The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-09
LIVE STOCK

IT seems almost an impossibility to get a
sufficient number of good, fat, smooth cat
tie to supply the butchering demand in this
city. The receipts continue light and
prices are very firm. There is still great
scarcity of mutton sheep. Sheep growers
feel that they can get about as much for the
wool on sheep next spring as the mutton
would bring now, and they can sell after
shearing for about the same price as at this
time. Hogs are coming in slowly, but the
pens nre generally bare of good quality.
Much has been written upon the subject
of feeding hogs to the best advantage, and
in this connection the Drovers Journal of
late date says
We have for long time been satisfied
that there is always a serious amount of
waste in feeding dry, hard corn to hogs. OF
course they will get fat upon it and make
good meat, and where corn is so abundant
as TO be drug in the market it may make
| but little difference to farmer who feeds a
! limited number of hogs, but 10 party who
feeds large number of hogs as regular
business the case is different, and with all
such parties the questions involved are
/ worthy of serious consideration. We have,
/ in connection with this matter, seen the
statement made that IL has been demon
fstrated by actual experiment that three sets
ofhogs in different pens, will either fatten
or keep M good condition from the hard
corn feed given to the first pen being regu-
larry cleaned out into the second. and in
! like manner this last pen 10 be cleaned out
into third Upon the principle that hogs
following cattle while being fed corn will
become fat, so the hogs in the second pen in
the case stated, will fatten rapidly, while
those in the third pen will keep in a thriv-
ing condition. There is no doubt but that
soaking corn in a systematic way is the best
and most economical way that corn in the
ear cUn be prepared for feeding hogs. When
prepared In this way, hogs will even eat the
cobs to some extent, but when they are fed
on soaked corn, they shOnld have a little
clean rye straw or clover hay daily, ofwhich
they will consume more than any one
would suppose who has not tried the eXper-
ment. For feeding purposes corn in the ear
can be soaked IN a tank, or, for feeding a
limited number Of hogs, gOOd-sized casks
can be used; these should be protected from
the action of severe freezing weather,a as the
warmer the water used for carrying on the
soakug process the more rapidly the corn
viii become sult.
The average loss on cattle exported 10
Great Britain from Canada aud the United
states during lssl j. slightly over 81 per
cent and that on sheep - per cent.
Eastern Oregon butchers h%e no diff
Guilty in finding cattle fit Tor the market on
ans II tbr hills. The grass las continued
~ green that stock have not only managed
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iattcned.
Gable advIces FIRM Liverpool yesterday
quoted the cattle market brisk. and prices
firm at lie per pound foT the best American
steers. with light receipts last week from
this side % the water. Common % medium
qualities were quoted AZ 70 % ljc. and in
feri0r and bulls 40 n 90 BE. the prices gives
being for toe estimated dead weight; Ofial
not rerkoned.
The San Antonio Express says that the
past year has been a very profitable one f1r
the western Texas wool growers. The wealth 7
cr has been favorable iOr the sneep and no
epidemic has been among them. Indeed, /
the loss have been bil0W the average %
good years- The spring seas0n was q bril- F.
Inf.t ore. and the fricfs lail here ior uoul
+, 1eeelie.i fhys- paid in any Other Texas 4
mrrEaf. TIE inII .elsul ras also ilr1r.flf
liIisrueh fiic prizes paid gfre n.iout Three
i1 fre cents bel1u those Iilil during the .
Spring st1syn-
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