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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-10
Print Cloth Market.
le market is firm at "a for 64x64s.
Boston PRODUCE Mark.,.

Boston Produce Market.
BOSTON, Feb. 8, 189B.-The following are
to-day's quotations of Provisions, ETC.,
FLOUR.
Sspring patents. MINI. 9oa$4 TO-
Spring pat; Wis.,, 9Od4 90.
spring, clear an straight, 26@3 75
Winter clear and straight, 65(a4 Is.
Winter patents, A O0l04 49,.
Add Zoe to the above for the jobbing rates.
MEATS.
Pork. long and short cut, p barrel. IS 90.
Pork. light and hwy backs $12 O0@13 90.
Pork, lean Iends IS 90.
Beef, corned. SIS 6Oall 90.
Shoulders. corned and fresh &c.
Shoulders. smoked. 8.
Ribs, fresh, 71ac.
Hams. large and small, 9M G1Ic.
Bacon. SC.
Pork. salt Tic.
BriSketS, salt z.
Sausages, lac.
Sausage meat. &c.
Lard. ties, at sst pals, 71s@sssc; If. in pals
8A a9A.
Beef steers. 6(G7.
Beef, fresh. kinds 71s@sc; fores. 4a5c.
Lambs. T@71ac S9 fb.
Hogs. dressed, city, 614e ~ ID; country, &c.
Turkeys, Northern, choice, &C.
Turkeys, Western 1876.
Chickens. Northern, 16@17c.
Fowls. Northern, 13@l4c.
Fowls, Western. 9@11c.
Chickens Western 1904.
PRODUCE.
Butter, cream, choice, 22023c,
Butter. fair to. good, 2OQ2lc.
Butter. North choice, 1920.
Butter, INIT crm. Ice.
Ladle packed Id.
Cheese. Northern, choice 101aa11; wst, chce
9alo1ac.
Eggs. hennery choice. 1920: East 151a@1e.
Eggs. Mich. choice, l5c
Western fresh l41sQ16c
Beans. peal 3O01 40 mediums, 3OQ1 35.
Beans. yeI. eyes, 45@i BORED kid.I 25@1 80.
Beans foreign, 25@1 So.
Potatoes. Aroostook Co. Hebrons 28@3Oc bush.
Potatoes. N H Hebrons 2S@3O.
do Rose.
Potatoes, White ar, 25c.
Apples, choice P bbl,$2 6O03 90.
Apples. Baldwins at So OR3 90.
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Sort A ND. Feb. 8.
Receipts by Maine Central Il. R.--For Port
land l56 ears miscellaneous merchandise; for
connecting roads 1876 cars.
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FROM OUR coRREspoNnrN1s

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Feb Tin port, schs
Chas Davenport. for Washington; Augustus
| Hunt. for do; H Sawyer. Kelley Red Beach
for Boston; Lady Antrim, McClintock. for Bel.
| fast; Republican, Davis, for Portland.
| ROCKPORT, Feb g. Sailed. schs Spartan.
Coombs. Baltimore; Anna Wilder, Greeniaw,
| Boston.
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European Markets.
by telegraph

by Telegraph
LONDOy, Feb. g. i5e6.-Consols IOs1h Il
for money and 1os14 for the account.
LIVERPOOL. Feb. s. 1es6.-Cotton market
steady: American middling i9-I6d; esrimat.
ed sales 5000 tales; speculation and ex
port 500 bales.
Quotations Winter Wheat 6s 1917 d@5s11d
Spring Wheat IS lodges 1n1ac.
Corn IS 4d.
PORK steady 50 Sd.
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I Orion VI arKsss
by Talepranh.l

FEBRUARY s. 1896.
NEW YORK-The Cotton market to-day was
dull, unchanged; sales - bales; lniddling up-
lands at Sl4 middlirg gulf sac.
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Take advice Stop coughing at once
by the iIr,neaiate use of DR.. Bulls Cough
sxrVg. One bottle Will cure YEN
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Portland whoiesaie Market.

