Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-02-15

This is all average of 2,809 pounds. Ten
of them averaged 5000. They were all
raised by Mr.. Gaines.
High as these figures are, they are ex-
ceeded by four steers raised by Mr.. George
Kyrault, of Poughkeepsie, New York, who
in 1870 sold them in New York for s., 200.
They weighed as follows: one 300 pounds;
one 1890 pounds one g, 406 pounds, and
the remaining one 3, 40 pounds. The net
beef weight Of two of them after being
slaughtered was 4, 537 pounds. They were
seven-eighths Short Horn. They sold on
an average for $500 co.
Here are plain facts which our farmers
can easily understand. They show that
there is breed of cattle, which is greatly
superior in size to our scrub stock. 1t Is
also greatly superior IN the quality OF the
beef. Then, why will our farmers con-
tinue to throw away money on worth
less, scrub race of stock. 1t is amazing to
think of! No wonder we are poor No
wonder we have SO few public schools! No
wonder we are letting almost the whole
land get ahead of us We can't make
money with such stock. Men who are SO
far behind in this respect must of necessity
be behind in other respects. Of course,
their horses, their sheep and their hogs
are of scrub race likeWlSel Verify, so
they are, SO they are.
reason of their inferior stock, amounts to
hundreds of thousands of dollars. Better
giUe it away than keep it. Under no cir
cumstances will it pay to feed such stock.
Away with it to the slaughter pen Blood
ed or fine stock will pay. Let facts speak.
On the Sth of June, 1870, Mr.. Dannel
Mcmillan, of Xenia, Ohio, sold at public
auction seventy-one head of Short Horns.
The aggregate amount for which they sold
90 H., Of
One cow 3 years old sold for $500, a
cow years old sold for $500, and a
heifer 20 months old sold for So, 600. There
had previously been private sales for
large sum, which, added to the sum realiZ-
ed at the public sale, made the total for
this herd of SS4, ESQ. He also sold 80 Berk-
shire hogs at an average of over $500.
This, admit, was q remarkable sale of q
remarkable lot of cattle.
At Mr.. Alexander's annual sale in June,
1870, at Lexington, KY, the prices realiz-
averaged S471.3S each !; "a thoroughbred
fillies averaged 1891 IS head of trotting
stock, $317.31 p Attorney cattle averaged
S15242. At Mr.. F. P. Kinkead's annual
sale, at or near the same place, bulls
averaged S1S3.60 II cows, $363.33; 3 AL
derneys, S21S.3 z hogs averaged ABS.
At B. B. Groom's sale 70 cows averaged
| S249.73; Is bulls, S1S5.29. Soof many 9TH
er public sales. It is a remarkable fact,
Where 6Iooded stock Is most abundant,
there 1t commands the highest prices. The
remarkable superiority of the blooded
stock over the common, is so great that
| the demand is greater than the supply, al
| though whole counties and States are en-
gagged i'll raising it. The prices still 60
| higher and higher. OF course immense
fortunes are made at the business. This
| feeling in favor of blooded stock is just
reaching the farmers of East Tennessee.
1t is coming, and coming rapidly and soon.
Who among our farmers will be prepared
for this rapidly approaching demand for
Short Horns for beef, and beautiful Jerseys
for butter, and splendid Ayreshires for
milk? Those who first get ready with
their fine pedigree stock may expect to
make much gain. II.