The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-03-13

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To'al ..,.,.......,.,.,.,.,lC,755 1857 pa
I An sales o' hngi In hi. market 10 made sub.
/ icct tn shTiukagc Of 30 pounds piggy sows aud
. 80 pounds for each stag. Dead hogs ell AZ ! IL
cents per pound for weights OF 30 pounds and
4 over, and Int Tor weights % less Than 200
poands. WI h the exception Of criptles ana
mi Oh cows, ! stock Is sold yer 100 pounds live
wtight Gate e'eisN for The week given are
ahead Ot the pryyiau, wosk, but hog receipts
] h We allen OF .boNt l2tCO heal. and sheep re-
Gel ITS are 80 head l'ss. Cattle were active at
so.id a. sG.9l tot common u choice Shipping aud
de sd beef los, II Ks sold at G - 20 81 for
common light 10 CHI, ice heavy. ShHIp biOusht
I "a 10 C. sales embracing G63 y brasts sheep,
ey,ieFiIg ~ gonuds' a! 81. Lambs woic
stock ini.iug IS quietly becoming u very i'm
portlnt industry IL Louisiana II is claimed
iar ve,iclu ones in that the winters are not nc
The Bal'mor1 Amerlcsn of recent date my (:
The steamship OraUmUre, which - eXpec ed
here - morrow. h - On board 30 head { fine
er ford cattle, cons gned 30 the MOrGRu stock
Err tdia g mpRny OF Cheyenne, Wyoming er.
iiIory. THIRTY. five head OF Jerseys and Ho!-
Il ms aye arrive by the aeulmrIe on sn,ur.
10Y for breed rs In Kentucky. i tween lOOaud
-OJ u al 81 iiue StOcE are expected by .he
n. n more. within the past week 5l5 head of
tu d Cf cat LETT nerS for London on the
steamer Surrey. aud 10 more by the Nessmore
~ LivGrnoNL The 81, amship Nnbiau from
L'vVrpO0l which Is du9 here tomorrow, has
nncs o, n i've midtown sheep, sup. osed to
be for the park"
Toe 'ull1wlpg is from the Canadian Stock
Raisors Journal, Cf Hamilton: "Ths average
git, of number OF cattle shown as 2.year.olds
at the fat-stuck show ~ ChicNgr lsS2 was but
ilU pouuds. Another lot, shown ~ yearlings
sstyear made an average gain Of 6JO poun DIS
This is certainly strong arsument IN favor OF
carly maturity. We admit that cate less
highly ed may not show so much difference Ia
proportion, rs TO the g-ins at I ,ese respective
ages hut IS II net Questionable policy in any
, Asr 20 So keen an animal that ITS progress In
We ght viii be bus one-halt or two-thtrds Of
what n NIL lit have been 10 Il givef Il ncs II
steers can be made 10 weigh rs much ~ Q IL as
"a. l-2 yesrs, evan though tn > were given the
SEINE smonnt of feed, there is great saving in
time and labor. To attain a ,iven weight at
the latter age must require more food than at
me former, other things being quail rs = large
ru-, be extended In kee lag up the vitality OF
The number of milch c:ws, inclnd-
T. tied Kingdom Of Great sa' Bri,a IN june she
1883 wss 12I,5GS a writer says thst not over
30 COCO head are in mix At any lime. and their
tota. u ID will be about $50 o. 900 gallons
This is about one.ihh the number OF COWS in
The liltd 5 ates IA 1880, snd Professor sheldon
estimates The value or this milk to the dairy
farmers as Low used at less than cents per
quart
The governor of Kansas is in recent OF q dis
patch from MISUNDERSTANDING FinDey. at
Neosho FANS, WoodsUn COUNT stating that the
mou tai foot disease has oxen out among
the cal'le in that vic niiy. Already 100 head
are affected, and ths disease is spreading He
asks the governor u there Is any law by which
graphed to Lesvenworth and % the commits
sie' err OF agriculture ct Wsshic gtor 10 send o
surgeon.
the department of state has received iqforma.
lon from the United States consul at BrminQ
ham, England to the effect tn { the foot and
moth onease prevails among the cattle in
almost ev,ry county, IN England. The secre-
tsry OF the treasury having been furnished in
formation has written 10 The secretary OF state
reques ing him TO notify United States c0nsuls
in Great Britain not certify invoices of ca tie
unless after an examination OF the animals by O
veterinary SUI geon tuey are satisfied that the
anima or. free from disease This action also
grew out Of the act that some bloc I'd rattle
lately arrived at Portland, Maine, from England
developed the foot-aud mouth disease soon after
landing, and communicated 1t to vt or cattle in
the vicinity.
The first consignment. of fat stock for Europe
viii h h4s been Fh pped nom Philadelphia for
years left that port on The 81 4 December in
tn steamship Denmark and consisted Of $50
head
head Of cattle, 100000, 600 sheep and $4,000 90
swine, If the reports of the American consul In
Copenhagen Q TO be trusted
COW horn measuring feet, II inches in
length and IS inches around the base Is on ex.
hibiion at Monte Ito. Florida. and is supposed
TO be The largest COW h IN in the world.
Cha.les White, Of Thorndike, Main" has three
yokes OF oxen whose United weight is II $40
pounds One yoke measures feet, inches
and weighs 4.S65 pounds
QUOTATIONS. TO-DAY.
BEEVEs-COsn bs eves 4941!c per fb; fair t.
good grass beeves, 81 @3xc per pound; medium
grass reeves, 8@8xc per pound
COWs-BarIeH cows, Is 0Jtc27 so; Mich COWS
orth Texan grades, 40 co@6o co. o9mmon to
sir, IS DUG 40 90. Stock cattle aToud, 1500D0 o.
BULLS AND STAGS- For sausage manu-.
t@16 co. two-yesr.olds l2@18.
BEEP-GoOd mutton, 8@31zc per pound;
ed!upn mutton, 2k@2Ic per pound; stocs
lee 20G083 90.
eOATs-2 OO@2 % per head.
t0GE-Corn fed. 4hlsH5c