PORTLAND. Feb 8. Is G.
The following are to-daY's wholesale prices of
Pr visions Groceries, c1e.
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Spoken.
Dec 2s lat 80 80 n. lon 1875 80 W, ship Com
modore, from Port Bltkely.
FEB 5. off Cape Hatteras, sch VIM ii Swan.
from Philadelphia for Savannah
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FOTelEn FORTS.
Ar at Melbourne - ship Ellen Reed, Perry,
New York.
:, Sid i'm cebn Dec Sd, ship Cyrus Wakefield.
Henry, New York 4
Ar at Vancouver, BE, Both, sch Eclipse, Pc
terson, San Francisco.
All at Buenos Ayres Feb l. baraue Rachel
Emery, Wyman. IRON Boston. "A days.
Ar at Colon Feb l, sch Chas Glidden, Fales,
Baltimore. Is days.
Sid FIN Port de Paix gath. sch Henry Wood
ruff. Trainer Chester, Pa.
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Portland markes-cut loaf !: coafectlpners at
z pplVersed--t. powered. granulated
512 coffee crushed e yellow 41a
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Portland & Worcester Line
PORTLAND 6 ROCHESTER, 4. L.
STATION FOOT OF PkEBLE STREET

PasseLger trains wiz Leave Portland,
For Worcester, Clinton, Aver junction,
N~snSa; Wlndhan and Erping at TSO 4
For Manchesterr Concord, and points North
FOR Rochester, Springvalo. Alfred. warer.
coro and saco River at 7.3O a. m. 1880 and
For 0erham at 7.3o and 9.45 2 m. - so
500, 4.1o, go and 6.25p o. m.
r9r WesIor"ok, Cumberland Mills, West.
brook junction and Woodford's at 7,3o
$40 a m. 1880 800. 4.25, $50
and 6.26 .. m.
Inc l2.So p. m. train from Portland connect,
at Aver function with "Hooaaa Tnnnsi
Route" Tor the West and at Union Station.
W. Wor .xsse Tor pr"yidense and Nsw York
" w 10y &c. Line" for Norwich and
New 2ork, VIZ Norwich Line" with Boston
4 Albany II. Il. for The West, and with tne
New York All Rail VIA Springfield"
Trans arrive at Portland; from Worcester
az 80 p M: from Rochester at $50 a. "a.
a;so and e.45 p. M; from GorIlar,
4.do. o.4o ant. els p. "a.
For through Tickets TO all points West and
Soutn apply to +. Il. COLLINS. Ticket
ie2s i" W. 'el hlS' SUPPL pr
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Hattie E King, Emeline G Sawyer. Georgia
Elrcta Bailey, Jordan L Mott Addie Esssnow,
George Berry. Morris & Chtf. Orozlmbo. Elias
Ross. Charley, Woolsey, 7 "A Stuart. Florida,
j X Man ming, and Abby Watson.
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HARPS WELL STEAMBOAT co.

Beginning November 5ih, Steamer Merry.
coneag will leave Portland Pier, Portland
daily, sundays executed:
:, For Long, and Cheheague Islands,
p. M. For Cliff Island, Monday, Wed nesIay
and Friday 200. D. m.
Return for. Portland. Leave Orr's Island
mediate landings. Arrive at Portland els
IN ISAIAH DANIELS.
Ocf5dtf Gent Mauapar
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in Effect Oct. :. ts35
DEPARTURES.

in Effect Oct. :. ts35
DEPARTURES
$50 a. NJ. & 1. Is T. NJ. From Union Station
for Poland, Mechanic Falls, Buckheid, Can
ton Dixield arc Rumford Falls.
$50 a. M. Loo anG STOP. M From Union
Station Tor Poiant and
Mechanic Falls.
Train leaving Union Station J,15 D. m. con.
meets at Rumford Falls with Il. f. s. II. l.. r. r.
train for BYRON nd Houghton.
Through passenger coaches between Union
Station, Portland and Rumford Falls.
Through tickets on sale for all points
on T. 4 II. F. R'y.
R. C. BRADFORD. Traffic Mgr.
,,n,o, Portland. Maine.
FepAodti Rumford Falls. Maine
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MARINE NEWS
PORT OF PORTLAND.

