Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-14
MARKETABLE SUPPLY SHOWS
THE EFFECT OF COSTLY FEED.
Information Received by John T
Alexander & Co. from Stockmen all
Over the Country.
From the Chicago Evening Journal

kWer 10 a clrCuidT O1 l1quuy duuIEooSu
to most of the best informed men in
the country. The question asked each
correspondent was this: '.How does
the supply of fat cattle TO be marketed
from February LIST to July LIST compare
with the supply at the same time in
1893 assfd 1S94?"
Mr.. Alexander said, in commenting
upon the result of the investigation:
eve find, in addition to what is con-
veyed in these letters on the subject
suggested, that the number of Texas
cattle being fed on cottonseed meal is
-ssoat the same as m 1894. THESE cattle
will be marketed principally in Febru-
airy and March. The number of cattle
being fed on slop-feed in distilleries is
about Is per cent. short of what it was
last year. The number of cattle now
onfeed in stables and barns for spring
market in Pennsylvania is about 20 per
cent. larger than in 1898 and in 1894,
and the number of Western range
cattle on hay in the Northwest Terri
tories is about the same al last year."
H. IL. Harris, Champaign, H., says:
There is less cattle feeding in Cham
paign and Piatt counties than | have
ever known, and a large portion of
those feeding will not be marketed be-
fore August or September"
CIV. Ftzsimmons, Jacksonville, ILL.,,
says: "Of cattle to be marketed from
February / to July 1 there will be a
shrinkage of 25 to 30 per cent. from
1894. From July / there will be an in
crease of Is to 25 per cent. | think
1895 will be about the same in number
| as 1897
George Conover, Virginia, Cass
county, ILL.,, says: 81 think we have
about 80 per cent. of our usual number
of cattle on feed. More cattle ready to
market, first in February, second in
April, third in June. Whether they
are marketed or not when ready de-
ponds on the price"
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS rs SHORT.
j. p. Simon, Girard, Macoupin coun-
ty, Ill.,, says: "In regard to the sup
ply of cattle in Macoupin county, l
think there is a decrease of 35 per
cent. from last year and 40 per cent.
from two years ago. Green county is
80 per cent. short of the two prev
ious years. Montgomery county is
about the same per cent. short as
Green county"
N. L. Hickman, Sterling, Whiteside,
county, ILL.,, says: There are not
more than one-half as many cattle as
last year. These will be marketed in
March and Anril.
j. E. Coffey, Milledgeville, Carroll
county, ILL.,, reports about half the
usual supply, and they VII be market
ed between now and May LIST.
s. s. Devices, Alexander, Morgan
county, ILL.,, says: ''They may drag
along like they did in 1882, and get
plenty of cattle and hogs until May /,
but after that time I think you will
sell them in Chicago for 81 q $50 U
cwt. l don't think Germany or Bel
GUM will make much difference in the
demand, for l don't think there will
be enough for the Uuited States and
England. 1t takes plenty of corn to
make fat cattle, and il reports have
not lied numerically we have not got
it. Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas have
none, there was a short crop in Mis-
souri,, and these are the largest feed
ing states. Even Illinois has not a full
crop. Indiana makes a great blow
about her big crop, but she will use
most of it for starch, hominy and
whisky"
C. T. Rannells, Pisgah, Morgan
county, ILL.,, says: Morgan county
will fall about 25 per cent short of 1893
and 1884,
Edwin Watts, Springfield, H., says:
"Stall feeding in Sangamon county
seems to be a thing of the past, and I
don't think we have one-half the cat
tle-feeding we had m year ago"
From best information obtainable,
Mclean, Logan and Menard counties,
Illinois, are 25 per cent. short, and the
same is true of vermillion, Edgar and
Douglas counties.
Wallace Estill, Estiil, Howard coun-
ty, Mo-, says: "About the same num-
Der will be marketed, mostly in May
and June"
Houston Brothers, Malta Bend, Sa-
line county, Mo-, say: 1.-THE supply
in Saline and Lafayette counties is
about 30 per cent. short. In Carroll
county the decrease is not so great.
We think the bulk will go from Saline
county in June and july. In Carroll
county we think the bulk VIII be
marketed in April and May"
McCann & Woods, Jacksonville, Mo-,
say the supply is 75 per cent. short,
and the bulk of them will be marketed
in February.
William s. Mcbride, Centralia, Boone
county, Mo, says: 1.-THE supply of
cattle in my county is at least 60 or rs
per cent. short of what it was last
year. Carroll county, from what Ican
find GU from the best posted men, il
certainly so per C, 1T. short of cattle to
be marketed from February l to July
/. Last year around Wakenda at this
time of the year there were 1000 cat
tie being fed. q only hear of 500
to 200 now"
D. w. Mcclure, IIughesville, Pettis
county, Mo, says; II only know of
two or three cars of cattle in this
county to be marketed from February
| To July !. Last year there were
2,o0e to 5000, but the cattle this year
will be fed for the Summer and Fall
market"
Reports from Atohison, Nodaway
and Holt counties, Mo. are to the
same effect, and say that the supply of
tat cattle will fall from 25 to 20 per cent |
short OF isas-e4.
IOWA, ANsAs AND NEBRASKA RE-
FORTS.
\. Fraser, Aurelia, Cherokee coun-
ty, Iowa, says; "Not one-fourth the
cattle on feed there were in 1898 and
1884,
E. F. Brockway, Ainsworth, Wash
ington county, iowa, says: Not
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