The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03
Of Interest to StOckmen.


Association, Mr.. T. D. Coburn condemned
the practice of breeding hogs for their fat
tening propensities. A breed is needed
that will give greater proportion of lean
and Mr. Coburn advises the withdrawal OF
corn from the feed of hogs, substituting
therefor oats, rye and grasses, claiming
that the hog is grass eating animal
Our farmers depend too much upon grass
and corn. The fact that the graziers OF
England expend nearly 81, 900 annual
ly for cotton-seed meal shows the high ap-
probation in which this product is held.
The advantages of using this meal to Sc
cure the quick and satisfactory ripening of
animals fattening for market cannot be
disputed. If English farmers can afford
to invest SO lavishly in cotton-seed meal,
American farmers, who can buy it cheap
er, should find it highly profitable.
A Berkshire boar in Todd county, KY,
is three feet, seven inches high, nine feet
from the nose to the tip of the fail, meas
uring seven feet around the body Just be-
hind the shoulders, and eleven and one
half inches around the leg, just above the
hoof. He is only moderately fat, but
weighs | 200 pounds, and its owner thinks
he can put 300 pounds more on him. He
is thought to be the largest hog in the
world.
The Prince of Wales has at Sandring-
ham los Short-horn cows and 20 Short
horn bulls, which are kept in two distinct
herds,
|. IL. Dahlman, New York City, the
largest horse dealer in America, said 81
handle from 5000 to IO, 900 horses annual
". The great proportion, nearly all the
draft horses handle are one-half and
three-fourths blood Percheron-Normans
They are docile, intelligent, easily broken,
steady in harness, powerful, compactly
built, short i'll back, deep in body, and
broad in chest, and the best of any horse in
America, standing work on the pavements
better than any other breed Chicago
Tribune,
Wyoming has Territorial, veterinar-
ian and model laws for the prevention and
suppression of contagious diseases.
Following are the last quotations OBJ.
tanned from the st. Paul markets:
CATTLE-Market steady on fair demand.
Quotations unchanged. Choice steers,
$4.75@5 per 100 lbs.; fancy steers, s5.25@
$50; fair to good do, $4@4.65; good
mixed, $444.50; thin stock, $3.50. Mileh
cows, scarce and firm at range of $4,000
per head. Veal calves, $6@7 per 100 lbs.
HoGs-The cooler weather would have
made strong prices, if receipts had been
light. They were liberal and prices off,
buyers demanding concessions. On
change, $7.35 was asked, but outside the
range was $7@7.25 per 100 lbs. for dressed.
Live hogs quotable at $5.5O@5.75 per I0o
lbs.
SHEEp-I.ve sheep very scarce, but
prices were unchanged, in consequence OF
the liberal receipts Of dressed muttons
Quotations firm at $4.5O@5 per 100 lbs. for
fair to good and $5.50@6 for good te
choice.
The Inter-luountain says of it's contem.
porary, the Mtner: 1T has squawked
let up, let down, mizzled, fizzled, jumped
the gutter, quit, funked, thrown up the
sponge, turned up its toes, squealed
weakened and Winked out. 1t is busted
downed, cooked, paralyzed, knocked out
appended, wound up, totally demoralizsd,
and not in the ring"