Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-02-27


The through run of horses and mules
still continues heavy.
Fairfield county, o., papers say that |
large herds of cattle are being brought in |
there this season from the Far West.
We spoke last week of the run of |
through hogs being unusually heavy, but
this week it is even heavier-1S,5 ,546 head. |
Butchers are gradually becoming edu-
Gated to the advanced prices on cattle and
hogs, and are not so hard to deal with as
they were at first.
The season for stock cattle is opening,
and there is a moderate demand for them
this week at fair prices. No great number
is wanted yet, however.
Foreign shipments from New York last
week were: 264 head of cattle alive, and
G, ,72S quarters of beef dressed; 2,375 car
casses mutton; 400 live hogs.
We understand that quite number of
good heavy cattle are being engaged in
the country at 81 1906 90 per ewt. This
| is buying expecting an advance, and of
course means a great risk.
Philadelphia's principal retail cattle
day is gradually changing from Monday
to Saturday, the latter day generally fur
nishing a stronger demand and better
prices-a fact which shippers will do well
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We hear a good deal of complaining
among men who have cattle here from Chi
Ecago, because of the high prices they paid
at that place, and the prices they bring
here. The balance is on the wrong side
this week.
For the first time since the opening of
the winter season the run of hogs for the
week ending last night amounted to less
than 10, 600 head The hog crop is un-
doubtedly pretty well cleaned up, and no
more heavy runs need be expected.
Philadelphia men are hard to trade
with this week, owing to the unsatisfac-
tory, and as they call it, mean market they
had Saturday and Monday. 1t is good
. thing that the run is not heavy, OF prices
would have to be lowered considerably to
effect sales.
The expectation of American horses tx
t foreign countries bids fair to be one o
great importance. A single concern il
: New York annually sends 2, 1000 horses ant
. mules to the West Indies. Many fine bret
Kentucky horses have been shipped dur
: ing the past few years to France an
I England.
7 An Australian paper says: E'The graz
! iers of England have lost, probably
within 35 years a sum nearly equal. t
, one-haf of the national debt, by conta
/ SIOuS OISCEtoCo SOOOhs OCA bai1A 4
this, or the very moderate estimate o
9180, 100000, is quite enough to aceoun
: for the price of meat in the old country.
Some of those who have recently gon
West from here tobuy hogs, on the grOun
that they could get them enough cheape
n to much more than pay the freight fror
there here, have rather overdOne th
thingand loaded themselves too heavy fo
comfort. The Eastern markets are no.
full of hogs, and there is a strong pro-
pect of glut in that direction.
The sheep business is not carried on I
). half the extent it should be in this cour
. try. Farmers need not fear that the
f lwill override the. business if they onl
n raise the best heavy grades, such as e.
= porters will use. Certainly there is +
4 business III at will yield better profit
the amount of labor and capital inTestei
r the time being so short in which they g
Il a return from the investment.