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Less transportation charge would take these hogs and cattle 

 to open water, on the Mississippi, and to New Orleans, thug 

 saving the whole present railroad charge from Chicago to New 

 York. la such a state of things to be overlooked by the capi- 

 talists of the United States and Europe ? and if American and 

 Canadian railroad stocks have been recommended to the public, 

 by virtue of the importance of the winter freight supplied by 

 the western hog and cattle trade, the railroad hold of that 

 trade is likely to prove only of short duration. 



The following were the receipts of hog and cattle products 

 at New Orleans from the interior for the teu months ending 

 Slat July, 18S8:— 



Beef, barrels 26,300 



Lard, tierces and barrels .. .. 110,900 



Lard oil, barrels 11,900 



Pork, tierces and barrels .. .. 273,100 



Bulk poik, lbs 7,357,200 



Tallow, barrels 700 



The exports from New Orleans for the same period were — 



Destinatioa. 



New York 



Boston 



Philadelphia 



Baltimore . ...... 



Other U. S. ports. 

 Great Britain . . . . 



Europe 



Other ports 



There is thus at present considerable produce movement down 

 the Mississippi, and when on the one hand it is considered that 

 a large portion of the movement is from the Illinois river and 

 the Upper Mississippi, and on the other hand that the bulk of 

 the produce so conveyed finds its way to New York and other 

 eastern markets, there can be no doubt of the suitableness of the 

 Mississippi route for every business purpose. And for the reason 

 that these products are shipped to England, and come into 

 competition with the same products of the eastern markets, 

 additional evidence is afforded of the desirability and advan- 

 tages of trade with New Orleans. 



The following were the exports of hog and cattle products 

 from Cincinnati for the year ending 31st August, 1857 : — 



From Chicago the following were the exports of live stock, 

 and hog and cattle products, for the year ending 3lst Decem- 

 ber, 1857 :— 



Beef, barrels 44,400 



Cattle, number 25,400 



Dressed hogs, lbs 4,229,200 



Dressed beef, lbs 348,600 



Hides, number 141,700 



Do. lbs 1.516,300 



Lsrd, barrels 3,600 



Do. tons 600 



Pelts, lbs 529,900 



Pork, barrels 30,080 



Provisions, lbs 3,463.500 



Tallow, barrels 2.100 



The following was the estimated aggregate hog crop of 



2,489,502 1,818,468 



In addition to the enumerated articles of hog and cattle pro- 

 ducts, it may be observed that hog skins, suitable for saddlers' 

 work, have scarcely any marketable value in the north-west, 

 and the largest and best skins can readily be contracted for in 

 Chicago at a shilling each. Hog bristles can be supplied in 

 almost any quantity at a price equal to the cost of gathering 

 them. 



Shank and leg bones for button manufacture, hooves and 

 horns for comb manufacture, and rough bones for agricul- 

 tural use may be quoted, free on board, at Chicago as fol- 

 lows : — 



Thigh and leg bones £2 per 1,000. 



Hooves £2 to £2 10s. per 2000 lbs. 



Horns 2d. to 2^d. each. 



Rough bones £1 per 2,000 lbs. 



The annual supply of shank and leg bones, suitable for 

 manufacturing purposes, at St. Louis, Chicago, and Milwaukie. 

 would exceed one million ; the supply of hooves, two hundred 

 tons ; the supply of horns, one million ; and the supply of 

 rough agricultural bones, two thousand tons. Supplies of 

 hooves and horns have been sent direct from Chicago to the 

 Devannah Comb Company, at Aberdeen, Scotland ; but at- 

 tempts to make shipments of rough bones have failed, in con- 

 sequence of the high freights demanded by lake vessels. Re- 

 cently attempts have been made to barn the rough bones for 

 sugar-refining purposes, but the experiment has not succeeded 

 fully. 



Hides, pelts, wool, and tallow are yearly becoming increasing 

 articles of export from the west to the south and east. Of the 

 former, the annual production of the north-west is little short 

 of two Biillions. and that number is likely to be doubled before 

 many years. As yet, hides are brought to market in mixed 

 lots, and ox, cow, and calf are weighed together at the same 

 price. Ox hides in the green salted state run from eighty to 

 a hundred and fifty pounds each ; cow hides from forty to 

 sixty pounds ; and calf and kip from four to twelve, and from 

 twelve to twenty pounds. Generally the qualit}' of the hides 

 is prime and equal, although often badly cured, and brought 

 to market in an untrimmed state. Hides slaughtered in the 

 summer are usually dried in the nun, and sell «t twice the 

 green ulted price. 



