The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-24
sFDEP WITHOUT WOOL

The principal kind of meat consumed by
the people of Arabia both native and for
eig1, is tie mutton OF the Somali or black
he'd sheep. and. 10 matter by whom eaten,
all pronounce 1t the best mutton ever tasted.
This sheep, as its name indicates, is from the
SOn8li country. on the African coast. These
sheep has no wool, but short fine hair SINH
lar 60 that Of d deg. The most peculiar thing
about them Is thar they have a large lump
Of pure tat growing right at the root of the
tail. and this fat varies in size and weight ac-
Cordlug 10 the condition OF the sheep. A
mediuE-sized lump Of this fat weighs about
four lbs. such sheep, which weighs from
. to % lbs. is sold at from
four TO five ru2ees Csc to $1.O5.) The skins,
when sun-driGd, are exported, and large
quantities Of them go every year to the New
DIRK market,where they are known mocha
skins" but. like the mocha coffee" of COM
merce, this is merely term and nothing else.
In 1897 these skins were imported into New
York 70 the value OF 1928 226.-New York
Press.
TIE Cubans will make a great mistake if
they admit free Of duty the common scrub
cattle Of Mexico and Central America
Through the deylstaUions of the Spanish army
there are no cattle left in Cuba worth con-
s.deTlHg, and the whole island will have to
be restCcked. The wise thing to do would
be to get good blood at the start, for in
raising cattle there IS nothing like commence
ing properly. If Cubans start with the breed
less scrub Of the South American countries
they viii have a class OF cattle such as Mex
worthless.
stamp Of American progress, however, viii
soon be in evidence in this new republic and
there will be Improvement in the live stock
line 2s well as in other lines Of business
DFOvers' Journal
SOUTH ST. PAUL HORSE MARKET.
George w. Wentworth of the South St.
Paul horse exchange reports a number of
buyers from the Dakotas and Manitoba, but
with only limited trade. Barns well
stocked but the bad weather Of the week was
unfavorable for the out of door trial of
horses. The following are representative
sales:
W.: Price.
One Pair drafters, ................. 5000 $270 90
One pair chunks, and 8 VS.. 1900 100 90
9 general purpose horses -.-....-' $50 20
MIDWAY HORSE MARKET.
The only reports of transactions received
from this market comes from Barrett & Zlm-
norman. There were large receipts during
the week, but the moving stock consisted
wholly of heavy and general utility horses.
Lumber and logging men were on the mar
ket for the heavier class of animals. There
were few Western horses Offering, though
the demand was good There was little or
no call for general purpose horses. The fol-
lowing quotations are made for servceable
sound horses from to years cd:
W.T. Price
Drafters, extra. ranging ..........1 HOO $3.50 90
DraiLers, extra, ranging 1900 50 90
Dra1ters, common, ranging ....... 1900 SIS 90
Farm horses extra, ranging 800. 400 80 Oh
Farm horses common, ranging. 400 70 90
CHICAGO HORSE MARKET.
F. J. Berry & Co. say: Receipts have been
liberal during the past week, but the market
has net been all that could have been wished
for. While all horses CT high quality have
been in strong demand and sold well, and
as q rule realized a very satisfactory profit
to the seller the more ordinary stock has
been in only fair demand and sold at mod
crate values. The leading demand is still
for smooth 1300Q1500-lb chunks, heavy draft
ers Of extra quality, and stylish coachers
and speed. There is also considerable call
for good grade of breeders weighing from
loo to 1,700 lbs. As yet there has been but
little inquiry for Southern stock, owing to