The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-23

sion men are an anxious for larger consign-
ments. and the packing plant is ready to
absorb and capable of doing SO. everything
than can be offered
Lyle Raeburn, Of the Mich Cow ex-
change, sold during the past week upwards Of
70 head. Many of the cows carried their
calves by their side. The supply, does not
meet the demand Prices are well sustained.
The buyers have been, for the most part. To-
cal. Some few shipments have been made to
Northern Minnesota and Manitoba.
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
The Drovers' Journal, of Chicago, COM
ments thus on the recent flight in the pr.ce
of hogs:
Country hog buyers are making a good
killing, at present in the sudden big ad-
ance In prices. but they want to look out
Tor the stick. This skyrocket boom Is
thought by many to be purely speculative.
and the bubble Is likely to be punctured
any time When values are suddenly in
mated, 1t Is not wise to buy with too c.ose
margin. Because the advance made go
profits is no reason why dealers should
take reckless risks. 1t is better to wait and
see whether or not the advance Is on
usual demand for all meats that can be
used in the army, and just what the mar
kets will do in the near future is very
uncertain. There are good peep 9 who think
prices are going still higher, and 1t may be
so, but it isn't wise to count upon big,
sharp advances being uninterrupted by re-
actions.
The same valuable paper, speaking of the
sheep industry, says:
Sheepmen throughout the West feel that
the future Is very promising. The lamb
crop In most sections has been exceptionally
good and the weather so favorable that it
has been possible to get them fairly well
started with very light losses. The shear
Ing season is now on, and so far has been
very satisfactory; besides, fockmasters Will
get good prices for the wool. AS yet the
war has had no visible effect on wool prices,
for 1t is said that the Western clip Is not ex-
actly suitable for war goods. However, the
existence of war means a heavy consumption
of some kind Of wool, which in turn will
create better demand for what is known
as the Territory clip. All things seem to
be working for the good OF the sheepmen
just now, but this is only fair compensa-
ton for long period when days were dark
and dreary."
The Breeders, Gazette, which is doing all
1t can to promote, good breeding and an
abundance of It, in this period of promise
to the small farmers of the West and North
west, offers the following:
There is no better pronerty on the IA m
Just now than y = of good breeding
cattle. and the ou,.ooh seems bright for
that class of stock for number of years
to come. A Central Illinois farmer who
needed the Gazette's admcn. lions upon IN s
subject several years ago sod at pubic
sale recently $4,000 worth of Shorthorns
that represented ar very handsome profit.
paid several years iago. produce were sold
to the value Of $685., Another cow that cost
but $50 during the repress1 n, contr-bu
two calves that fetched $3.50, and one OF her
hefer calves still remains. These are rot
isolated instances. Similar returns have
been made by good cows of nearly all the
leading breeds within the past year. Not
only have coed ped greed herds mad non
ey for their owners but farmers who have
been wise enough to use registered bus
of the beef breeds upon rative cows have
found swarm of buyers contending for
the steers and steer calves at strong pr cs.
Those who plowed up tier blue grass ard
abandoned cattle breeding now have ampe
leisure TO lament such actin.
SOUTH ST. PAUL HORSE MARKET.
The following representative sales are re-
ported by George w. Wentworth & Co., of
the South St. Paul Horse market: pair
drafters, and Z years old 5000 lbs, 5000;
pair of farm mares, 5 and 6 years cid, 200
lbs, $210; 1 pair delivery horses, g. and
years old, 1900 lbs SPOOL Are department
horse, years DID, 1,450 lbs, SIPS; / fire d.
partment horse 8 years old. 1,40O lbs. $125; 1
delivery horse, s years DID,, 1000 lbs, $50;
truck horse, Z years old. 1.4O0 lis, $s5.
Trade was fairly good, considering that out
side buyers are at present off the market. 1t
during the next few months will be confined
to local demands, with possibly occasional
call for farm teams. TIE assortment at Sou h
st. Paul is large. A consignment of Cleveland
bays and fancy drivers will arrive this morn
ing.
THE MIDWAY HORSE MARKET
The receipts during the past week have
been considerable, and there is big supply
to meet the demand. There was some i'm
provement in trading, but not much The
greatest bulk of the offerings were carried
to Manitoba by buyers from that section, who
were very numerous in the market. They
paid good prices for everything that they
bought. The demand was for good flesh and
well-broken animals There is a growing call
for drafters and for fine driving horses, which
it is, however, difficult to obtain.
The condition of the market at the close
of the week was regarded as promising a
forthcoming supply Of mixed grades. num-
Der Of horses will probably be received early
this week, designed principally for cavalry
by the army, and it is understood that
some government orders are tending in this
direction. The nominal value of serviceable.
sound horses, from to Z years, are given
herewith by Barrett & Zimmerman:
Drafters, extra. ranging 1 700 lbs $40
Drafters, common, ranging LOO lbs.. IS
Farm horses extra, ranging 500 lbs -. 120
Farm horses, common, ranging 1900 lbs. IS
Livery horses, common, ranging 1000
Drivers, extra, ranging 1900 lbs. ... 1850
Drafters, common, ranging 1000 lbs 30
Mules extra, ranging 1000 lbs 100
Mules, common, ranging 1000 lbs.. 70
Brown & Dickey report an improvement in
the market over the previous week. There has
been quite call from the Northwest. Sew
era1 animals were sent to Manitoba at fair
prices. These are some of the sales by this
firm during the week:
One draft horse. SIPS; black draft horse.
$12O; roam mare, SIPS; 2 bay horses, 1,4o0
lbs, $3.50; 2 gray horses, 1885, $3.50: | gray
mare, 1900 Tbs, SIPS; 2 brown draft horses.
$225; gray mare, 1.40O lbs 500; black
mares, 200 lbs, $3.50; bay driver. s145.
H. A. W1nsloW reported a far better trade
He sold during the week about thirty-fiye
horses. A number of these went I'D the state.
few went as far north as Canada These
came principally from Iowa, and were mostly
draft horses. The good serviceable, sound
draft horse is bringing now in these stables
from 800 to $40. Plug horses are bringing
all the way from SIS to $40 The market has
been better this week with this firm than in
the preceding week.
D. w. Ringer Co. report very good
market for the week, and a number of good
sales were effected by this firm.
The following from the Iowa Homestead will
be read with interest by those interested in
the breeding Of horses:
ROAD HORSE IMPROVEMENT.
In the Improvement of the ideal road
horse the problem which confronts breed
ers Is whether an Infusion of the blood of
any Of the imported horses would consum-
mate the object ibetter than to adhere TO
the best types Of our domestic animals.
1t is a question the solution of which can