The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-16

Kets OF 1893 is the very large increase in
swine shipments. The four leading Western
markets show an increase in their receipts of
600 hogs, the increase alone being very
respectable pork production. In the early
and a+o OF the year prices were fairly good
with put few fluctuations. In May there was a
sharp advance, prime hogs selling as high as
s4.t9, put an even sharper decline occurred
In the following month, OF the entire 70 cents.
during midsummer, prices continued close
around 81, the bulk selling at $500 to "A and
S4izo being the top price in August. The re-
celpts Increased largely as fall progressed.
and there was further decline of Is to zoe
IN october, and of 25c to 40c In November. SO
Inat the winter packing operations were
largely done on basis Of hogs at about So. IS
Q35O AT these figures the packing OPERA
tons were enormous. One packing firm alone
slaughtered In single week very close to
IF the receipts, which were and continued TO
be abnormally large, the export trade re-
NAMED active and its magnitude was almost
as abnormal as that of the receipts Had II
not been for this fact hogs would have gone
very considerably lower, but, sustained by in
creased demand, the year closed with prices
values. notwithstanding the heavy pressure of
the shipments on the market. The present
year opens with good prospects for a strong
active and remunerative swine trade, al
though We look to see no heavy advances in
prices. We 90 anticipate. however. a
steady market demand, with few serious
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. homestead.
A BIG YEAR IN LIVE STOCK.
The live stock marketed at Chicago during
1898, according to the official report of Sec
rotary Denison, of the Union Stock Yards
company, had value Of 1929, 300, 0OO the
greatest for any year since 1893 The note
worthy feature Of the year is the enormous
movement OF hogs, receipts showing a con-
siderable increase, placing the total slightly
larger than the record breaking number re-
ceived in 1891. While there has been moro
disposition among farmers in the central West
to preserve their focks Of sheep, the enor-
nous numbers Of range-fattened and corn
fed, from points west of the Missouri river
resulted in total supply almost as large as
any year recorded. Receipts of cattle have
shown little variation the past four years, So
sharp Is the competition at other Western
packing points it Is question whether the
receipts of cattle at Chicago will ever again
approach those of the phenomenal years In
the early 9es.
Never before were so many horses received
at Chicago as in 1898. the count being 11s,754
of these were reshipped to points north.
east and south. In meat animals most of the
supply, as in former years, was slaughtered
at local packing houses, yet liberal numbers
in the aggregate were shipped east on the
hoof. Out Of nearly $500, 600 cattle received
5000 were reshipped. These included stock
ers and feeders sent back to the country and
beef animals for the eastern and foreign mar
kets Total shipments Of hogs were $40. 514
and sheep 543, 425.-Orange Judd Farmer.
INTEREST IN TSHBEP EXPORTS.
Exporters have been showing more inter-
est in the sheep business since the first of
the year. 1t has been long time since
they bought many, for conditions have not
neen right. At the present time the price of
= export sheep is 50@S0c lower than
.sar ago, and so buyers have been encour-
aged to take hold with more freedom, but
still supplies so large in Great Britain
that market values for our kind of sheen
over there are hardly high enough to be
very satisfactory. The outlook, however. is
quite favorable. according to Engiish jour