Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

From the Pittsburg Current, Oct II, 1879.

From the Pittsburg Current, Oct H. 1879.
Over $1,O00.OO0 worth of eggs were
sold by Iowa farmers.
Two hundred and sixty-seven farmers
and their families left Liverpool last
Thursday Cor Texas.
There is being exported from New York
over six million dollars in vaIuc of grain
weekly.
More good cattle have been offered here
in the last ten DAYS than in the same time
for years.
Minnesota harvested this year bushel
of wheat for every inhabitant of the
United States.
1t is expected that two or three addi-
tional packing houses will be opened by
the middle of the month in Chicago.
Stagnare and impure water which COWS
drink while ut pasture, is one of the most
prominent causes of bad odors in milk.
Cincinnati received 2G8, ,487 hogs from
March to October l, 1879, against 3l7,-
$50 for the corresponding period last
| year-a fall off of 40, 1913 head.
Only G5 head of live cattle were shipped
! to Europe from New York last week, and
no live sheep; $3.50 quarters of beef and
| l $50 carcasses of mutten were sent over.
| A new hay press has been patented in
| France and England which delivers the
| bales in the form of solid uniform cyl
ender about two feet in diameter, which
may be rolled along by one man.
| Notwithstanding the continued dry
| weather, cattle are coming to market in
! unusually good condition for this season
of the year. This indicates that farmers
are using more grain and meal than here
| tofore-a policy which will certainly pay
if followed up.
The heavy runs of hogs will probably
! not come in quite as early this season as
usual, for at least two good reasons: %
the lateness of the corn crop will some
what retard feeding; and (2) a great
many gave up the hog raising business Il
| year or so ago who afterwards returned to
it and whose hogs will not be of a ma
ture age as early as usual.
| Occasional shippers complain bitterly
| that some farmers will persist in over
| salting or stuffing their hogs, so that when
| they deliver them at the scales they
| frequently are sick and not in a market
! able condition. One Instance is reported
in which Il shipper had six hogs to die in
consequence of such treatment, and a
| great many others have suffered SINH
| larly.
Taking everything into consideration.
| the farmer gets more out of the stock
| business than any one else. He undOubt-
CJlA COllitS Oub DtbICI Ill JIlG long run
/ than the drOver. The drOyer, i'm turn,
| generally does better than the Eastern
| shipper who, after all, seems to have the
worst end of the business. There are
more losses and failures among shippers
| from Western and intermediate markets
TO New York, prOpOrtiOnally, than in
any other class of stOckmen in the cOuntyr.
The export trade is extremely fiat lust
now, and it will he noticed that EXPORT
nEs linn lou
in the season. In fact there is scarcely
any export demand for live shipment at
! this time. This will partially account for
the cattle tumble in New York last week ::
for, when the supply of good cattle there
is too heavy, the export demand usually
lets the market down by easy steps to il
| lower level; but exporters helped the
cause very little this time and the thing
came down with smash.
1t is we'll known that the farmers of
this country have learned that the profit
of the hog business lies in maturing their
| hogs for market at the earliest age.
! Many are learning the same lesson in re-
| gard to sheep, and are growing and feed
ing their lambs to mature early, instead
of running through period of three or
| four years to ripen for the trade. as
| they used to do. The stock business is
| gradually getting down to Il ''tiner" basis
! Our people very sensibly want quick re-
turns, good pay and plenty of it.
Ouray, Chief of the Utes, lives in style
lie owns farm Of 300 acres. or this he
Cultivates about n hundred acres, raising
all kinds of cereals and vegetables. He
| lives in 4 neatly built and CommOdiOus
abode house built for him by the Govern
ment and neatly furnished and carpeted.
lie owns great numbers of horses and Il
good many cattle and sheep, and when he
| goes out rides i'll Il carriage, which was
a present from rN-Gov. MrCouk lie has
one wife and one child. lIchires lahorers
from among the MeXicans and Indians.
and also expects his wife TO do her share
| of the farm work,