The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-29
LIVE STOCK.

According to n late report of the dcpart.
meht OF agriculture the present number
OF horses IN the United States is estimated
AZ io%iS, Ill. valued ut 500, oil ,3OS, being
an average of $3.50 per head. This. i
says the American CulIyator, Shows an
increase in value of about $l2 per head. or
FULLY 2Oper cent, above last years's esti.
mate, Particsw who have been securing the
country In search Ofpromising green horses
which they hoped to md among the farm.
ers, report that the desirable ones of suito-
Die age, style, gait and size tor gentlemen's
roausters are scarce, and when found are
held ut high figures The horse railroad
companies III Boston are paving from 10 10
~ per cent h CHER for the grade of horses
which they usc than they paid last season
Farmers who have horses which they intend
TO sell this season should put them in con.
dition Tor market as early rs possible. IL IL
important that those designed for city mar.
ket he well broke. Business men who ride
Tor pleasure do not appreciate a green. awk-
ward animal, which needs Il good. sized lot
to turn arou I'd upon, nor one which has no
inclination to back carriage when re-
quired.n
ny careful analysis of the treasury re-.
ports II is found that the hog furnished
more export material than all the tat cattle
M the Ialry products, all the horses, ali
the mules, all the sheep, and all the poul.
tS anu poultry products put together.
While the exported hog products Tor the
two years of 1870 and 1850 amounted IN Tho
great sum OF $50 I726, all the products
oil the other domestic animals and the live
animals themselves amounted to only Sos
so SS2, making about $75, 10000 in favor
OF the hog, AS against all and every other
domestic animal and products from tho
same that found an export market,
Recent reports from the Wyoming terri.
tory stock grazing regions are that tho
past winter has been good one for cattle.
ana that they have done well. Also that
prices VIII be high, as the supply does moi
eqmal the demand for consumption by the
increasing, population there and the
ausmehted requirements here. The
fost recently published nm account of n
project TO slaughter beeves on Tho praS,n,
lands in the Yellowstone region Tor shin
ment east in refrigerator cars. IL was
added that something over So per head
couiu Dc saved in this way owing 10 tho
great shrlnkage In the weight OF cattle
shipped ,SVo miles east to Chicago on tho
nooi' II has been demonstrated that
dressed meat can be shipped and preserved
suincientlv long in this way TO render il n
lotmidablo competitor to that slaughtered
~ uhe point OF consumption.
Inc Marysvlle (Cal Appeal SAYS; "Cal.
norma takes tho lead Ms the greatest sheen.
breeding state in the Union. The census
statistics for 1850 show a grand total of 80
~ ~ sneep IN all the states and territories
Caiiornias share being IS, $40, or nearly
one.tenth. The next highest state Is Ohio
with SW2,OO. New Mexico had loss M
anu Michigan 2,lS93S3. The Pacific states
anu territories stand credited as follows
Naliiorhia, s,lo9 $40; Oregon, loss, 100
washington territory, sDi' SIS, Nevada
l% 6S, Idaho, 27,3a6; Colorado. Ia ISs,
ARIZONA, 1902. Total, 65i2, $50. Wool
81 THIS springs clip is coming into market
me wooden mills are paying 90 To- gSe'
Shearing has hardly fairly begun vet. but
no rain comes the supply of new wool
WIN DO large by the first OF next month
LAST year there was very little new wool In
market up to May lst." W
TO-DAY QUOTATIONS..
corn ~ SA ssss stocs. grass fed. ".
nAns.s oow.-rst SsSs oentA
eRirrfNe-5S@SA ccn,a
sreox-per head, tiSNtN
MlLch Cows-with caivca, Ssseaseo
s. mysss s~sw 10 Erosc umber fat 4
:, sssssas., Nm. as.s cent? .usl, psr head,
aoas,s..kxsn ana per sp.n, scosssce ,.ns,
nArnesa nno&x1 livery harusSa SSSSisX2,
mrm, eN9fl2S pcnieA s2s3osa
nuLns..kxtra heavy 0iSSS12oo msd,u- o.o>
100 sman oSoos0 ~- ~