The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-02-23

A large pasture company Is being organ
lied In this state, the pasture % comprise
10000 acres and 10 be- situated IN the north.
ern portion Of Cameron county. II VIII be
stocked with cattle and horses, and breed
ing Ane stock will be largely carried on.
with reference to tbs importation oi
cattle for stock purposes from the united
States says an Ottawa dispatch, mo
definite action has been taken, but 1t IS uh-
derstood that the imperial government has
consented not to disturb existing relations
as regards Canadian cattle exported TO
| England I'm the event OF an order IN council
| being passed by the Dominion government
| admitting American cattle for stock pur-
| poses OF COurse there will be certain ports
! ofentry at which the cattle so imported
/ will have to undergo rigid inspection
A writer in the Prairie Farmer states
that Sin northern Texas many odd timers
! have realized more money value from TINS
| years crop and pasturage than from any
| seasons hcrctOfOrc-lirst, because prices
OF what little they had to sell were eXcep-
| tiOnally high and remunprative; second, be-
cause the pasture furnished during the last
three months has been worth at least ~
per acre. The great demand for Texas
ycarlings and 2-year-old cattle from Kansas
has advanced the price of cattle wonderfully
| in the last month. They are now selling
at IS and So, while few months since
| tncy only brought % anu % tuSh' iIoph
| bly, many OF your Kansas readers expect 10
purchase in the spring Texas yearlingS; il
they do they may calculate on going down
into their pockets sharply.
Mountain lions are raiding sheep in the
southern part of Colorado.
A Kansas shipper states that a car Will
hold two more head of steers II they are
destitute OF horns. He thinks TINS strong
argument in favor Of polled Angus cattle.
Farmers in France and Germany are now
raising mutton sheep with view OF sup
plying the English market.
That the livestock interests of Kansas
are rapidly gaining ground may be seen by
the increase of 100000 in the value OF
farm animals from 1880 to 1881 and this,
too, in spite OF the slaughter OF animals
worth SIG, 600 more.
In the ninety-nine counties of Iowa there
were in 1880, according to the census, ,oOi
working oxen; 1858, 523 mich cows; ,1oi, Az
other cattle; GOA ,906 swine; 70l ,35l horses,
and A 800 mules and asses, There were
in the state 1924 ,6l5 people. The great
est number of mich cows in rny one
county was %, 232 in Lee; the greatest num-
Der of oxen, BOG in Dubuque; of other cat
tle ~, 3Ol in Lee; of swine, l3S, lo5 in Cedar;
of horses, 1898 in Clinton of mules and
asses, 1,0l7 in Fremont counties;
Samuel Murphy, the head butcher for
Boyer IL Chapman, at Lincoln, Nebraska,
slaughtered on Tuesday of last week the
largest COW on the record of Nebraska bo-
vine history. She was native of Colorado,
A Chicago paper of the 18th says among
Yesterdays receipts of cattle were some
Texas through steers They averaged 93i
pounds and sold at 4Ic per pound. The
stock shipments from Glendive, NJ. T.,
during the past season were 1000 head OF
cattle and $1,000 head Of sheep.
The members of the Cattle Growers asso-
citation in attendance at the late meeting in
Denver represented 100000 invested in
the business.
During the last four years Oregon has eX-
ported to the eastern states not less than
100000 head of beef cattle. Most of these
cattle were produced in the counties east OF
the cascades.
In Japan, with more than 3O,0UO,OOO peo-
ple, there are only 100000 cattle, OF which
only 600 600 are fit for food, or two head Tor
every 100 people, against 70 per 100 i'll the
United States. Mutton and pork are I'M
known in the interior, fish being largely
the food of the people, many varieties be-
ing eaten raw Monin plants are extern
sively eaten, as is also an acorn which grows
on a bush three or four feet high. a prepar-
alton from matted barley and rice is also
much eaten.
For two weeks past the receipts of cattle
in this city have barely covered the daily
wants of consumers, and the shipments
made to surrounding points have in a meas
ure been cut off, or greatly lessened. In
other words, the demand has been greater
than the supply, and in consequence, prices