The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-06

given.
There will be a large shipment OF
fresh beef In refrigerators, and the mar
ket viii Re held 50 that when spring
opens the business Of shipping cattle
viii be pressed with vigor. The export
business in both forms is regarded as
legitimate, and is largely on the increase
but both have their risks. II live cat
tie are shipped, but few companies are
willing to write against the hazards,
and the losses by storms and disease
vary from a fraction Of one per cent.
to as high as fifty per cent. The ex-
perienced underwater scrutinizes the
condition of the shippers accommoda-
lions and the facilities for ventilation,
together with the appearance of the
cattle, and notably the point from
which they r sent to the seabord.
Sometimes, with all his skill and train
ed judgment, he is a. fault, and the
result is q loss, even In the finest
weather.
The exports of beef In England,
which had barely began In 1875, have
now become very large. But $4,000
pounds were shipped in October, 1876,
and $4,000 pounds in December,
while In November of 1876 the ship
ment has risen to 5,193, $50, and in
December to 3,774,470 pounds. In the
succeeding April 8 ,412, 500, and in May
1000, 900 pounds were shipped. The
drawbacks or hindrances tothe increase
Of the trade are; First, the great loss
es Of the cattle shipped alive; and,
second, the danger Of finding an over
stocked market, II the beef is exported
In refrigerators. For, although the
meat cannot be made to keep any time
very well on the voyage, it can't be kept
any time away from the ice. So that,
If there chance to be a somewhat over
supply OF. dressed meat, the American
beef has to take the second place, and
away goes the profit.
1t Is considered certain that England
cannot supply her own beef. She must
rely on the continent or upon America,
or on both. The effect Of this years.
shipments has beento reduce theprice Of
q dressed OK from 25 cents a pound to
II cents a pound, and this is having a
most depressing effect on the agricultu-
raj interests. But the gain will be
great If prices are kept down SO that
the lower classes can have their occa-
sional roast beef. The business has in
creased SO rapidly that 1t Is not a mat
ter Of surprise to learn Of occasional
loss and failure. From want Of care
in the original selection, inferior cattle
would sometimes be raised, with "long
legs, thin lank bodies, and q back of
the gothic style Of architecture" the
meat coarse ingram, and the per cent of
bone and muscle high. Then, too, be-
fore reaching market, the germs Of the
dreaded Texas fever or bloody murrain
might be contracted, and IL the animal
survived the voyage 1t would b unfit
for the shambles; II the creature has
this disease in latent form, it is sure to
appear on the voyage, should 1t be long
and tempestuous, and with fatal results.
u should be stated that Canadian cat
tie, as well as those raised in the east
ern states, are not subject to cattle dis
temper.
All this live stock business, however,
Is now being conducted with u more in
telligent purpose. From the vast ranges
in Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, and Ne
braska, through the intervening stages,
where the steers are first f~attened,
then herded and sold, then shipped to
their ultimate destination, clear intelli-
gence and the most comprehensive
views on the subject prevail. The
great Stockholders Of the lest are
crossing the old Spanish stock and the
Cherokee COWS of Texas with bulls of
the best type, and the product of the
best farms in Kansas is equal to that of
the best in Kentucky. The steers rails
ed In Texas, however are still of an in
ferior grade, nor does a two years. feed
ing on the plains of Kansas or Nebras-
ka suffice to bring them up to the
standard. 31ii 41lfeJ
1t is to be hoped that the lively COM
petition between Chicago on the north
ern, and St. Louis and Kansas City on
the more southerly line of travel, will
result in adequate safeguards against
the spread Of ~contagion in the stock
yards Of those important points. 1t
has been said that a ''pig which has
once passed through the Chicago stock
yards never has afterwards a sound
hoof," and 1t is more than insinuated-
and by disinterested persons, too-that
a steer is more likely to have the Texas,
fever If he comes East via Chicago
than il he is sold and shipped at Kansas
City. This may not be true, but there
is a theory that the yards on the mar
gin Of the Missouri are more easily
cleaned, and are more likely to be in
good condition than the yards in Chi
cago. The enormous extent of the lat
er-coyering, with their roads, tracks,
and sheds, u n extent Of $40 acres-al-
most precludes the idea Of cleanliness.
They can Accommodate 10000 head of
cattle, and the sales often amount to
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