The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-30

No great Improvement In receipts of cattle ut
| the stock-yards Is noticeable, and the demand
| continues above the supply shippers anxiously
watch every arrival and ''gObble up" all the fat,
| sleek beeves that put i'll M appearance. The
shipments from this city so far have been far in
excess of those of last year up TO this date, and
I, the prospects now are that they will continue
during the season. A great many cattle are
coming in that are barely III condition for butch
cring purposes 60 fur there have but few veal
calves offered on the markets. farmers
and stock raisers finding II profitable
To keep them over for n year or two
or until they are grown Mutton sheep are
plentiful but they are not in as good order for
killingas they should be, considering the fine
grasses they have 20 feed upon Hogs are II
drug in the market and the demand light
Horses and ponies are in good request Prices
OF all kinds of stock are firm and steady.
TODAY y QUOTATIONS.
BEEF CArTLE-Corn-fcd 3@Sh cents.
BARN Cows-Fnt 313h cents.
SliIrrING-34@l cents.
SICcK-l'cr head Sl5@s20
Mich CowS-With calves, s2513i0.
SpRiHGEas-Por head, Slo@sSO,
HoGs-Corn-ied, BOSS. cents; timber fat SG9i;
stock. 2h@3.
sHEEr-Mutton, a,l@sh cents; stock, per head
81. GOOSE 90
HoRSEs-Extra fine, per span, slOD@s5oo fancy
harness, s50@s2oC livery. harness, s15@sl75;
farm, e5O@sl25; ponies, sl5mSS0
MuLEs---yExtra heavy sl25@S20C; medium s5O@
10: small $500 49,
1t IL estimated that the number OF horses In
the United States is 100000 Illinois Is said To
contain one-tenth of that number,
J u Clark, OF Audrain county, has COW
weighing 900 pounds, which gives iorty.two
pounds OF milk day or u little over her weight
III twenty-five days,
LITTLE Rock, ARK, May 2S-lIerds OF cattle
continue 10 pour into the Indian Territory from
Texas, Kansas and Missouri. 4 herd of y, 10 is
now between Coileeville, Kansas, and Nusko-
gee, en- route to the Cherokee strip, About 1909
head Of cattle are on the borders of this state
and herd OFFS, 900 are ON the Texas line MI head
Ing in the same direction.
The Droyers Journal says OF the horse trade
nj Chicago:
Somehow the market for horses does not boom;
the influenza, which has during the spring been
so widely prevalent among horses has nearly
abated, aud there seems to be nothing hOw In
the way Of an active horse trade but the labor
erS STRIFE, which operates 10 seriously emhar-
rass general business matters For example
the brick'makers' strike in the city has always
put Il st y to business operations This, Of
course, cuts of the daily Use of II large number
of teams. The high price at which feed Is sell
Ing makes II important that dralt-horses should
have full employment to make them pay their
way, Altogether, the outlook is not Just now so
good for Il generally active trade in herses rs We
had hoped to SEQ
A sheep-grower says: II IN folly to keep old
sheep They should he turned or TO the butcher
in their prime. II does not take half the amount
TO fatten thom. When they get old aud thin, In
order To put them In the condition 10 slaughter,
tho whole structure must be rebuilt. Four
sets of lambs are all any eve should bear; this
VIII bring her To five years. and this is the age
when. with little extra care, she will round up
TO Il fun carcases. Exceptions may be made
when the breed IL scarce and blood Is more do
sirabo than any thing else,