The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-25
LIVE sToCK.

THE receipts of cattle have fallen of in the |
last week, and butchers ere only enabled TO Sc !
cure what are required for home consumption
and the demands from the towns and country |
surrounding Mutton sheep are offered freely. |
while veal calves and spring lambs are coming |
In slowly. Hogs are plentiful for all require
ments; Prices OF cattle are very firm, and fat
smooth beeves will, no doubt, bring fraction
over quotations. There is good demand for
horses, mules and ponies
TO-DAY QUOTATIONS.
BEEF CArrLE-Corn-fedn none
BARREN cows-Fat 2A@2z cents
bHIPPISG-3r34 cents.
STccK-Per head, s9@slS
MICH cows-With calves, e25@siQ
SPRINGERs-per head, sl0@s30
Ho6s-Corn-fed, 5G5k cents; timber fat S9t;
stock. 2b@3.
saEEn-Nutton, s@Ss cents; stock, per head
81. 60(GS2 90
HoRsKs--Extrs fine per span, s5cO@s50O fancy
harness. Sl5O@s2oG livery harness, S75@sl75;
farm, 5000 Sl25; ponies, Sl563sS0
MULEs-Extra heavy Sl25@Se30G medium $500
900 small xSOQSU
The following is taken from the New York
Indicator
A western correspondent OF morning Journal
OF ms CITY calls attention 70 the inadequate
supply OF cattle 10 meet the demand of beef or,
rather, 10 the dsproportiOnate increase of beef
cattle as compared with the increase in popula
ton; tits shown by figures that the number OF
cattle In the United States to each 100 of popua-
ton is now less than ten years ago and that the
disproportion Is steadily increasing. The writer
sails attention to the necessity for more attention
TO the industry OF cattle raising, If future beef
famine is to be avoiied The western plains
beyond the Mississippi and in Texas and the
valleys of Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming
olfer very profitable inducements for the pursuit
OF stock farming. With the facilities now pro-
vided and being added to each year, the means
| OF reaching the eastern markets are simplifed
and made certain. lie remarks that the beef
famine now prevailing In some parts of the
east excites great interest In the west and
beef cattle there have advanced s5@6 per
head, for which stock.rasers see no
good reason, They look upou the present fam
Inc as a mere panic excited by middlemen, that
VIII soon be over, but express the opinion that
more marketable cattle must be raised to prevent
recurrence OF the present state of the market
The truth is, If the opinions of cattle rasers are
to be accepted, there is no real necessity for the
present high price for beef They admit that
the supply OF cattle, although below that of last
year, is sufficient for the needs of the east that
there is no such dearth Of fat stock as to justify
the high prices now being exacted hut that the
cattle trade like grain and other produce, is sub
Iected TO the manipulation of Il clique of middle
men, who maintain corner in beef cattle not
uhlike the recent corner in wheat, and, like the
| latter. the supply and demand so nearly balance
each other that even If the cattle were sent for
Ward without restraint there wonld be no sur
plus. The condition, of supply renders it an
easy task for the middlemen. in combination, TO
follow the example OF the wheat operators and
maintain just such price us they think proper to
ask the price being controlled only by the high.
est rate the product will bear without totally
suSpending its use.
| The Post remarks that Chicago appears to be
changing from an almost exclusively spring
wheat market TO u winter wheat market The
fact is, the spring wheat producing region is
moving too far to the northwest to find its best
outlet to cheap lake transportation at Chicago.
AT the same time the production of winter wheat
Is so increased as to replace the spring
From all reports the shipment Of cattle over
the Northern Pacific road next fall promises to
be the largest since the construction of that
road. From one range alone, north Of Billings
Montana, over 900 carloads Of stock will be
shipped eastward in September.
There Is one cattle range in the eastern por.
ton OF Nebraska which will be new the public
generally. The opportunity for establishing a
ranch there-it is mainly In Blackbird county
j. afforded by n lease of part Of the Omaha In
| dian reservation.