SATU RDAY. Feb s.
Arrived.
Steamer st Croix, Pike, St John, NIB. via East
port for Boston.
Sch Grace Davis. Dodge, Perth Amboy-coai
to Randall & McAllister.
Sch Hattie Paige, Dill, Boston for Camden.
Cleared.
Steamship Manhattan, Bragg. New fork-J
B Coyle.
Sen Clara E Randall, Clark, Wiscasset, to load
part Of cargo for Denlarara-J Winslow y Co.
Sch Geo Z Walcott Reed. East Boothbay and
New York; s Winslow & Co.
SAILED-Schs Clara Goodwin. s G Bopes,
Geo Walcott, Adelia Carlton, M Vasser
SUNDAY, Feb 8.
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CARD
DIR. T. AUSTIN TENNEY,

Office and Residence 1873 Deering St.
Woodfords.
Special attention given to diseases OF the
EYE and the fitting OF LENSES. Consultation
free. Will call within city limits of Portland
dec27 dtf
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Sen Frank W. Boston for st john. NIB.
Sch Parlee. Boston for st John, NIB.
Sch Advance. Boston for St John, NIB.
Sch George l. Dickson, Boston for Wiscasset
Sch Odell. Boston for Belfast.
Sch E l. Warren. Boston for Belfast.
Sch Antelope. Boston for Camden
Sch II Boynton; Boston for Rockport
Sch Multonomah. Boston for Deer Isle.
Sch Onward. Boston for -.
Sch r p Chase. Boston for Bath.
Sen A Hall. shore, with 10000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-06

CLOSING PRICES OF CHICAGO STOCKS
Chicago. March g. ls9G
vo.,arsay To-day Ye~erda, To-day
A.. c,-avtoard 3eii 40 Diamond Match. 1872 1873
an a :, r. & n co Goa. O. Lake 81 h.. 2Js4 @.
- G. Mali 60 I5G 10 Nil e. chic b.. lCls ir'2
pref SsHs ov,s 40 PR -. 81 ~.
Chic City .276 2I3. Biscuit Co sas 30.
Nii0 80 AZ AZ SITS " g & Line. "a II
n ~ "a p II Go 3 W Chic ST X 1867. lot'-
t,Ssso Gas w s9,. G6, western stone Co % ca.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-06
Erie Reorganization


NETWORK, March D. lsoO
To oil Holders Of our ReorenniS"tI""
Gates for Securities of the New-for"' ""~
Erie and Western Railroad Company
We shall he prepared, on and after Mnrch v !" 49,.
our REORGANIZATION Certificates for cohNe's'o" ~
curitIes as provided In the plan OF reorsnhA'''o"'
Each holder must deliver to US nll Heors"''A
tacs,.s held By him. for the various old securities "ne
Will be scheduled and consolidated by us. one nu".'e
schedules will be taken IN by us on eaeh ou''" w
and thu nav ,ecur,tles In exchange. Will Dc de"'e'ea
On the following day. ~ ,sr,r
All REORGANIZATION Certificates (uness 10 oea'',
MUST BE ENDORSED IN BLANK; and II STOCK ~
sired In any name other than that appearing Oh Tue ~
OF the Reorsa Certificate. Its assignment. mus "
acknowledged before notary public or sesed ny 'o"'
person satisfactory 10 u.s. ,,.o,. An
The new coupon bonds are for 1900 each Persons en-
titled to fractions Of bond or OF share may "".
sci, the fractions to u.s. will sell them such
a. may be necessary to ente them TO an e"''e WIN
entire share. ,
Holders transmitting Reorganization Certhca'es W -''
will please indicate whether they wish 10 DC" VI '
such fractions and whether they wish the ne" seo"''
sent by registered mail or by express q. tns" 20
- J. r. MORGAN co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-06
EUROPEAN FINANCIAL MARKETS.

