The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-05-31
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sheep.mou say Tho increase In looks 7
Nevada has been greater this year ibal
ever before.
Mr.. Baker, Of San Antonio, Texas, sold IL
81. Louis 90 head Of Texas mules, which M
sold ut $40 per head, said 10 be the highest
price ever obtained for this states raising.
The cincinnati Price Current calls atten'
ton TO the iaCt that since the lst Of March
the receipts OF cattle at Chicago have been
70 per cent. greater than during the corTos-
pohding time last year, while the number
re Gintd for Strengthening in this city has
! been 81 per cent. greater than last year.
During this time the net supply of sheep at
Chicago has been so per cent. greater than
last year. AT New York the receipts OF
beet cattle for the same period have eX-
ceeded those for the corresponding time
last year. and sheep hove also shown a
large increase. There has been no scarcity
of animal food material, and the prospect
for the future is for an increase steadily as
compared with last year.
The attention paid to Scotch short-horns
by the American buyers who have just left
our Shores says The Agricultural Gazette,
London, is one Of the healthiest symptoms
in matters connected with the breed which
has been seen OF late. Since 1880 short-horn
cattle have been most carefully cultivated
in Scotland; there are pedigrees held In re-
spect there which are almost unknown to
persons familiar with English catalogues,
and the pecuiarities of the climate, local
management, ETC., have caused the Scotch
cattle to escape some of thesworst malad-
ministrations to which fashionable English
herds have been exposed. If the revival of
demand from America leads English
breeders TO visit and take note of Scotch
short-horn management, it will have done
both countries good service. Scotch short.
l,Ar ,nf hatfa hny oil h
is proved by the fact that Scotch breeders
freely come here for sires), but they are
certainly SO far distinct as to. be recognizable
by personal appearance.
Sheep are just now in excellent demand
on both sides of the Atlantic and command
good prices. The Breeders Gazette re-
marks that the sheep husbandry of Eng
land often and properly pointed to as pos
sessing many features worthy OF adoption
in this country, has been within the pre-
sent year brought face to face with the fact
| that a pound of mutton would command as
high price in the market as pound OF
wool from the same sheen. while thousands
of hungry men daily call for meet that can
not be supplied by English hocks at even
this extravagant price. This demand
already has an appreciable effect on the
American mutton market, says The Ga
zette, and can be made to innure to the
great advantage of such flock owners as are
Soonest ready to respond with good ship
ping wethers, not necessarily large, but
fat. A little observation in live stock mar
kets will demonstrate that the price of
IN luton sheep for domestic consumption is
affected by condition and symmetry rather
than size of the animals. while the shipping
demand calls for those above the average in
both size and condition. Thus is found an
couragement for placing in No. 1 condition
all animals that are to be marketed the
present season, and, by such means as are
within reach of every flock manager,
steadily advancing the standard to meet
the more exacting demands of the future.
| TO-DAY 9UOrArIoHs.
BnY OAf1LB-Butchers STOCK, grass fed, &c,
| corn fed, sc.
| BARREN Cows-Pat cents.
| SHIPPINs-5k cents.
| 6rcCK-Per head, $15@920.
| MILcH cows-Witb calves, 836@S6o.
Hoos-Corn-fed, Axe. gross; timber fat, 4;
stock. S@34.
g. OOdD3s. 90.
harness, sl5O@t2o0 livery harness, H5Ss176;
| farm, S5o@Sl25; ponies, s26@850
MULEs-Extra heavy sl25@8200 medium $500
| 100 small 830G60