Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-28
The Hog supply.

win forty one OF, the counties in Illinois the
movement Of hogs IS given at fair to brisk
in most of the others It'll poor, and in some
there is no movement atall In one-half OF
the counties the supply of hogs, as com
pared with last year is about the same. In
the other counties there is a falling of in
the hog supply, compared with last year OF
from 10 to y per cent Only five counties
report greater deficiency.
ess1h Indiana the movement is good in two
dfths of the counties, poor or none at all in
the others. In many places all hogs that
are to be marketed have been disposed of,
and this in part accounts for the stagnation
in movement. In one-fourth Of the coun-
ties the supply is now the same as last year
in few it is in excess by from 10 to 10 per
cent, but in most Instances the supply Is
from rs to 90 per cent Of last year.
In Ohio there is much stagnation in
movement, not more than one-fourth of the
.eeFgss pondents giving the movement as
s5sG, the rest giving from fair to no move
mert at all The supply of hogs as whole
is better this year than last. A very large
number report the supply as the same as
last year, while Of those giving any different
report more than half give an excess as
compared with last year. Most of the de-
fciencies do net amount TO more than or
10 per cent.
In Michigan movement of hogs is good in
cne-fourth of the counties; poor, or none at
all in the others. In some parts of the
state the supply as compared with last year
is very much below the average and one
county reports the supply as only 90 per
cent of last year. The greater part of the
counties report about the same or an ex-
cess of last year. The average supply will
fall little below.
There is very little movement in Ken
lucky. and the supply is, taking the state as
a whole, 6 per cent less than last year.
In Missouri the movement is good in only
% sth of the counties; fair, poor or
none at all il the others. The supply as a
state is about 95 per cent as large as at this
time last year, 4 fow counties reporting an
excess of 10 per cent, and large number
reporting a small deficiency
The movement is good in Kansas in 40 per
cent of the counties, fair in about 20 per
cent, poor in the others, The supply is as
whole considerably less than last year, not
half reporting an average or excess. The
deficiency in the other counties is quite gen.
orally given at 70 per cent, which will tend
TO bring down the average supply of the
state to about so per cent of last year
In Nebraska movement is fair to good in
so per cent of the counties. The supply on
hand is fully up TO last year, if the state be
taken as whole.
In Iowa movement is fair to good in two-,
thlruS OF the counties, poor o. Stagnant II
the others. Taking the whole state the
supply is not quite mp to that. of last year.
In Wisconsin movement is good in only
few counties, and the supply of hogs is ups
to last year in not more than two-fifths
The deficiencies run from 10 to % per cent
Movement in Minnesota is from fair76
good in half Of the counties, and the supply
Of hogs is about the same as last year
In the Dakotas the movement is almost
entirely wanting and the supply on hand
falls only slightly below that of last year.