The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-07-13

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TODAY a QUOTATIONS.
BEEF CLTTLE-Com.fed, none
BABREF Cows--fnt 2hg2 A cents.
sHIPpNG--36Q3A cents.
HTCCK-Pcr head, tg@rSl0.
Mich oows--With calves t25Gs40.
SPRINGERs--Per head e10at30.
Ho0s-Corn.fed BOOK cents timber fat 8@t
smrEr-Mutton, S@sx cents; stock per head
81. 60aS2 90. ...o. 49,
HoRsEs..Extra fine, per span, 5000 500; fancy
harness, Sl50@s20O; livery harness. S0GsiI6;
farm, S50@s125; ponies, $15@s30
MUEmSExtra heavy Si25@s2Oo medium $500
900 small x30@bU.
Mr. John V Fnrwell, the dry goods merchant
of Chicago, is said to own more polled Anyas
cattle than any man In the country. He has n
fine herd on his farm, near Nontezuma, Iowa,
and thirty more in quarantine at Quebec.
The Tyler West virglnia) Independent says
| that number of the farmers OF that county
who have been engaged in sheep raising for the
past two or three years, are beginning to realize
handsomely from the business. They have now
their farms stocked, and many of them this
spring shipped fat sheep 10 market for mutton,
after stripping the wool Off Hadds: There is
| less hard labor and more money In the sheep
business than in anything else our farmers can
| engage in"
The Chicago Drovers' Journal says: "As
might be expected. the horse trade for the past
week has been about at standstll ON holiday
account If for no other reason, Shippers IN the
country have not been disposed to send horses
| TO market and the receipts have been extremely
| light; not enough stock here to make a market
| even if there was a good demand sale Is
| that are fair enough, and 1t is now the expecta-
| ton that we shall within short time see bet
ter feeling in this trade than has prevailed siuce
the close of the spring season"
| A breed sow should be good mixer. How
ever good in other respects, If deficient in this
| she should hardly be retained as breeder. An
abundance of milk for the first eight or ten
| weeks of their existence is the best preparation
Young pigs can have to fit them for profitable
growth in after life. 1t is not always possible to
decide with certainty whether or not young
SOW will prove to be a good mixer, but as with
cows so with pigs, we may learn from observa-
| from their general appearance, what to expect
Much will depend upon the dam ana grand
dam in this regard. Milking qualities in swine
are as surely transmissable by. progeny as in cat
tie.
branded last spling over 5000 calves. and has
sent to market this season. 5000 beef cattle.
These figures prove Mr.. Todhunter TO be the
largest stock-r raiser in the country. There are
others who send more cattle in the market
but they buy instead of raising, them. he
has over 10000 headof stock cattle, and over
100 600 acres of patented land He got patents
last month for 3d. 900 acres of swamp land i'll one
bunch. He has about i 600 bulls and 800 saddle
horses. He employs so men, and puts up =, 5VO
tons of hay to guard against hard winters lie
keeps 10I work horses, and raises enough grain
TO feed all his saddle and woTk-stock. Besides
his cattle he has 200 SEQ stock horses, jacks.
and SO stations His stock Is divided among
four ranches-one known as the white house
ranch, lying just inside the Oregon line, where
5000 head are kept; one in long valley, IN the
surprise, supports 1000 head; the pyramid
ranch, lying at the northeast corner of the lake,
has 1900 head and lot of horses; the abbott
ranch, Mt Stems mountain, feeds about 800,
and Harvey valley 5, 100 more. The home ranch
is - miles from QelghDOr.