The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-28
LIVE STOCH

Over 49, 900 head of sheep were shipped
from Los Angeles to Texas. one day last
week.
The Chicago Times of Saturday says the
| highest price of the season was paid for n
| fancy lot of cattle yesterday, New York
buyer taking fifteen head averaging | ,G66
pounds, at $3.50 per hundred weight. They
were consigned to A. ID. Pickering IL Co.
At the cattle convention lately held in
| Topeka, Kansas, President Stone in his
address, said that he had the names of over
| 1900 persons in Kansas who were owners
OF short-hOrns, and he believed there were
more than 10000 thoroughbred cattle in the
| state, the value of which at 800 a head
would be 100000. AS to the
merits OF the different breeds he said that
the court of linaijndgment was at the table
of the consumer, and that animal or family
was best which would bring the farmer the
largest returns for the food fed. The
butchers block is a good test OF the value
to the butcher; but the animal which the
butcher prefers as being the most profita.
BILE to him may not be andnplten is not
profitable TO the farmer. 3igrec is
good test OF value just so far a4Ihe quality
Of each ancestor d known and no
further. CATTLE are Nreared and grazed
and fed for the sole purpose of cOncel- >
traling into portabie'shape the products IF
the soil, aud the COW of the future will be Of
that tribe or breed or family that brings to
the farmer the largest return for his hogs
and cattle and grain. There is no scnti.
ment about matter like this. 1t Is cold.
FLOODED question of dollars and cents, and
whenever 1t Is demonstrated by reliable
experiments that any one tribe does BRING
larger return for given quantity of feed
ana labor expended, then to that all others
must give way, no matter whose idols are
broken.
Regular or professional sheep-buyers,
says the Chicago Times, are generally All
odd set, and are as widely different from
'cattlemen' rs the professional horse.
trader. They frequently get wildly excited
IN bidding for stock, and in their desire to
Guido each other viii pay prices far above
what would be regarded, even by the seller,
rs It's market value. At other times, when
very large consignment is on sale, or
more than is wanted by any one buyer,
they VIII let one of their number make the
purchase, which in the absence OF Competi.
ton will be AT low price, and then
"whnck up by dividing the flock aud pay
ing for 1t pro rata. Yesterday u very supe.
rlor lot OF tiity-ive sheep, averaging liz lbs,
was brought in by Mr.. I. h. Hills, of Ogle
county, and consigned to Harley, Green &
20. They were coveted by several buyers,
and in the scramble that followed the owner
accepted bid OF &c. per h., which was
probably to &c. above what no had dared
to anticipate when he started with them for
market.
TODAY Il QUOTATIONS.
bRkf NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. stocR, grass fed, SA
corn fed, o. ' ~
BARREN cows--FaL Si&&3}i cents.
SHlPrlSG--ld4A cents.
STccR-Por head, sl2@e2O,
MILcn oows-With calves S2693S40
ho6s-Corn-fed, &c. gross: timber fat O.
stock. $685. -
oA0OGS2 so '
hoRhks-Extta nnc, par spG,l, yOl5ny60U. faa0y
harnees, tlb0NE2OO; livery hGruesa 27B1N7s
farm, s500Sl26; ponies, Si56GS3O.
MuLFs- Extra heavy stl6GDs2OOi medium SsOa
500 Gm " s)G60.