The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-28
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
NoRyAL's WEEKLY REVIEW OF
THE PREVAILING CONDITIONS.
The London AIarkets-sheep Lower
Than for Years, with Some Heavy
Runs, Mostly of Suckers and
Feeders.

The condition Of the money movements
from England may tend to weaken the
foreign markets on American exports of
meat products, but it will only be tenn
porary.
Cattle slaughtered in America and beef
exported in quarters are inspected here
very rigidly, bolh alive and dressed-more
SO than IN any other country on earth.
The perfectly healthy condition of our
live stock is proved beyond any question,
and the very best evidence of tbs is, that
the English insurance companies viii in
sure American cattle on ocean voyages at
30 cents mead against ali risks OF NOR
ldHty, by disease or otherwise, 1ettlSon
ana Washing overheard, and find this is a
very protilaoie transaction, as the per-
tectly healthy conoluon OF the caltle re-
duces the possibility of loss to the mini
num- England and Scotland still admit
our cattle and beef into tne4r countries,
and in ali the hundreds of thousands live
cattle shipped there yearly not one mas
ever beer, rejected, although this would
certainly have been done had there been
the least sign of the beef and cattle not
being absolutely sound and perfect. Be-
sides this, millions of quarters of beef
are h-pped there annually, and not one
quarter of beef has ever been rejected for
not being in a sound and healthy condl-
ton.
The discrimination of the European
of Canada and South American countries
is the best proof that the objection is not
caused through any fear that our cattle
are not in the most healthy condition.
France and Belgium still allow Canadian
and South American cattle to enter into
their markets. Germany has forbidden
all foreign cattle entering its ports in or
der that it may protect the farmers OF
that country who are now unable to de-
rive any benefit from their great industry
of raising sugar beets by our repeal of
reciprocity and now have TO raise i've
stock and food for consumption OF live
stock instead.
Of the $40 pedigree certificates granted
to exporters by the English Shorthorn
society from June to July q, this year,
237 went to South America. These hgures
do not represent the total expectation OF
beef blood to South America this year,
for there have been other sales of short
horns for that purpose, and good many
Aberdeen, Angus and Hereford DullS nave
gone the same way. 1t is merely an indi-
cation of the progress that South Amerl-
can cattlemen are making in the i'm
provement of their herds. And 1t is this
good blood which is going to put the ar
gentine beef Alongside of ours in the
British market some day, which means
that it will be at the top.
What are our beef breeders doing? 1t is
to be regretted that they are not showing
the interest in improving their herds that
they once did. Ranchmen have been ouy-
ing bulls freely during the past Two years,
it is true, but still there is room for i'm
provement there. But what of the herds
which are on the thousands of beef-pro-
ducing farms of the land? 1t is doubtful
whether they have, on the Whoie, heId
their own during the past decade. In
the country east of the Mississippi, at
least. there are now fewer herds of high
grade beef COWS that furnish we'll bred
Steers for the feed lots than there We're
ten years ago. Many of these nerds nave
been sent to the shambles, or so crossed
with dairy blood as to have ceased to be
ciassed as beef producers. This is re-
sponsible in no small degree for the pres
ent scarcity of good cattle for the feeo
lots and pastures.
1t is evident that a large portion of our
good cattle must be bred on the farms,
and unless the tendency to neglect good
beef blood is overcome it will be harder
than ever for US to maintain our position
at the head of the best markets in the
world The herds SO reduced or bred
OUT must be bred up again II we are 10
keep ahead of our progressive competitors.
1t VIII not do for the North American
hare to go TO sleep and let the South
American tortoise crawl by, There are
some signs of this awakening and i'm
provement, but they are not SO general
as they should be. More. good beef blood
should be going to the farms which are
suited to the production of beef.
The cattle from the Panhandle country
are extra fat this year. The season GOWN Gown
there has been all the cattle growers could
ask for, and in consequence the shipments
to market are very heavy and with the
very low freight rates, the present mar
ket prices make these cattle net a fair
price, at least So a head more than Utah.
None of cur cattle this year seem to
be fat So far all the shipments have
gone as feeders and have ranged in pr'ce
from s275 to $50 per hundred, while the
late storms have been SO disastrous 1nsst to
the prospects of dividend this year, hap
pening as it does at this particular time,
we believe it will be a good thing. for the
sheep men. 1t has taken out of the mar
ket for the present at least $50 cars of
Utahs, which will give the. market a
chance to recuperate and the buyers time inc
to look over the situation ana arrange
money matters so as to be able TO get
a fresh hold when the movements begin gin
again. The management of the R. G. W.
deserves much credit for the manner in
which it has taken care of the stock that
was caught in transit. TWO trains are tied
up at P. V Junction, where the grazing IS
good, and the men in charge have good
hotel accommodations, and no doubt the
market will improve enough on Utah
sheep during the delay to pay them well
for the loss of time.