Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1886 — TUB HOG CROP. [ARTICLE]

TUB HOG CROP.

Estimates of the National Agricultural l)e----ptr tm out. [Washington special.] The September crop rcpoit, issued by the Department of Agriculture, says, by way of summarizing the estimates from: different localities, of the hog crop: The returns of the number of hogs forfattening indicate about (1 per cent, reduction in numbers. Should prices increase,, however, the breeding stock might be depleted and increase the numbers for slaughtering. There appears to be an in-crea-e of swine in the Territories and on the Pacific coast. The following figures give the numbers, of hogs fattening, as compared with last, year, and the average condition as to weight, and size. In both cases the figures are percentages: Num- CouStato. her. dition. Ohio 93 95 Michigan.... 94 93Indiana 90 97 Illinois 90 93Wisconsin 93 95 Minnesota 105 li)0 lowa 97 92. Missouri .. 99 90 Kansas 90 uoNebraska 98 95 Averaging these figures,the number is 94.8 per cent, of last year, and the condition 94 per cent, of au average. The figures for all the States and Territories give the following percentage: Number, 93.7; condition. 93.9. Dakota reports one-fifth more hogs than last year, and states the condition at 97 per cent. All the Bther Territories report slightly greater numbers of hogs than last year. Great Britain reports 302,834 fewer swine in 1880 than in 1884, a failing off of 14 per cent. Ireland reports in 1880 the same number of sivine as in 1884, and about 180,000 more than in 1885. The province of Ontario reports 800,125swine in 1880 as aga inst 822,202 in 1885.