Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-31
STOCK-RAIsING.
From the New York Sun.J

From the New York Sun.J
During the vIcissitudes attendant upon
the widespread business depression of
the last i've years, no branch of pre-
ductive industry has suffered less than
that OF stock-raising. The risks attend
ing II are infinitely fewer than those in
cidcntal to the cultivation of gram;
ready markets are almost always at its
command, and. rs 4 rule, profits are
more than satisfactory. OF the COM
paratIyc!y few failures in this branch Of
trade. the more important were connect
ed with ventures in the new experiment
OF shipping fresh meat to Europe. which
involved RISKS usually inseparabe from
uutrirG methods.
On and near the Atlantic scaboard of
The nitcd States are eleven cities that
had in 1870 an aggregate population of
3,olI.92l, and which now have a pop
ulation estimated nj hard on 200. .OUu.
all producers ot live stock, and all
generous consumers OF the product.
OF amimalS-me:,t. pork. hams, bacons
The SIN principal cities OF the eleven
New York, brooklyn. Jersey CITY, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia and Baltimorc-h
Az aggregate population in 1870 OF -
nl2,siu, now estimated at 5000 600.
The deliveries At these cities Of live
stock OF a kinds from the west. north
west and southwest, have been tor the
last nlnc years on an average o.N9l. l25
head. including only cattle, sheep and
swine, with 4 maximum ot 1,UJ3.HtS
head in lN.3, and :. minimum OF i,9ll-
- in l,69.
The deliveries OF the product OF ami
mas At these ports from the interior, for
export and consumption, have latterly
assumed Il Very considerable magnitude,
! but there has been no record kept OF the
| aggregate movement from the western
| states, OF ui the direction OF the mo-c-
mcut, except Is indicated in the dcliv-
cries III seaboard points. The number
OF swine in the United States in 1876
WAS =, ,o3j,. 100. The annual slaughter
! OF hos, including on.y the summer and
winter packing publicly reported. is
| about "uc-quarlcr ot the whole number
OF hogs in the country, and including
the deliveries at the principal seaboard
port, the annua, slaughter is about one
third OF the aggregate supply.
Next 10 the domestic markets, the
growing Importance OF our newly opened
trade III dead meat and i've cattle with
England and Scotland attracts attention.
HE shipments OF dead meat thus far have
only been a partial success, and are de-
c.lning. but III proportion Is that b,incl
Of export trade has dwindlcd away tho
shipments OF i've cattle have increased,
not only from New York. but from Bos-
ton. aud the Canadian ports
The total shipments from Boston since
January Chat Is. to Angus, g toot up
. -, 2g.J head. including l9,i4o head OF
, beet cattle, 1883 sheep, i,512 hogs and
~ horses. The exports OF hogs have
, not proved successful. owing to the loss
OF 80 large q number by sickness Con-
slant Improvements are making in the
adaptation OF steamship facilities to the
peculiar requirements Of the trade We
see ii stated that parties IN Liverpool
, intend soon to test the practlcability of
;, the transportation OF hogs in 4 sound
= condition aud on Il grand scale. They
Z have purchased steamer, and Will have
:. nor fitted up Tor the accommodation of
f. 2,Jnv hogs between decks, besides q
, large number of CATTLE ON the MAIN
4. deck. Ii the experiment proves 4 ST. =
t. cr>>, line ot steamers Will be cstab-
.i>hcd TOT that special trade.
indirectly bearing upon this subject,
we have some Interesting statistics of
: cat.c-rm-ing in the United Kingdom
. during the last few years. embodied in
n an official return made last month TO the
i House vi Commons. In l>G1 the num-
r ber OF cattle. sheep and pigs in Great
a britain ain. Ireland was IS, 700 900.
: while in lN'l it had fallen e. H.. 800 100
>, 4 decrease oi , per cent. IN ten Years,
y n spite "i the inducemeMt, offered by
=. The high prcc of animal food This
tIptr,,,~p -.Iti .tar,,rl- ,,Nnlnnn-i,n
T. HE area ut arabic land has not incrpas-
= 1d. but the permanent pa>turage has :;
:. - that. with Il greater extent OF land
= un!er grass, or crops tor feeding auimalS,
. there are fewer animals than in 1867.
r, Daring the same period the population
=, had risen rom :U,:ii4 900 To -. iii 900.
" an increase OF luI per ut. To eke out
:, the home supply, the United kingdom
{. Increased It's imports of live catt,e and
: the products OF ANIMALS from So. 49,
., GOO IN lNG1, to $l>u.1 $4,000 IN 1917. In
Il cNhau,tibl" rs are the llOcks aud herds
=, of the west and the southwest. the grow
!. inT necessities OF our population and
, the markets abroad have been such as
l. 10 put their anillty. rs a source of sup
e.. PLY. te Il severe test; and, rs those ne
r ces-itieS must keep pace with the in
/ crease oi population. it is safe to con-
+. ciude that there will be markets in the
J. future, rs in the past. for every head of
:. cattle that can be raised
Il With the immense resources of this
!. country for raising stock, with the COM
n parattvvly easy mode OF transport to the
= Atlantic seaboard and cheap ocean
II irciTht--say u TO 81 .iS a head tor live
cltt..-the outlook is an encouraging
N one tor our home stock ralScrs who are
g expecting to further develop the British
=, markets. Ii they have been able to sell
e their product over there at profit in
:. the tacc OF the many disadvantages dur
:. ing prosperity. by increasing the ability
: OF consumers to buy, will open TO them
Is a new inlet tor the pouring III of Brit
ISL sovercigns.