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Show A HKKiHT OUTLOOK. h 'A correspondent takes a hopeful view of the future and giyes the fol-'owing fol-'owing to support his position: There are several things in the '"signs of the time'1 that augur success to the farm-, farm-, ei in the near future. The number I of tiiose living in cities aud villages is largely increasing over those living in Ww. country, consumption of farm products consequently is gaining upon, therefore prices must increase. Good authority estimates that the number of cattle in the United States has decreased de-creased 5 per cent These things together to-gether will cause a rise in beef. Grain being high and pork low millions of pigs have been sacrificed to the knife before ripe. This will create a shortage short-age in the swine crop of the current year a:;d it makes higher pi ices for wef.iiing pigs uexf year and pork in the tail. An unusually large proportion propor-tion of lambs and jouug sheep have been i-ent to the shambles, and will advance prices all along the line in 1891. The quite gene.al severe weather aud large snowfall (the "poor j Ina"s manure")' gives promise of a I liiiill'ul reason to Jolknv. In view of ' all these considerations the ''depressed lM-mci" should take new courage, re- I joiee ;ni(i be glad. ' |
