The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-06
LIVE STOCK.

THE Chicago Times says several hundred
head of still-icd bu Is and of grass IeXans were
received and sold at prices that were highly re-
munerative and satisfactory. go d quaiitles OF
both these descriptions bringing as high as $3.50
Two cars of grass Texans, NV. 953 lbs, Drought
5000
Hin, " r., during the winter for lack OF ieed
These are about the only cases OF the KIND
known in the territory.
OF eight thoroughbred yearlngs which were
sold in England in lS79for Ell W, not one coulu
win > race last year and their total winnings
in 1850 reached the paltry sum OF tSOO
Little Sister who won fl,l 100 last
year, and is now, one Of the most
promising Derby candidates. was picked up by
Lord Falmouth for 200 guineas, Geheimniss,
who won "a 300 last year, cost only $50 guineas
in 1880 There is long and melancholy list OF
vearlings sold during the last twenty years at
prices between IL o guineas and 4,oJO gulneas
most of them worth nothing.
The younger the animals intended for, meat
are sent To the butcher, the better 1t IS Tor all
concerned. A pig ought to reach 200 to 3O0
pounds at year DID, and it is a comparative
waste of food to feed it longer. The best beef is
that which is made to mature or ripen early, say
at from thirty to rty months when grade
short horn ought to weigh from 1,4O0 to 1,sO
And so it is with sheep. wether ought TO pc
in his prime at two years OF age ana WIZ WIN
ordinary feed, and eau well at that age exhibit
the hest profit. To do this requires good STOCK
and especially good sires.
The Kansas City Price Current of the l7th
instant SAYS March is half gone and no severe
weather vet. Such n winter for cattle on the
plains has not been had for years. The loss may
be put ut nothing. Even on the worst ranges 1t
will not amount to per cent There nave not
only been no losses, but cattle have come through
the winter in good fix. We do not say that they
are fat or even heshy. but healthy, and in better
condition than usual at this time OF year. In
southwest Kansas and the Indian nation, grass
is already growing and in that section cattle Will
be early but from farther west there is complaint
of crest dryness and ranchmen insist that they
must have either rain or snow before they can ex-
meet much grass If cattle i'll Colorado and n eW
Mexico come in no earlier than they did last
year. they commence the spring with more
strength, and will pick up faster than II they had
not gone through severe winter. HAVING had
no storms during the winter months there seems
to be apprehension among some cattlemen lest
there should be dry spring on the plains But
this is a mere phantom of the mind. For such
fear there Is really no foundation The very
fact that the winter has been dry one, rather
suggests n wet spring. 1t is somewhat unusual
for two dry seasons to follow each other in sue
cession. We have had plenty of moisture here
oflate and as TAR west as Caldwell. Kansas, and
we may expect at any time TO hear oil ram or
snow in Colorado and New Mexico. The winter
range was good everywhere and the outlook Tor
cattle on the plains was never better than now.
Notwithstanding some croakers, the prospects
are certainly bright. and we have every reason
TO expect better and earlier cattle from the plains
this season than for some time. March, the
worst of months on western cattle, mas been
mild and comparatively gentle II cattle do not
come to market early and in good fix 1t will be
more from the over-crowding of the range than
want of propitious weather. Looking the stu
alton over carefully, we cannot but think the
coming season will be most successful one 10
cattle men, Notwithstanding the dry-weatheT
fears of some.