The St. Johns herald., 1886-04-29
WHOLE NUMBER 6S.

would throw back their heads, froth
 at the mouth. and die in a very short time. Two or three of Mr.
 Puckett's cattle were so affected but he saved them by bleeding. He first ran the animal until it was considerably heated. and then bled
 it by cutting off portion of the
 tail, and, in one case, where it did not bleed freely, the whole tail. He does not claim this treatment as a
 cure, but it is undoubtedly a good
 remedy, judging from his success.
 Stock Grower: A notable feature
 in connection with the annual meet
 ings of the stock associations of
 the range country Is the determina-
 tion to put stop to the depreda-
 tions on range property. The bad
 men of the cattle business will find
 the ensuing year a difficult one in
 which to carry on their operations;
 depredators everywhere will be fer
 reted out and punished. The young
 man who looks for fun in the un-
 derground methods of conducting
 cattle raising will probably find 1t
 in the penitentiary if he continues longer to forget the law of mine
 and thine
 National Live Stock Journal: The export cattle trade has been
 marked by some curious features
 in the past six months, that period
 having covered the widest, not to
 say the widest fluctuations ever
 known in the business. At least
 once in that time and two or three
 times within the past year prices reached the highest basis current
 within the past three or four years,
 while on the other hand, the bottom
 was also reached within the same
 time. The average has been great ,bly belqNltthgait, qNltth hgi ,REsECse previously ruling, but 9Rt FeRhfpqqmre9sL H stsiARatiHeffaiss stiARati Heffiss BE7a BsnE7a
 dered the nlarketsi6 6bb9qFnIt 6abqnt 9 ttIbef fYogHts
 known since cattle were takepre
 abroad. Circumstances considered,
 the volume Oi stock sent forward
 on the hoof has been pretty well
 sustained, and trade has suffered
 less in consequence than might have
 been expected. Of course there has been a diminutiOn in the quan- tity of shipments, but the greatest } effect on this side of the Atlantic , has been in the weakened prices for } choice cattle. It is alleged that the : available supplies of good home ? grown cattle for English markets : would be less than usual, which : would aUgur favorably for the Amer ? ican market. This is point though ) upon which little dependence can l.. be placed. Probabilities for the l export trade in the coming year f can hardly be considered fattering. Exchange: The public entertains
 many erroneous ideas in regard to l. this struggle between the dressed | beef monOpolies and their Oppo- Q nents. In many quarters it IS h thought and especially urged by e the hcnchmen of dressed beef ln- D terests, that the success of the dress l. ed beef power means cheap meats q for the million. How fallacious Is n this line of argument would readily q be seen were these great monOpo- r. lies to succeed in their nefariOus s, schemes. In the latter event, after t. the legitimate butchers were driven :, from their business, and ruined f. !" nancialIy, then the dressed beef IS dealers would have the public com
 pIetely at their mercy, and could Q charge just such prices as might T suit their whim5 and convenience. st They would fix prices everywhere a just as other monopoliSts now lC "a the prices of grain, barbcd wire. ,t and many of the other staple com ,, modities, and the outraged public :, would have nothing to do but to It grin and bear 1t, or else adopt 6 lt vegetarian diet, and bid a sad adier Ie to juicy toothsome steaks, and ten nj der, luscious roasts, and feast or of them only in anticipation. The :: sooner the public is disabused o lS this fallacy in regard to the dressed