EUROPEAN FINANCIAL. MARKETS
London March g. p. m.-Consols lOo o-l8 Tor , potn
money and the account: Canadian Pacic ot'. r,Iae
I67. do second consols 10: illinois Central m meNichn
ordinary. 2oi4 Paul common os; NeW aofk
new per cent bonds. I2ie; Louisville ana NASHVILLE
" 40 n m The amount Of bullion gone into the Bank
Of Eng!and on balance to-day Is fi0o Money y per
cent The rate discount in the open market or po'
short and three months bills is u per cent .
$50 y. m-Paris adyces quote per cen. ten,es az
O2 francs confines for the account ana eHchahse Oh
London at % francs 22i1 confines for checks go,
Uerlln March J-Exchange on London. ~ marx f'1
,nnnc Tor sight md 20 marks pfenninss for eO-day
bills A.. p.,l
pari, March 1.-THE weekly statement OF the BANK or
France shows Of 100000 francs IN soiu anu
deer Of 500 600 francs In silver.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-06

compared with last prices yesterday "e'

BONDS-THE FEDERAL TREASURE
Sales Of Government bonds consisted OF si'''o
registered 4s Of 1907 at 1854. $4,000 coupon - Oh
1925 at llsN. 5000 at III. $4,000 at 1l7~ anu
s. 900 coupon IS at 49, Final quotations compare
with those of yesterday follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-06

A ENTERTAINMENTS and subscriptions LOT 90 Rraad
"A received at their uptown V,o' ,.cock n m ad-
vertsements received the following oranen onses s,S
s."' o"''s eo, 2sd.st: i12 6th-avs. cor l2th-s1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-06
Tuesday, March 10, 1890,

swSs1sn 80 Marx In more %nt%i @ cunt
fBniwr be
pY s ss s%Sa.
nssn the s % %
entofn and
NC
1Odn New Yok an n
SS ' Ss sTie ' ~ - , -.
eCnpayh has De
mTan" Goo ds as
P4"a ns,iSs % su.,.., p.v thru.
sssts
1n sn ia. ". n
c %%Tn .s% ny f% ss0'nT"
Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co,
pAGE.G a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-06
REORGANIZATION
MEMPHIS & CHARLESTON
RAILROAD COMPANY.

To the Holder. Of Securities Of Me"p",. "".
ChnrIeston Railroad Company "s i"i"
Tennessee Lien bonds; Secon" MortH"se
Extended DOndst First ANA seco"" '
rnrc Extended bonds; Consoitdnte" 'e'e"
Per Cent, Bonds, General SIX fer 'e"'
Bonds, md Common stock
NV York. March g. 1896
r., ,.. h.., ,s.,ed for the reorganization OF the
Msm,bl. ana Charleston Railroad Company OF "hc"
comics m,v be obtained at the Office OF the pepoS''''
under said Plan the Guaranty Trust Company oi ''e
York Is Cedar street New-York city.
All holders OF stocks and bonds aoove meh''o"e' u"
non.d "a d. pos,t the same with the said prpos'y o
or nftsr Wednesday March II, 1896.
Holders ~ common stock Of the Memphis Charie"oh
Railroad comna,v ar, further notified that III orue' "
obtain N, right 10 purchase Income Bonds OF he new
company AZ provided In said Plan. they mus. u'P'''
th~t stock and pay nrst insaimen oil one 'oi' '
share on or before April l. 1880; the feco"' , w
OF ono dollar r,.r share before May l. ls'o' c
third ins,an.n, OF one dollar per share on or oeo'c ~
T. 1896 and the fourth instament OF one do'ar pe' "'
IN before July |. 1898 , - -
All bond. mus, be deposited with the pepos'a'' VII u
L.rore April l. 1896
ADRIAN IsELIN. Jr..
FREDERIC CROMWELL,
~ ENIEN ROOSEVELT.
EDWARD n. GIBBS.
REORGANIZATION Committee.
FRANCIS LYNDE sTETSON.
Counsel % Committee
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-06

ANCt0-SW|SS CONDENSED MILK COMPANY
cham Switzerland, London and New York.
PRo0FHCTU0.
LOAN of Fr 5oo 900 or e99 200, 7 3D. or 1882 e2o4S
81 PER CENT. COUPON BONDS,
Of Fr 1000 or $50 lbs. Sd. Slo3.OS EACH
PRINCIPAL, AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN LONDON NEW YORK.

