The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-16

TO-DAY QUOTATIONS.

TODAY QUOTATIONS..
RRRP CATTLR--Butchers stock, 31.
BARREN Cows--Rat 2546e5A cents.
BuIPPIEG-3kGi cents.
BTCCK-Per head, SeMslS.
MICH Cows-With calves, tlb@HO
Hoas-Corn.fed, &c. gross timber fat ShGi1{
stock, 2A03.
suFEF--Mutton, S&@SIi cents; stock, per head
g. God022 90
HoHsEs.-Fxta aue, per spen s9O0@s5oc fancy
harness. sl5O@s200; livery harness, W5SSi7b
farm, S50Gtl2j; ponies, s15@S30.
MULTs-EXtra heavy sl25&SA0; medium $500
co small R}0M60
For the week ending Friday evening, Noyem,
Der 10th, the number of cattle shipped from Chi.
cago to tho sea board ports was 1910 head
against y, $40 she week previous. To New York
1870 head; to Jersey City 1870 to Boston, 200
The New West saws: When we rend of 10000
head OF cattle being driven every year from
Texas 10 the northern markets, ana when we
are assured that in 1870 as many 1s 100000 were
driven ON foot to Colorado Wyoming and Kan
sas, besides thousands shipped by steamer To
New Orleans aud elsewhere, we are SURPRISED u
learn that this immense drain on the herds of
Texas does not perCepubly decrease the mum.
Der Of cattlo in the state When we visit the
great ranches OF western Texas we are no longer
surprised, but rather wonder that the United
States holds people enough to eat and use all the
cattle we see II has been found from careful
cxaminatiOnof the census bureau reports, that
| TO every 100 persons In the United States there
are required so head OF cattle, and that require
| ment has not varied per cent. in thirty years.
| Taking this as u basis of calculation we iiud
| the northern and eastern states have less than
| the requisite number OF cattle, while Texas and
other western states have more than the requi-
| site number; and IL Is to these states that the
east looks for her beef supply.
| A foreign correspondent of The DrOycrs Iour-
nal says: The number o. cattle which came iron,
| abroad In 1881 was 322, 1893 as compared with
| $50, l52 in 1850 showing deere Nsc OF over CO.
COO, while 1t has to be voted that the returns iOI
| last year include the importation of SO weeks
| there having been that number of SATURDAYS
| The importation, however was still enormously
| above That Of former years, the number in 1871
| having boon only 2Ol, 0fG There was n small
| decrease of sheep, the numbers heing 9iS, 05l
| last year and 9i22iD in 1850 Swine have de
creased TO the greatest extent the reduction last
year bringing the number very near TO that o
| i've years ago, In 1877 there were 10 5T swine
| imported; in 1878 the number Jumped up to b6
5Sh in 1870 and 1850 1t made slight fnll but las
| yenr II came down to 81 459 The United State.
were, Of couse, the largest ccnslgners of cattle
| having sent lO3,G93 this, however, being II 100
| less Than i'll 1880 while Canada forwarded II 32S
| or about 400 less than the previous year viii
| regard To the continent the largest consignment
came from Denmark and the Netherlands, tn,
former contributing 6l,91G, and the latter IS g6l
From Schleswig- llolstoin there came %, SO6 from
| spain 1885, from Sweden u us and from Port
uGal li,OS2 or these countries, the only on,
| whose consignments show an increase Is Swe
ucn' Whlch made MI advance last year of abOu
90 per cent All the other countries men,lone,
show decrease, though the fact remains tina
lhe greatest falling of has been in regard Il
| America. which, taking the States and Uanad
| together Is responsible for So O6O of the toln
dimlnuuon-ti0 600 cattle