The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-02
LIVE STOCK.

A letter from ]. w. Drury, of Doane's
Store, Texas, under date of January %,
states that the estimated loss of cattle in
that section during The present winter
amounts to only about p per cent, mainly
among old cows, which is fully three-fourths
less than the loss amounted TO at the col
responding time last year; and the cattle
are in far better average condition. lie
looks for no further losses, and states that
one-third Of the beef cattle are fat, though
his calculation is that the shipments OF beef
from that locality will be one-filth less than
last year. The range is generally good, and
there is no disease among the herds except
a little Spanish itch along the Canadian
river in the Panhandle. His preference of
breeds for that country is The Durham.
Range cattle are one-fourth higher than at
the corresponding time last year, with more
buyers.
The Goliad Guard says: One and two
year-old cattle are in great demand. We
hear of sales being made at good figures,
$40 80 for ones and $3.50 for twos being the
highest price yet paid.
Mr.. James Cotton, well known 70 the
sheepmen of our western fairs, is on his
way to England TO select 200 Shropshire
sheep for this country.
Five thousand merino sheep were re-
Gently shipped from Washow, Michigan, 10
Bosque county, this state.
A farmer near Jackson recently sold
$3.50 worth Of merinO sheep, five ewes
selling at $50 each, and the rest ranging
from SIS 10 Si2j per head. He has one eve
for which he has been offered 500.
George W. West purchased from ID.
Raut. Of Neuces county, 10000 acres Of
land and $500 head OF cattle, paying
sG0O00.
The sheep interests Of Texas are valued
at SO. 10000.
We clip the following from the Pittsburgh
stockman Of late date:
To read the discussions IN the English
papers concerning the admission Of cattle
from America. one unacquainted with the
facts would suppose DO is regular center Of
live stock disease. Bot what ere the facts2
Ifthe infected areas iu this country could
be continuously located they would not
cover single state Of average size. Our
people. ns a rule, are periecily unfamiliar
with contagious cattle disease. Prom 51-vjy
10 5000 people will read this number Of
the stockman, and II we could poll the en-
tire number Ee venture the assertion that
not so ofthem could say they have ever seen
3 case q pleuro-pneum0nia. There IL less
disease among the cattle Of the I uited
State than ID any country on the globe
producing en- equal number. Prom lu.oD
10 n 900 quarters Of American beef are nov
s5id weekly I'm England, the average weight
Of the quarters being about 30 pounds
strnure as i may seem. TINS beef retalls
lover in the British markets than il can be
bought by American consumers An
Frrlish uauer thus errlsins this anomaly +.
II g. secraf lies in the difference o. cutting.
In Fnelaud q side n beef i cut into pieces
Of frun ten n twenty pounds weiEtt- and
rei.her bone mr. tst u rernured- English-
r-e-I- -ber ffrr bur meat. Do not ask fora
r'is.ss of the ruund o. sirloin. as Americans
a. m ~ 81 many pounds a meat. and
a. indife-enf from Which para 81 the an
ma . c1mes-
Tne shrsrercrt Times ssTs- There a-t
-rrr I'll through this p1-ti1n u the state
i.rrirr 10 c--rie % take - western lerns-
n 6c-r-s o. rs thaf j. j. sno-t-slEttec Pc
~ ~ or people - oisiio-t q tnef f1-tle
II he comparatively lgE T-ioss thsy 70