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THE ILLINOIS FARMER. 



The Hog Market. 



We understand that Mr. James L. Lamb of 

 this city, began cutting pork for packing on 

 the 23d Nov. He has about 1,200 head nov,- 

 m his pens, and is offering S3 gross for good 

 hogi^. There were a good many druvers in tho 

 city last week, and there seems to be a di.sposi 

 tion among many of them to sell provided thi^y 

 can realize §4 net. We are glad to Icnrn 

 that sales "vvill be made in this region 

 almost exclusively for cash. We subjoin 

 information from other points as far as hoard 

 from. The St. Louis News of Xov. IStli says : 



Pork packers are ready to buy hugs, but sell- 

 ers are slow in coming in. Small lots arc Ijei:):^- 

 slaughtered on the Illinoi.s, and a few lots '.k' 

 mess pork and lard have been sent in. Tiic 

 pork commands §12 50, and prime lurd is held 

 at about lie. 



At Cincinnati, yesterday, hogs were selling 

 at !f5 75 to till contracts, and mess purk ac 

 §14 50. Tlie regular market has n(jt yet opej\- 

 ed. Farmers, says the Coramerciul, are care- 

 less about settling early, and packers are abo:;t 

 as indifferent about buying. The Gazette says 

 there promises to be an abundant supply cf 

 facilities for moving the produce, and ^vhat is 

 equally as desirable — a satisfactory market fia* 

 wheat, flour, corn, pork, &c. 



At Now Harmony, a thousand hogs were 

 slaughtered last week, costing five dollars on 

 early contract. At Indianapolis, $4 is the high- 

 est offer. 



The Chicago Tribune of the ISth says : 



Prospects are fair for an active hog lia'le 

 during the winter, and buyers and packers will 

 be plenty, if rates are reasonable, soy ^4 gross 

 for good hogs. 



The Chicago Democrat of the 17th says: 



Tie market was rather more active on yes- 

 terday than on the preceding Sunda}', and heavy 

 hogs sold at better prices. No hogs were suid 

 to our city packers, and they are siaughieri!!g 

 none unless they are already cantract.d for. A 

 few Eastern buyers were on tl;a market and 

 made some purcha.ses, bwt they have now aban- 

 doned the market, for the reason tliat they can- 

 not pay the prices now ruling he;e, and tlie 

 additional expense of $2 per cwt. in getting the 

 stock to New York, and have a profit. Tiu-_), 

 we believe, universally avow their intenti'jn ol' 

 keeping out of this market iiiUi! tiie pi-f-sent 

 exhorbitant railroad tarilf is rc-duceJ. oale- on 

 yesterday at Myrick's Include 450 head :Lt 

 ?4 10(al?4 12i; 88 head, very choice, averaiiii^g 

 331 lbs. at $4 40; 150 head, averaging 245 %<. 

 at $4 25; at the new yardi» on State street 150 

 head, averaging 280 lbs, sold at 84 15; all of 

 these were for the New York market. Keceipts 

 for the week were 12,180 and for SatunJiiy 

 3,100. 



The Louisville Journal of the 17th, has the 

 following : 



We are on the eve of the pork packing season, 



and very likely killing will be commenced to- 

 day. There are, however, only aboutl, 500 hogs 

 in pens, thus far, but if the weather continues 

 favorable, they will commence coming in fast. 

 Buyers are generally ofl'oring §3 50 on time, 

 gross. There are, however some who have 

 contracts to fill, and they would probably give 

 §5 cash. The purchasers of late have lieen 

 prim-iyialiy persons in the country. Prices are 

 unsettled at present, and they may advance or 

 decline. Our packers have supplied themselves 

 for doing a large business, and tbose who desire 

 tn pack on their own account, will find this as 

 cheap a yjoint as an}'' other, wdiile as a market 

 our '.acilities ai-e equally good. 



The Cincinp.ati Gazette of the 17t!i, says: 



The receipts are on the increase, but they are 

 comprised mostly of contract hogs. The offer- 

 ings are tliereforc light, and thus operated in 

 favor of parties havii'g droves for sale. A lot 

 of550he;id sold lato on Saturday evening at 

 S5 75 per 100 lbs i;et. and there were buyers 

 ti!-d;iy at t'le same figure. Tiie general feeling 

 is better than hi^t week, and g.iod hogs may be 

 quoted st(uidy ar v-55 50(r< >>5 75. 



Tiiere is iioLhin;^; doing in Alton. Tiie Clii- 



cago Uanocrat of the 10 th says : 



The market for live hogs is moderately 

 active, but prices are without quotable change. 

 Many of our dealers have Eastern orders for 

 mess pork, and are busy supplying tiem, but 

 are barely opet\'.ting on tiieir own account. 

 Receipts are falling (jff and are hardly equal to 

 the densaud, only 120 head arrived yesterda}', 

 and l)ut a few car loads to-day, and those found 

 a quick market at the following rates : 250 head 

 choice at ?4 20: 150 head averaging oOO S)s at 

 .S4 12.'?; 23 c;!r loads, averaging 277 tt)s at 



S4 lo: 



Tiic Chie; 



Tu)ies of tlib 20tb, remarks: 



Tiiere are a good many orders here for both 

 pork and ho;^-, fro;"a tlio East, and our pork 

 packer,-^ are m.Hking preparations for extensive 

 opciiitioiis. 1^-iees of live ho2;s are a little 

 higher to-day, say §4(ii ?4 20 per 100 tt.s. Mess 

 beet is boii;;^ shipped in largo lots daily, and 

 the market liere will soon be bare. 



A sale of ioO head, ii,vera;^ing about 205 lbs., 

 was made in St. Louis on tlie 20th, at §4 50 "^ 

 hundred. 



At Cir.citinatl, and some otlier points, con- 



sidoi'ible C! tiing iias been done in fullillment 



ot Ciuiy c^::i;r:i.-t-:, but tlie re^uU lias proved 



unproiitable. Tiie fdiewing statement from 



the C Loinv-ati Gozcltc, e.xliJbits miiiutely the 



deiieimcy pocketed by an ■ arly coritraetor on 



one stLiall [lurohase : 



Oiiuof our lading iiackers having just closed 

 out the p (iduets of a lot of three hundred hogs, 

 iiacked on ciimniission, Vi'o have obtained the 

 luliowii.g statement, showing the result of the 

 operation. The hogs were contracted for last 

 summer at .Sij 50 Ji 100 lbs net, and were de- 

 livered and cut on Monday. Full yjrices were 



