The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-03-02
THE DALLAS WEEKLY HERALD THURSDAY, MARCH q. 1889.

coiye. They cost very little, and serve gu
admirable purpose ms u reserve supply ~
case Of disaster to the crops. The fact ",
the people generally are so short Of money
they are too readily tempted TO sell at these
reduced prices"
Cable advices received yesterday from
British live stock markets note u sharp de-
mand for cattle, with the best Americans
quoted at lG(HlGl cents per pound, Sheep
in light supply and good request at iirmer
rates.
over one hundred horses have died from
pink.eye in the ns-Pee-Dee section of
Marion county, South Carolina, within the
past three weeks.
The Montreal abattoir slaughters but 200
head of cattle per week, while there are
about 800 head slaughtered, The city
authorities are careless as TO whether meat
| is inspected or not, and its officers wink
at butchers for contravening the law.
Within Il radius of twenty miles OF Hepp-
ner, Umatila county, Oregon, there are
over goo sheep. 1t is safe to assume
| that these will average at least six pounds
of wool apiece, or. ,2O0,0OO pounds, which,
at an average price of 20 cents per pound,
Yields the handsome sum of S2lO ,CGO year
We learn in the southern part of the state
yearlngs are being sold now at $40 90. and
| two-year-olds ut $li5O, these are high
prices. still seattle are worth all they are
selling for.
Captain NJ. Kennedy, one of the largest
cattle owners in the state, recently COM
pleted a sale to the Prairie Cattle company,
of Kansas, aggregating 81, 25O,C0O.
The English tlo.kmaster has settled two
points in British experience; first, that
mutton is more profitable than wool, and,
second that among English mutton-con-
sumers there is decided preference for
down or black. faced mutton. Tender, juicy
flesh, with fine grain and rich flavor, ripe,
and vet carrying plenty of lean meat, IS
that which suits the English market; A
combination of these qualities is found TO
most perfection in some of the black or
gray faced breeds or their crosses. This
preference on the part of buyers is so
marked that the butcher is enabled to give
at least cents per pound more for dark
| faced mutton than for any of the white
faced and long-wooled sheep.
| In the ninety-nine counties OF Iowa there
were in 1880, according TO the census, S5S,
6,Ol4,9C6 swine 79l, 1854 horses, and 1850
mules and asses. There were in the state
1874 6l5 people. The greatest number of
mich COWS in any one county was y, ~ IN
Lee; the greatest number of oxen 3O6 in
Dubuque; of other cattle, 1880 in Lee; OF
swine, 138, 1855 in Cedar; of horses, 10 ,Oi5 in
Clinton, OF mules and asses, l,9l7 III Ere
mont.
b. l.. Dunman has sold his Concho coun-
ty rancho, improvements, $50 head of sad,
die horses, $50 head Of stock horses, and
10000 head of cattle, at range delivery, for
$4,000 cash. to a company of Missouri
capitalists. This company is composed OF
Casey 81 Salmon, OF Clinton, Missouri
Bronaugh Bros, of Lewis Station, and ii.
& A. W. Kingsbury, and Dronaugh! q
Meyers, of Boonsvile, Missouri. This is a
fine rancho and range, and we consider the
trade a rare bargain.
Up to date the most favorable reports
have been received or the condition OF cat
tie and sheen on the great prairies. Feed
has been plenty 'afd.Iwater abundant
grazing