, 1873-03-24


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Il 10 understood that 4 olRrtor has been applied
1or, to Incorporate company to DO known as tho
casl, capital Of $500, 900. Forty thousand ] acres
purchased, and vln bo stocked d. With With
o2soss thgsosshhfHa esazss esstse a92ggss sooq md
England d,-ono Of the prime moyora in tho onter.
rrino;-is now in Canada making purchases OF
stock: Az 1t has boen demonstrated that cattle
and sheep con be- profltably raised In that ooun-
doubt ot tho s,eeoes Of operations conducted BY
parties thoroughly conyersant with atock-raising,
with every aid IN tho way Of .Bholter, food, eto.
J.. oAlILE-aInee M our last wcokly review there
Tits . department Of tho market and for
most descriptions Of stock, tho market
has exhibited eignn OF weakness, amounting
In some some instances to an actual decline; The
full rates, and stock Htoors, tho domand for
which has atendlly exceeded tho offerings oven
OF tho relatively high prices established week
ago As our receipts have not boon heavy, nor
two or throc wooks, the cause Of the depression
muat DO sought elsewhere. It Ia found in tho
unfavorable reaction Of prices at tho East, whore
there has beon surplus of cattle and
cline reaching 4@Ho. That there was not
corresponding reduction hero tB duo to tho fact
that thero Was throughout q moro than ununly
full attendance of buyers, almost every Eastorn
ilse. Wild thoro was no s very W pronounced In
oroaBo III tho offerings Of first and Bocond-cass
stears, there wns percoptiblo diminution in tho
number Of scallnwage, and tho average quality
eeason thua far: Bulls. stags old oxen, poor
cows, and light thin heifors sold na. low as
s2.oo@30o, whlo bunch OF extra graded
steors aseraglng l,oA ls' were, yesterday, taken
sales shows that tho great bulk Of tho weeks
business was transacted within tho range Of
59.75@5.50. Some fat droves of corn-fed Tex
MI stoors arrived, for Which very fair prices wero
foazsa re- a1tT aaes making sa5o5 for Soa
4:25. A correspondent Of tho Kansas City CatQa
Trail, writing from Mountain City, Toxas, aays:
tho fact thst wo haTe 6een driving 80 lasgol,
few moro. Despite this fact Will supply Kansaa aud
tho WeaeTn Territories with goodly number. In
w aa nS IT.
fact and misfortune has had tendency to discourage
and thy to s o.
nominat~ From tho country--cmbracing three coun.
tics which constitute lilo best grazing region IN thIs
driven. Cattle are worth nbout the Same they wcrd
last year. Agriculture Is fnst supcrscdng stock-ras'
icd scale, It IL MY OPINION that about twothirds oi
Inst ycar'a drive VIII b. driven this year."
Thero is IN increasing INQUIRY for now m,lcf
mand, md prices remain essentially unchanged,
rangiug from $4,000 per hoad for common, to
$500 Tor W really choice. Voai calves are coming
forward pretty frooly, and soil slowly Mt former
AZ sl.50@5 50 for medium to clloico.
To-day lie market was vory ouiet. Tho eup-
ply Of cattle was liberal, but tho quality was
Eonernlly moor. most of tho stock being stale,
and trading % waa extremely low at veals at irraEu.
lar nricee. I.ocal aud Eastern buyers bought
spariuely tic former at a3OO@4.75, and tho
latter at e4,50@6,75, Several hundred head
remain in tle yards uusold, and tho l,nrlet
oloHed hoayy.
ouor.r1osa.
Ext,.-arsacd stcors ave1aging 1,45o lbs. -
and upwards. ~. .o5@0.6o
Choice Bsevea-F!nc, fat, well formed . year
to ~ year old 'teers' averaging 1850 to 7scae m
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