Association s h ms.ss %
tBondsto o
the oSn 0ss s'EsSSis
s sa F Fa s4s 'sy Iss ' og
to
@ s months interest," ~ ~
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-08-06
Size and Beauty.

Says "Hark Comstock" in Rider and
Driver: Il have not had as good chance
to study the results of crossing the
hackney on trotting mares. but see nc
reason why they should not be success
full where the latter are large enough.
for the hackney is not so likely as the
French coacher to contribute size to
the combination. Like our old-style
Morgans and Black Hawks Of nifty
years ago, the handsomest specimens
are apt to be understood. Some OF the
attempts to breed up the size OF old
style Black Hawks were accompanied
by partial success, and their beauty and
action in degree preserved, but gener-
ally as the size went up the proud
style and fairly sparkling beauty OF
the strain lost their finest gloss. A
most amazingly beautiful horse was
Vermont Black Hawk, the bantam
cock of the Green Mountains and he
bred so true to his own likeness that
breeding became a certainty. Two
thirds Of his get were black, and any
two of them were mates, and such
mates! But the strain held to its small
size with great tenacity, or else lost
something of its beauty. This depar.
ture of beauty with increased size iii
dicated that the characteristic style OF
the strain was derived from some
source that was inherently smsll I
do net know where the hackney breed
secured its strut and swell and great
est ponp.' but it seems to me that in
too many cases the criticism that its
little uns are its prettiest uns' points
to like conclusions. The hackney
strains back to thoroughbred founda-
tons, but along with many crosses I'M
accounted for"
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goes over to the majority. Feed often
but little 1T . time. every z hours say
i've times q day, until the chicks are
five weeks old, and see that no food is
left standing in the sun to sour after
they have eaten. Remove it all, moth
ing causes more bowel looseness, and
dysentery, than sour food. The best
food for the first five weeks is composed
of one-third oat meal. one third corn
meal and one-third wheat bran; add
pinch of salt, moisten with sweet milk
or water. warm it in cold weather and
twice a week add some bone meal.
Keep coarse sand by the coop at all
times, don't think the chick can find
this themselves. that is one of the
commonest mistakes in rearing chick
ems; after they are five weeks old you
can leave out the oat meal and feed
three or four times a day. When ten
weeks old, at noon scatter wheat and
cracked corn in litter such as leaves
and cut straw, SO they will have to
work for it, but not too much corn as it
makes them too fat. Green food must
be supplied. II the chicks are cooped
up on fresh grass this problem is solved
and they will help themselves to what
they need. II. however. they are con-
fined in a small yard. finely cut grass,
lettuce, or onion tops will make a good
substitute. Fresh cool water must be
kept accessible SO drink can be taken
when wanted. Sol the cockerells
when they weigh two or two and a half
pounds each, and don't forget to dust
the pullets we'll with insect powder, for
you do not want to raise chicken lice,
but If you are not careful you will.
Now with this food and proper care
they will begin to lay along in Septem-
Der and October. Then sell of you- old
fowls, clean the houses and whitewash
them and the pullets moved in, and
then on feed for eggs as follows: For
four days in the week feed early in the
morning warm mash composed of one
part shorts, one part bran, one part
corn meal, and add cooked potatoes or
turnips and apple parings. Feed on
boards or in troughs, only enough to
supply part Of their hunger; give water
all round, then scatter wheat or oats
in the litter and let the aim be to keep
the hens busy every moment from
morning until night scratching for
wheat and oats. which should be buried
in the litter. Let the noon ration be
green rye or a cabbage hung in the
pens just high enough to compel the
hens to jump to peck it. About p. m.
feed the whole grain, full feed, oats or
wheat, and in the very coolest weather
a little corn. Keep grit or granulated
bones so they can get at it all the win
ter, and charcoal, cCn't forget to give
them some. Clean pen, fresh water,
pure air and system of feeding such
as Is here outlined will bring money
to the farmer every month in the year,
try it.
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Southd0wn Wool.

