The Arizona champion., 1888-03-10
Stock Notes.

heecy hair is also used in thinning { evening wraps.
 The deadiest foes the wool growers
 of America have 10 contend against--
 President Cleveland, scab and the
 Chicago TTBu8e.--Wool Grower,
 Chicago.
 A colt was recen fly foa!ed in Dia
 mond Valley, Alpine County, Cal.
 with five feet. The fifth foot branches
 out from the inside of the left fore leg, near the ankle joint, and is per. feet in form.
 Last weeks wool sales in BoEton
 were I,29I,Oo pounds domestic and
 S76,ooo pounds foreign, IA, 900
 pounds were California spring and
 Oregon on private terms. No sales of
 California fall are reported. ;. :. Dexter, the famous trotter is still
 ct the Bonner stable, New York city.
 He is now near 30 years old. He. is
 given walking exercise daily, but
 never harnessed, it is said. Thus The
 is enjoying "green old age.
 | Since the stock yards at Chicago
 were opened twenty.two years ago
 there have been received there: Cat 1 tie, 24,573, aoa. head: calves, ,3S2, GOO:
 hogs, 66 ,s6o,925 head: sheep. 10, 7I4,! , 545 head; horses; a74,o6o head. Senator Stockbridge, of Michigan, has sold his.noted stallion Bell Boy
 to FrapkforrI Ky )parties for $3s, 900. .Last year Steckbrdge purchased him
 from Senator Stanford for SS,ooo
 The price IS the highest ever before
 paid for a three year old.
 } If you would prevent your horse from having sore mouth, dip the
 bridle bit in a pail of cold water be
 fore putting it in his mouth. If you desire 10 know the effect of putting the dry, frosty bit in the horses mouth just place your tongue against II.
 You will not only learn the effect but il will help remind you to be merciiul to your beast.
 ' The Eclipse stakes, the richest event on the English turf, will not be run in 1890, the requisite numbert of entries not having been made. The Eclipse Is a $50, 1000, 900 affair. and has been rather sensational race on account of its great value. but that such enormous stakes do the turf or breeding interests any good is not clear, and most horsemen. disap prove of them. : Encouraged by the success of the .dalrymen in leyYing tax upon the beet raiser for the benefit of the dairy interest, the hog raisers now dem and that a tax be placed upon cotton seed products for their production. But this time the mounthful IS entires y too big for maStication. The prop. CT and legal remedy for dairy man and the hog raiser IS a law, rigidly enforced. against selling beef fat as butter or cotton seed oil as lard | But the oleomargarine tax is an out rage, and should be repealed. Cotton teed oil will never be taxed ,-Texas | sStoeEman. t- n- | } The demandfor Beef in the markets of the country will shortly upset allt . the Preity pfcdI3uoDs of the b4ar,, sreculstiots, shd make even the one [ infueIce wtich has had apesoeptiblei sitect on prees the past two years - shc cPeIalnpS Of the ( hicago dressed | heel men--less io'ceiul than it has bseh upon the cattle raising industry. MT. aAImour,et ais wilfsoon besfam bling for beef the same as the com, Incl leIlo%s and lit,t. butchers. Incl Vca'tle e1atscr should view bis bunch Of steer, with calm conlentment, for as staple product they will be in great celnaad. -o'ock Grower, x. NJ
 Farmers who are giving attention 70 growing mutton should bear insE mInd that the :nutlon breeds o( sheep I have betp wonderfully improved "i,hlh the past 30 years, and "get ! ] he best" Al a Lte English exhibition liamPshtre lambs, less than 10 months pid averaged .s3t pounds ,each, andt gsshl dover three quarters ci a pound ptr day from blrlh. Al the Illinois state ialr nl 1885 q swear old OK ford Down ram was exhibited that weighed PHO pounds To make nut. ton sheep pay, the larner must pro Cuce emeIhrug supcnor, and thus obtain not only heavier carcasses but a higher price per pound for quality. | Denver Field and Farm. .'' F
 The February statistical report of inc department of agriculture shows an increase Tn horses, mules and cat. tle, and decrease in sheep an d swine. The largest rate increase is in horses--5 per cent, and it is general throughout the country, though larg- est west cf the Mississippi river. TheJ aggregate exceeds 5, GOO. 900. The m crease in mules averages 3H per cent. 'lbe increase m cattle k 21a per cent. u makes the aggregate over 40, ,ooo, 900. The increase IS nearly as large Tn mich COWS as in other cattle. In sheep the decline appears to be be- tween and 5 Der cent the aggregaie Of fOcks beng about 42, ,ooo, ,ooo. l'i There IS a smale; decline ln the num.