, 1881-10-22
LIVE STOCK.
Prominence Of Illinois ns n Sales
State" Handling What Docs
It Reveal2
Tho Supremacy Of tho Soutlii1own-Thc
National Slort.1lorn ConYcntion
and tho 1Icrd-Books.
Tho Growth Of American Erports-Pros-
peotivo Formation Of State Live
Stock Association.

In0 dr0Wta OF Am0fl0an EIp0rt8-fr0s-
peosivo Formation of State Live
Stock Association.
ILLINOIS AS A. SALE STATE.
Since tho days when Sllort-Ilorn cattla
ca,ne Into prominence Kentucky hns elntn.t,l
tho llul,or hf raisll,g the best stock nl,il af.
fortlInE tho most desirable i,lnrket. Within
tho pnst few yenrs, however, Illinois llns
gained n prcrmti.ent Iosiltou In thu trade,
a,tl now disputes with Kentucky tile honor
Of first place. Time was when Kentucky
hutl within her border aIl tho best breeders,
ns!tl when II WIS Il coniiNn1i thing to I,enr 1t
said tlmt blue grass Wnntd grow nowhere
but in tho famed Kentucky region. Now MI
this il materially changed. At this time
the Short.llorn breeders OF Illinois
possess not only II thorough knuwl-
r'lge of tho business, but they also
terprEsc, without which knowledge wot1l
bD 1T lIu practical advantage. Cutpeh witt,
the Desirable REQUESTS ot ability ul,l push, IL
tue inct That on the prairies ut illinois the
Property cared for.
Kentucky breeders recognize tho fact TINT
1liln1ls Is becoming the best known a.ld
rssS1 ay ceers ,Grkes s iG9 = t p af fHs n
shipping their stuck Into this State to bu Ills
m,susl ut ut public sule 'rhuru lave beui.
SEyerHl large si!ipnlents of blo0drtl cattlc to
during tho winter an! sold IN the curly spring.
The fRll sales thus far this sUnsOn liiGliitI0
snsnrnl cataloRs composed almost exclusively
Of kelltncky-brttl ahfMnls, nnd tileso cattlu
almost without exception li,tyD been from tho
must popular families OF useful and pruta-
| biz character.
1t is perfectly we'll understood that tho Of
icrlnTs NJ these public sales do not, except 1T
l1atya jt,tk In
from tlle la,re*t hixil-bres Sllort-llorM fal1ll-
ltes.. Tho cat.le sold in this manner nro Of n
Kind remarkable i9r their usefulness as bcuf
prninSc!s' possess1t; breeding a1M pedigree
ner, who fl Meas!y every, caso breeds for iecf
1 ind TINT alone. LII The ltnIeyon tuya uE tho
tru,to ~ this State, when it w,ls Il
saG ssss 2s 's1f % Tn II e. say ayf9sSs @ It M se; e
ls75, ntauy ycry valuable blo0det cattle wcro
| disposed Of ut public, auction.
Tie I':tst SIX years tlAve buen full Of costly
ccda that bvef beti,g what Is reqnireti. il is
not absolutely necessary To nut such large
Mtuonnts OF MONEY Tito biaoded stocis.
t;n!t!cs aro tt,e popular things ut present,
Tho consequence IS, that !!g.l-priccd animals
aro bought at prlsnte snlc, and prices for
.'sllis nlltl hsltUrs answering every rrauislt Of
heei.cait!o ' liaXo Stoatl,y tleetlnod fron year
tn the minds Of many brceusrs whether thoy
can liEorl to sacrifice good things ut tho
present rlllno4s PRICES, The drontll,. Of
US i has been almost impossible to bring
cattle III tlio sales.rlngs IL, anything like gnuu
condition, tslll 1t Is probable TINT one or Two
Fnou grass stasu1ls %O Id rcstnre prices mud
bring nhOut renewed confidence among
breeders Auu buyers.
TIE SuBJECr OF HANDLING.
It lins been stated TINT NJ, effort will be
11iattc during tho Fat-Stock Show to tleterntl,o
what handling intlicates-in other words, to
entlaayor to usccrtntn IL possible whether
the degree Of quality can be determined by
handling or feeling tlle hide. A1uny good
butchers Insist that thore isnothlng In 1t,
willis cattle neil Of extended experience
with eaual positlyeness assert their ability
alive. TIla a'tbject Is a worry Interesting one,
INIT tie proposition 10 take Steps to deter
mlllo accurately wl'nt thu so.calletl .hnn.ll!nE
iloM Dr. It. q Esay, ot WIS Washistoi,. lug u'iSt 5. T.:
THAT would bu n nlnyc IN tho right dtrec-
tlon, lor tho agricultural colleges with their
model farms, II there Is any man alout tllcn,
handling Of 4 halst while nllye, and how
tn ,uaku an ntellgibIe description Of lilo car
cass Wien s!auel,tercd. 1t Is strange how
,ngn hnyo gone wild oyer the extreme fnol-
eXnct Observations would have scttletl
the tl'lIE nS common sHilSe uitgflt |
t0 liAy1 sgttlcd II III tho outset. There is |
neither anatomical l,ur physiological cotlncc-
tion bctwccn the 'lafr nj the l,erit.aun OF tic
envy and her lnctcal glands. hut III the uni |
,nal Kingdom gencrnlly cunrseness of struct-
Mre In o.le part Is rarely, II ever, allied to
tinnncss In other parts. 4 course, hard skin |
nNt densc, nnyielllne colt nlar Tissue llns |
nHeyer, never, wo believe, be0i,, alnt wi!l never BE-,
sparklinr flesh. rI!at Which W. WI know as prae.
tleNlly aud axgerinental1y OF thss matter IL |
sufficient to convince ny coMplBtt,ly 1T tho !
possibility OF reducing tho Indications OF tic
"haiMlltng' to extrrmc exaclllcss eyut1 by |
experts, whereas anybody aud everybody |
s!Inull prefer Il good llunt!iar' tu n ba,l |
'!tanttler.' Let us llear from the colleges |
ubnnt this. Whnt does thu Vlrginln Agri- |
cultural and Mechanical Coicge.sayw
TILE SQuYIIDO1YS,