The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-26
LIVE STOCK

CATTLE arc coming In very slowly and barely
suillcieilt are offered daily to supply the loCRl
demand AZ this season OF the year the arrival,
should be larBe, and considering the abundant
grass ON all the ranges, should be fat and
smooth. Prices have advanced about Il quarter
OF cent since last report Mutton sheep arc
ALSO becoming scarce and are eagerly taken II
ntted Tor he shambles Veal calves and spring
lambs nave entirely disappeared from the pens.
There Is still good enquiry for horses, mules
ahd ponies, ana prices are verv firm
TODAY QUOTATIONS..
BEEF CATrLE-Corn.fcd, none
BARREN cows--FaL 2hOgJ cents,
sHIPnaG-S l4dSis cents.
srCcK-Pet head, S9msis.
MfLcn cows--With calves, e25@siQ.
srRiEGERS-Pcr head sl0es30
hoas-Nornfed, be5h cents timber fat SGl;
stock, 2sG13.
=, sn2Esr--Muiton, ak@9). cents; stock, per head
HoRsEs--Exira fine, per span, s3o0@sSoo fancy
harness, elbO9s2D0 livery harness SJb1ylT5,
farm. s5Oosl2o; ponies, Sl5GDss0
MuLEsrExtia heavy Sl25Gs2Oo medium e5oa
The English steamship CastalIs has been
chartered 10 load five hundred mules Mt phila-
helphia TO be taken To Alexandria for the Eng.
lish government "
According 10 the assessors returns made 10
the huulur oi STATE the number OF hogs In iii.
nols on May LIST, 1852, was Posi-, aO1, against .
s72,0'l-a decrease OF 1882, or about g. pcr
cent.
dispatch from London to the Toronto Globe
shys' Another Canadian enterprise has becn
launched upon the market here To-day the
Canadian fresh meat importation company has
been formed for the purpose of placing cheap
ana wholtsOme meat at the command of nil
classes II will import only tho first quality
ol iresh lneaH OF all kinds from Canada Into
The United Kingdom, The capital stock of
The company Is 10000, In shares OF eli each
the directors also draw attention In their pros
ptclus 10 the Moll.khOwn superiority of Cana.
dihn cattle over those exported from the United
states Inc company will he their own i'm
pOrteTS, and sell direct to the consumer from lis
own dopots, The average cost Of meat dclly.
cred In England Is 5d per pound A contract
has already been made with responsible pnrly
III Canada to supply the meat"
some very significant figures have Just been
publlshcd MS the result Of the annual returns of
We auditor Of tho state of Ohio, which show
lhnl the number of head ofcntile sheen and hopg
IN thaI STATE are all considerably less this wear
man last Every species of live stock excspt
Horses has diminished, the greatest decroaso
peins III h9Hs, which aie per cent less than
In 1851 The figures for thesc returns We're
mnuc M some month or two npo
and II Is quite probable that II they could he
mken Tor the present. they would show still
GIea'er decrease, az compared TO year ago.
rus uecfense Is attributed 10 tho short crops of
nay ana grain last year High prices for the
iced for their stock and the high prices for mcnt
have induced the farmers 10 sell on their i've
stock, aud II Is presumed the experience has
pceh lhe same IN MI of the middle and Atlantic
states. Concurrent with this decrease OF live
Stock In The country al large, our exports of pro-
visions ~ the year ending June 80 woro So, 6sl
eVo less Than In the preceding year. Tho stocks
o. meats IN Store In this country at the present
T NM aie alSo less Than they were II year ago.
y ho conclusion nom these iuCts seems 10 be tint
,Ae consumption OF meats In ihc United States
mas increased faster Than the supply