The wool Of the English breeds u
thus referred to by the Journal of the
Royal Agricultural Society of England.
Lastly, there is the pure Down, q
wool which is still unequaled for
hosiery purposes, and which will al
ways find a market of its own, some
times quite Independent Of the general
course of prices. OF this wool should
like to say-keep to the old-fashioned
style; keep it as short and as fine as
possible; let no suspicion of a long
wool strain get into il; and if am not
mistaken. pure Down wool will take a
respectable place in the future as re-
CARDS comparative prices. With such
ends in view, breeders of Southdowns
may we'll abstain from trying to imi-
tate in length of staple and
superfiuous covering OF the face with
coarse wool any other breeds of sheep,
and be content to let the Southdown re-
main what its best friends have always
tried to make it. e., a producer of
quality before quantity.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-08-06
Too E0Ss, Entirely.

In a sketch that has recently been
printed Of Irving literary man, We
are told that lit IS his custom to write
about 5000 words every day. There
is no man in all the world who can
write 5000 words that are worth
reading, or One-ha1 that number.
For good solid days work of man
of thought and knowledge, 1,OO0
words are sufficient: and if on any
one day he writes twice that number
he ShOu d take a rest the next day.
We are not speaking o. copyists Or
shorthand reporters. out of men who
think with all their soul as they write
with all their power. The fast writing
author whose biography lies before
us is sometimes seized with the scrib-
bler's mania. and while it lasts. he
surpasses. on a long stretch. his Ordi-
nary daily record of SOD words. A
short while ago he knocked of in
twenty-five days book containing
10000 words; and. as he wrote on
the eight-hOur system, BE must have
thought and written 75J words every
hour of his TDrking day. right
straight along. or at the rate of
about thirteen words minute. We
are disposed to guess that this
authors literary value. remarkable
as it is. might be enlarged If he had
some experience of the writer's
cramp.-New York sun.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-08-06

Sheep Less Numerous.-The east
ern farmers seem to be going out of
the sheep business. They are, as a
rule, very small holders, and when
their small herds seem to be losing
proposition they do not hesitate long
before letting them 60. 1t is the sum
of these small holdings that make up
the great aggregate, and when the
farmers begin selling their small focks
the number of sheep in the country
speedily decreases. There is no branch
of the live stock business that can be
so readily adapted to changed condi-
tons as the sheep business. Since
1893 the number Of sheep in the United
States has been constantly decreasing
until now the total number is less than
at any time during the past twenty
years. Meanwhile the range of prices
has been very low. 1t will not be long
before there will be change and sheep
will be in demand again at good prices
Eek.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-08-06

In. the opinioa Of some OF the best
authorities on the numbers Of live
stock in the country the recently pub
lished Official estimate Of the number OF
sheep in the country is largely In ex-
cess Of the actual number. and this
notwithstanding the fact that the num-
Der is less than for great number OF
years. The official figure is given at
81 000.0 This is fact pregnant
with meaning for every farmer. No
country has made permanent progress
in agricultural prosperity without
sleep. Even on the high priced LANDS
cf England and France it is founo
profitable to keep large hocks. indeed
more profitable than the keeping OF
any other kind of live stock. Great
Britain has today over 100000 sheep
on her small area, whilst France las
over 100000 These two countries,
with an area together of less than one
tenth Of the United States have one
!Lird more sheep and better ones. The
consumption of good mutton is increas-
ing rapidly all over the country. ana
this increased consumption is here to
stay and grow. Wool also must In
crease in value. The clip in Australia
will be very largely decreased this year
as she has lost over 5000. 900 sheep
from drouth, and this will undoubtedly
affect the markets. as Australia pro-
duces more wool than any other coun-
try. Buy a few sheep and buy them
good ones, and put good buck with
them. The lambs alone will pay well
on the outlay if the sheep are prop
erly cared for. and the wool and NUT
tor will add to the proft.-Southerp
P.aEter.