The St. Johns herald., 1886-05-06

wherein the early breaking down of usefulness in sires, in the dwarf ed development of females, in the imperfection of progeny, in weak ened constitutions. There is noth- ling gained by too great haste in this matter. Natures laws cannot cannot be violated with impunity, and the greed which prompts their violation in the direction indicated should and often does defeat it's own end. This is a point which deserves increased attention.
 Wilcox Stockman: The Agricul- tural Department has gathered sta tistics of stock on farms for the winter. There appears an aggre- gate falling off in the value of all stock in the United States of $91,- 100000, $54,OOO,OOO of which are in cattle alone. No statistics were returned of Shorthorns. There were, on July 1st, 1885, the follow ing number of other breeds regis tered: Aberdeen Angus, $500; Ayrshire, 6,433; Guernsey, 3,100; I
 Devon, 5000; Hereford, 14,OOO; Holstein Friesian, 2,0S1; Jersey, 1000. Iowa has 1,230,605 milch COWS, worth $35, ,444 ,OOO, and 2,O74,- : GOO other cattle, worth $50, ,332 ,9S0. Iowa stands first in the Union in the cattle business. Texas has A. | 723,053 cattle of all kinds, and Iowa 3,3O5, ,516; but Iowa's cattle are worth $S5,776,996, while Texas herds are worth $66,51S,S51.
 Dallas News: A western cattle man, who is here buying cattle, visited Fort Worth few days ago Ito look at some shorthorn bulls which be heard wsfe,for sale at this point. He says his iss bufiness, sT l8 sin in the Fort soon became noised aPoqE-lin cattle circles, and he was called upon by fourteen live stock cona- mission men, each of whom had twenty-five male animals of the shorthorn persuasion for sale, which they offered at different prices. Each of the men insisted on his examining the animals, and, strange as it may seem, each and every one of the men chaperoned him to the same pens, and called his at tention to the same bulls. The bulls had been placed in the hands of every middleman in the town. He bought the entire lot from the man who offered them for the low est figures.
 A prominent and close observing cattleman of Texas (Seth Mabry) in speaking of the future outlook for the cattle interests of that state, takes a somewhat gloomy view of stock raising there. 'The outlook for an advance in prices is anything but fattering, nor is there an actiV e demand. I attribute the stagna- tion of business to two causes, to- wit: The heavy losses throughout the range regions the two preced- ing winters and the low prices of beef in Chicago. The losses have made people afraid to invest in cat tie, and the small profits are not sufficient incentive. The number of cattle to go up the trail this sea- son will be very small, and most of them will go to ranches in Mon tana. The number to go to Colo rado under contracts will be very small, There is no disposition among cattlemen to buy. see no way to dispose of the surplus oi cattle in. Texas, except in taking them to Old Mexico"
 Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle: The ! loco weed, which grows plentifully in ravines and on hillsides and l plains in Colorado: Kansas and New Mexico, is rarely met with 1T Nevada. In the former localities Ii : destroys large percentage .ot the horses running at large on ranges
 When horses once get a taste ol ! loco it is alleged by stock raiser; that they will forsake bunch grass