The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-10
LIVE STOCK.

There are about 225,OO0 head of stock cat.
tie in Nevada.
IL has been officially stated that pleuro-
pneumonia does not exist among West Viz
gina cattle. The government is pushing
work ON the coast guard quarantine sta.
tons Tor imported cattle in order to guard
against the introduction OF the disease.
Says tho Indiana Farmer california
has i,l52, $40 head of sheep. In that state
the power of the legislative branch of the
government is not thrown in favor of the
dogs and against the sheep, as in this I'm,
der the dog law Of 1881 in five or six years
Indiana would have. doubled her present
number OF sheep, and dogs would have de
creased in the same ratio"
A correspondent of the New York Tri.
bune writes as follows: "Thirty steers of
SoV or 100 weight on good pasture from
May LIST TO November should gain each 400
pounds. Much depends on their condition
when turned out in the spring. Those
wlntered around straw stacks without grain
will not begin to gain for several weeks.
Iheir digestion is bad; much blood is need
Cd to renew their coat of hair and loosen the
hide. On the other hand, q steer already
iat VIII not gain so much as one in what is
called good condition, Such AN animal
VIII increase very fast from May LIST to the
In,unie or last OF June, averaging, perhaps,
WIN little gram a. tirsU four pounds per
day, but during July and August very lii.
tic gain would be manifest, while the thin
steer would then be in:condition to be nd,
aipgsome weight. II is much better to mar.
Ket July LIST the steers that were fat when
turned upon grass in May. Cattle winter.
ca around straw-stacks will be in good con.
uition without any grain il thew are
leu NJ tho same time with a moder.
ate amount Of corn fodder of four or five
ears OF corn per day without the fod.
der. A iarmer will make it pay to borrow
money wiib which to buy corn to feed cat
Tie wintering around straw-stacks, as most
OF the cattle do in all states west of Penn.
syNania' ~ Is no unusual thing in this
country OF cheap and abundant corn To see
during March dead cattle living aronnd
straw.stacks, starved to death, Two
months ago saw such sight within two
miles OF my residence; the owner worth
$2o,VOO, with hundreds OF bushels of corn
Kept to feed hogs--the everlasting nos.
FARMERS make an expensive mistake In
thinking grain fed to stock cattle is wasted
correspondent from Michigan, whose in.
9ulrles suggested this article, speak, of
having q pasture in an open grove, and
also ora pasture well set In timothy and
clover, Now, much depends upon the way
these lots are pastured. The wood.lot
should ne pastured first, and the cattle
Kept OIL the timothy and clover, because tho
grass among the trees will be much richer
and more pa'atable II fed before tho trees
come into full foliage. This pasture then
should be allowed to grow up until Octo.
Der i, when II will again be m prime con.
uition, AZ time when timothy and clover
have stopped growing.
TO-DAY QUOTATIONS.
corn fed, b@5A N' y"
nARRxN cowr-Fat 5a5A ccnts,
shirriNe-6Adbk cents.
brcc&--Pcr head, sit0pSen
Mich oows--with calves, essas6o,
Hoes-Corn.fod, 10 gross; umbcr fat. A
stock. SGsk. -
=, sSsuxsr.GsSsuton asax cents stock, per hosd;
noasss,..Kxtra nne psr span, ssoo@esco fsnoy
narnesA elSo@t0g livery. harness, 6TSoSisE
MuLHs-Extra heavy ol0S6S1n msdiuv. ANA
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