The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-20
LIVE STOCK.

TODAY 4 QUOTATIONS.,
BKsY CArTLH-Butchcrs stock, az,
bARRRN cows-fat $685. cents.
shirriNa--St6pt cents.
SrcCk-Pcr head, sgxlSls
MICH cows-with calves, S,s6ssi0.
srRiNGKRs-Pcr head, Sl0tQtSO.
stock. 2SgpS.
SHWRr-Mutton SAfoyl. cents, stock nor hoaS
HoRsks.Extra One, pcr span, ssoO@ssoa fancy
harness, elbo@S.No; livery harness, 8750sl7S
farm. ssOcoel2S; ponies, SiS69ssO.
M MuLSsME NJ. heavy sl25sass0 medium $500
For siI weeks or mere the receipts of cattle at
Chicago have averaged about rs 100 per week.
breeders OF sou,hdown sheep In ohio, lllinoi..
INDIANA, Kentucky. Missouri, and Iowa have
formed an association for the purpose " fur.
thering their Interests Ms breeders and starting
register for this breed. s Il. prnther of
springfield, Illinois, has been chosen SECRETARY
OF the association. There Is u good timo com.
,ng ior we longwnol taissrs, aud the indications
are IL Is not FAR OF. The decrease In the nun.
bor vi sheep In England, as shown by the arri.
cultural rolurus is enormous since ms Tho
number has fallen or 5.5iSOeO, being NOR, than
one'iouith OF the whole.
A correspondent of tho London Live. stocl
Journal writes US follows purchased A goat
through an advertisement some weeks sso
which was said to yield three quarts a DAY, She
was milksd the night of her arrival, and, having
49, Wv k'NNNi HhlN VI lut uhN, khNp
mnch ~ cNpcCted-one and one.haltp Ints Thr
following morning this WAS Increased 10 rather
over quart and at night that day, after A fr,o
range GU good grass, her uddcr which was hy
that ume enormously stocked, Welded A Ittls
more than two quarts, Since then have had
her MIXED thrive times a day, Instead OF twice
mame'y-M a, m, at |, p H., and at SD. m
mo quantities now obtained are as follows,
first milking, "a NJ, three pints; second milk
ing y, H.. two and Il fourth pln,s; third miil.
INK, ~ ms. two ami q half pints-.total, seven
and three-Quartcr rintS. These figures, Tho No.
curacy Of which can vouch for, as ON tho Two
hrst days the milking and measuring operations
were performed under my own eye. hayo
scarvely varied; and thus u gallon OF milk
wuhin quarter 81 y pint has been the daily
yield OF this remarkable animal. She is A intrr
Irish long haired goat with u big barrel, and ~
cuursc. Immense udder and tcais, the latter of
10 son anu supple a nature that although PRO.
Nlous 10 milking tho loats can scarcely be
sraSped by the hand, on account OF their mn.
usual circumference, when the process Ia CON
Guided they can be squeezed into the palm With
case. ASKS oiten the case with Irish goats, and
vsp,elnuy with heavy mixers, the richness OF
English goat 1t is, however, good enough, both
W luanuty aud quality, TO bring np q short. horn
cai, when she does entirely This goat Ia tho
mos, thiisty animal over hal Al each drink
sne ,ntusw her uosc Into the pail with an avid.
w whlvh would give an observer an idea that
sne hau drank nothing for twenty four hours
pSyionsy, though supplied with tthricc daily,
Yield by giving the last thing al MIGHT, oat.mSSi
wNer-thatis, boiling water poured on n hand.
,ul OF oatmeal, and allowed to stand until, cool
hnoulu adj thst she has ~ much marie Ms shs
VIII cat each time she Is MIXED. aud a FREQ
range In field all day ''''