Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-03-20

From the Pittsburg Price Current, March 18th.
As Spring approaches pork is, retiring
and mutton coming to the front as an arti-
Gle of diet.
The greater part of the drovers go home
this week pretty well satisfied with the re-
suit of their trip to market.
Two loads of cattle arrived here Monday
directly from Kansas City, and were in
excellent condition considering the dis
tance they came.
A glance over our tables of receipts for
many months past fails to show Monday
in which so few cattle arrived here as on
last Monday.
The number of cattle shipped from New
York last week was 18I head, all for Lon
don, with 4 $50 quarters of beef and 2,225
carcasses of mutton.
There were two loads of good sheep on
Market Monday which were held at Sc 90.
but were n0t-taken. No doubtthey would
have brought 1915. j.. ...fa..
Local retailers are more nearly cleaned
up than they have been for several weeks,
and the general anticipation for next
weeks trade is favorable.
There is a strong demand here now for
fresh cows, b ut the arrivals of that class
of stock are so very strong this week as to
Overtop the demand and depress prices,
Prime to fancy cows alone are holding
their own Under the pressure.
From the Commercial Indicator we learn
that the number of hogs killed in Kansas
City from November / 1873, to February
head for the preceding winter season, the
average weight being 2672 pounds, a fall
ing off of 1OA pounds.
Ouito n Yo11poba,. of eboo,, ,,,o lo;,,. -.
gagged to 60 as soon. as clipped, or bought
to be clipped by the purchaser before
shipping. We would advise buyers to be
little cautious, and not glut the market
with early clipped sheep and occasion
heavy losses, as has frequently been the
case.
The winter packing season is closing,
and the public will soon have the figures
for this great industry in the last few
months. The trade seems to be weaken
ing and prices shrinking a little at the
change of season, and summer packing
will not probably be pushed with much
vigor for some months yet.
Prices for cattle both East and West
have been quite low for some weeks, and
everything has been crowding hard on
| shippers. New York buyers, however,
are looking for an improvement in prices.
and are ''going inn this week with more
freedom and confidence than they have
manifested for at least month.
Chicago has been mad and become pacf-
| fed again, and now st. Louis must have
an experience of that kind. A cores
| pondent of the New York Herald stated
that cattle Infected with pleuro-pneumonia
| had been shipped East from the latter
| pOint-a statement which the st. Louis
stock yard authorities have most indig.
nantly denied.
Horse-raising is quite likely to become
| more profitable for while, as the number
raised yearly for the last five or ten years
| has been quite small compared to the
number that was raised annually the pre-
ceding ten years. Prices are higher and
| the demand is better, while number one
horses which are clear of faults and blem.
ishes are scarce.
| Several buyers have been here for stock
cattle, and some of them were obliged tC
return without any; others were nnwil-
ling 60 pay the prices. They are sellino
at $3.5O@3.75, and some real good heavy
ones as high as 81 90 per cwt. There car
be no doubt but the. demand will continue
good this spring, and we are inclined tC
think stockers will be scarce.
There is a strong disposition among
| farmers now to Invest in Alderney cows,
About this we have just one thing to saw,
If you expect to run Il heavy dairy bust.
ness, without regard to beef-raising, tho
idea is good one. But where the farmer
intends to make beef-growing prominent
part OF his business he needs something
| with more size and better beef qualities
: than these excellent dairy animals possess