The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-08-17
LIVE STOCK.

CATTLE are coming In very slowly and barely
sufficient are offered daily 70 supply. the local
demand. At this season OF the year the arrivals
should be large, and considering the abundant
grass on all the ranges, should be fat ana
smooth. Prices have advanced about a quarter
OF cent since last report Mutton sheep are
also becoming, scarce and are eagerly taken II
lambs have entirely disappeared from the pens.
There is still good enquiry for horses mules
and ponies, and prices are very firm.
TODAY 8 QUOTATIONS.
BEEF CATTLE-Corn-fed,n none.
BARREN Cows--Fat. 2h@3 cent?
SHIPPING-314Gg31a cents.
SfcCK-Per head, S9@$l8.
MICH cows-With calves, e25@S40
SPRfNGERs-Per head, 810@t30.
H0as-Corn.fed, 596H cents; timber fat a@E
stock 2k@3. -
sHEEr--Mutton. 3A@SH cents; stock, per head
HoRsEs~Extra fine, per span, s3OO@s5oo fancy
harness, sl50@s20o; livery harness, 65@sl76;
farm, S50@sl25; ponies, s15@s30. =.
MULEs.,Extra heavy Sl25@s2oG medium SOC
$50 small S30M5U.
In speaking OF cattle shipments to Europe the
New York Sun says They are loaded on board
our vessels at our docks by the Pavonia ferry,
Jersey City, as they come off the cars . and are
don, where the great English stock-yards are-
Very few. of them come from Texas, the Texas
beef being stringy. tough, second class article,
unfit for expectation. Almost all of them come
from Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and Kansas, and
are in the very best condition. When corn is
low in price, and consequently fattening is
cheap process, the shipments of beef are Always
iarge-other considerations being equal--and
the the ' demand. in 1878 as much as
e. per head was paid for; for carry AIRY
the rate has varied between
e. and E5 Just now there are no. shipments
worth speaking of, and nominal price OF trans
portatiOn would probably be about thirty shii;
nuriup the month
about B. o. head of sheep, but even the trans
poration of mutton is diminished seriously by
the ruling high price Of meat in this market
The Guion and Inman lines carry large quanti-
ties of carcass beef, but nothing in comparison
with the magnitude of the live cattle trade,
which is growing rapidly year by year. The
time occupied by our vessels in making the out
ward passage is, on an average, twelve days,
but we are putting on q new steamer that VIII
do 1t in eleven.
Prairie Farmer has the following:
To make the greatest quantity Of the best
meat for the feed consumed should be the effort
of every intelligent breeder and the animal
which will do this best is the one for profit
firm but elastic skin, mellow, and of medium
thickness indicates good meat well marked with
fat. A soft skim hoatipg on blubbery fat indi-
Gates inferior flesh. The animal that will turn
out the greatest quantity of lean meat in the
zine parts, with only moderate amount OF
offil. and only moderate quantity of fat, ana
this nicely marbled through the flesh, and not
those running to outside fat nor inside taliow
are these sought. The back loin and ribs are
the choice parts then the rump, next the thighs,
then the shoulders, and lastthe neck and head
are the inferior parts Observation should give
the feeder good indication of the value of the
animal; that is, the general contour, size length,
breadth. thickness, general fineness of head,
body, and limb. The spring of the rib, the
manner in which the ribs are brought close to-
the hip bone, and the breadth of the buttocks
are the salient features in all animals that are to
produce good meat. The eye should be full,
mild, and bright the head small but wide be-
tween the eyes, and with the horns fine.
The last Chicago Times says: Sales of cattle
were at s3.2GgzS7IS, the larger part going at
81 5O66. 20 for natives and at s4@5 for western
and Texas cattle. Prices of natives were 10c
higher, while the advance in Texas and western
was l0@l5c The latter are 50@60c higher than
one week AGO