whole,
there has not been more sound corn growing
10 the acre than in the season Of 1883.
vEEY LITTLE CORN
has gone east from Iowa this winter. Hog
disease does not seem to have been as fatal
as in Illinois, nor as widespread, but owing
TO the local price of corn being so high and
the fear of hog cholera, hogs have been
sent TO market much more freely than
usual. The amount of corn gen.
orally grown by Michigan, Wisconsin
and Minnesota amounts 10 between 70, 000,
600 and 80. 900, 900 bushels, and, strictly
speaking. they are not considered corn
states. This season Wisconsin Will have
no corn to export and corn already is be-
ing shipped in from the West for home con-
sumption. The corn crop Of Minnesota, in
both quantity and quality, was badly hurt
by frost early in September. Michigan re-
ports about all average crop of corn, but
quality poor. More or less hog cholera is
reported in all the above states. and hogs
generally have been sold closer than usual.
Conclusions: A good fair crop Of corn
in quantity; nothing more or less; in quail
ity, fair. below that of 1884. Up to the
present date. the movement has been dis
appontngly small. Feeders have been the
largest buyers. Shelled corn has been
shipped out about as fast as received.
Cribs at railroad stations contain more corn
than usual. A combination of circum-
stances has forced farmers for the last
ninety days to market their hogs much
closer than usual, and there is prospect of
Il light run of hogs for the remainder Of the
winter packing season of 1856,