The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-03
LIVE STOCK.

CATTLE are coming in very slowly and barely
snllicient are offered daily TO supply the local
| demand AT this season OF the year the arrivals
shoulu be large AMI considering the abundant
grass on all The ranges, should be lat and
smooth. Prices have advanced about quarter
OF cent since last report Mutton sheep are
also becoming scarce and are eagerly taken If
htled Tor the shambes. Veal calves and spring
| LANDS nave entirely disappeared from the pens.
Ihero is stu good enquiry for horses, mules
| ana PONIES, ana prices are very firm.
TODAY b QUOTATIONS.
BEEF CATTLk-Gorn-fed, none
BARREN Cows-FHL - as cent?
sHIrrNG-Sa@ Jla cents.
STCCK-Per head sgMslS
MICH CoWS--With calves. S2SGS4l
BrRiEGERs--Icr heed, Sl0@SSO
ho6s-Corn-ied 6a5S cents; timber fat 31l;
| stock, 2H@3
sHEEr-Mutton aS@2A cents; stock, per head
Sl.6o@s2 90
HoRsrs-ExtIa tne, per span, G3OD@s5co: fancy
harness, S50@s2OO; livery harness. Si5@sl75;
iarm s5O@ sl25; ponies, sl5@S3O.
MuLEs-Extra heavy 5l25MS2OO. medium $500,
$50 anal $500 81.
Statistics show that disease and old age killed
. per cent of the sheep of Georgia during the
year ending June |. while the dogs destroyud
nearly IT, per cent, OF the tlOcss
'ubh Is chiefly supplied with beef cattle raised
IN southern Florida The quality OF the meat
Is poor, but the animals are raised at very
small cost
S. Il. Taylor X, II. Overall, c. G. Davenport
and Others shipped largely of fine mutton to
EAST 81, Louis during the past two months, and
realized handsome profits --lColeman Voice
The PittSburg StoCkman snys. THE dullness
OF lhc trade in fat sheep does not seem to mate
rally alleGt the sales OF breeding stock Breed
efs especially those handling fine woods, with
whom We have lately convefstd report an OK
ceileht demand and some of them say they can
not iufhish STOCK MS last rs II Is wanted I his
would indicate strong popular confidence In tho
future of The sheep and wool business, notwith.
standing the dizziness nov prevailing
inc hrst shipments OF carcass beef from New
iOfk 10 England were made by MCsSrs Shyr-
| man " Gillette on the Guion line steamers in
1919, and were arranged by Mr.. t. Rerlinger
VINO is now in charge of the outward bound
| lrelSht department of the Monarch line. Owing
10 the low price and good supply of grain in
~, iattened marketable cattle were cheap In
lhis country, and the good idea occurred To Mr.
T. &; Eastman of sending them over alive for
! English consumption, lie ut first made his
shipments NY lhe outside or Irregular lines and
| ny chartered steamers, and subsequently, by the
| uulon line. Now there are three Regular lines
OF stehmers-the Monarch, National and An
| chor-lhat practically mOnopOl2o the business
| OF carrying live cattle from New York 10
| England.
when American beef was first sent over TO
| England, said Mr. Berlinger to II sun reporter
| lhSrc was a great deal of prejudice against il
~ The popular British mind. II stood to reason,
| hhGlshmtn said that no beef could possibly he
50 good as the roast beef 'hOt hold llingldud
and the American article for II time had 10 lo
disposed of under false prctenSGs, SO To speak
| Tons OF II were sold at high prices as prime
| scotch, and butchers with only American beet
on their stalls in many instances conSmcuously
displayed signs Only English beef sold here
and English beef FOR Englishmen' But the
! butchers knew what good beef was, and wert
not SLOW to perceive that we were sending them
| prime article, just as good ms England could
produce, and gradually that knowledge spread
| until now the prejudice has been removed, ana
American beef actually commands tho highos
prices In the cattle yards at DepuOrl.