NP, SW 12/11/1861

From the Southern Watchman (Athens, Ga.)
 
December 11, 1861
 
The Hog Crop
   For the consolation of those timid people, who are afraid the North will starve us out with the blockade, we can state, upon the authority of an officer of the Confederate Government, that the agents of the Government have already purchased in East Tennessee alone not less than six hundred thousand hogs. The number in the hands of speculators it is impossible to estimate; and we have reason to believe there is yet, also, a considerable number in the hands of raisers, as we hear of contracts being made every day for future delivery. We believe that East Tennessee has produced pork enough to supply the whole Southern army for the next twelve months, independent of the great hog raising regions of adjacent States.
   In this connection we would suggest to the Government to see that its packers do not waste the offal. The Northern press is chuckling over the belief that our railroad machinery will soon be crippled for the want of oil. The offal of the hogs in the hands of the Government will yield an immense quantity of oil good enough for greasing car wheels.
Knoxville Register

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