The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-02
ADVANCE IN WHEAT
Continued from Fourth Page.


to the advancement Of the Texas cattle in
terests undoubtedly is the quality of the
cattle that come In at the back door. There
has been a constant stream Of very inferior
stuff pouring in across the frontier, and
Texas cattle growers have seen enough IN
the recent Improvement made in the herds
of the state to learn that they can no longer
afford TO have the reputation OF handling
and selling the Mexican output. It will be
perfectly legitimate TO put up the bars
against them when they are infested with
ticks and this viii to some extent relieve
the Texas cattle grower of the odium that
attaches to handling the poor stuff that comes
from Mexico.-Iowa Homestead.
WESTERN SHEEP BUSINESS.
The Western sheep business on Its present
gigantic scale, under range conditions, is
going the way Of the range cattle business.
Well informed men. who are engaged IN it,
are of the opinion that, within the next half
dozen years. sheep must be winter fed as
they are further East, and as cattle are COM
Ing to be. This will, of course, mean an i'm
mense reduction in the size Of the focks
handled The farmer Is gradually taking
all of the Western range that is worth hav-
Ing, and it will not be many years until
range stock growing viii be a thing of the
past, and the cattle and sheep grown thare
Will have to be managed and cared for Just
as is the practice elsewhere One Wyoming
his sheep that will probably find a good
many imitators while the business is under
going transition. He has bought 800 tons
of alfalfa at Gering, Neb and will drive
O0O of his sheen In that Mace 70 winter
them. The alfalfa cost 81 ton in the stack,
but the sheep men generally coming to
realize the fact that safety and proftableness
IN sheep growing require winter feeding and
care. Probably the time will come when
every range cattle or sheep grower viii own
and operate winter home ranch on which
both hay and grain will be grown sufficient
to provide for the wants OF all the stock
during the winter season. Such a course Will
ain lTr7nf- To-cr -
business, for, as it has been carried on in
the past. many man has gone into the
winter with good flock or herd and come
out in the spring without any.-Iowa Home
stead.
SATISFACTORY YEAR FOR LIVE STOCK
BREEDERS.
The year just closing has been a most
satisfactory one for breeders Of farm stock
Hogs. although low, have paid well. Sheep
are high and the demand for good breeding
stock IS much greater than the supply.
tFiry, but really good stations and brood
mares found ready sale In fact, toward the
close of the year it became evident that de-
sIrabls mares are becoming very scarce.
VINO have reason to rejoice, we have
noted frequently during the season. All
brought good prices Herefords have led in
high figures. Taking the six large Hereford
auction sales at the head of The list so far
as prices are concerned we find that 400
animals sod for an average of 1885. This
is remarkable when 1t Is remembered that
the average is for animals of both sexes
sale of Hereford bull CAT for 81 400 at q
Kansas City auction shows the condition of
the Hereford market. The highest priced
Hereford for 1888 was a 5000 bull. Short
theless wanted. Taking the six highest
sales for the year In this class. the average
Is $25S per head. The highest price paid
Tor a Shcrthorn was $500 for heifer, and
the most salable bull brought s720 PoIIed-
angus cattle are gaining in popularity and
ggoa prices have been received for them.
WINE these prices are not sensational they
cenote a most healthy condition of the live
stock industry good many cattle are
new on winter feed and fat hogs and sheep
continue Plentiful, yet there is ready CUT
let for all meat products on both domestic
and foreign accounf--orange Judd Farmer.
THE BACON HOG GAINING FAVOR
The demand for the bacon hog by the
American trade Is not very strong but II Ia
more pronounced than five years ago and
seems to be increasing gradually Weights
most popular range from $50 to $780, MANY
look for an increase in the consumption of
oacon--orange Judd Farmer.
THE FEEDING OF PIGS.
1t certainly IS Improbable for any swine
raiser to stint his animals. as they should
be made TO grow every day. After ten DAVIS
or two weeks they . sud be fed generously
through their dams. and at three or four
weeks provided with a place where they can
OBTAIN. unanolested. little feed of Stop and
soaked shelsed corn Keep them growing
every day, and at an early age thew will
be ready for the market at profit to the
raiser If the pigs are allowed to stop
growing and become stuntsd, it Is very hard
10 START them anew, not to mention the loss
OF feed, time and labor Pigs fnclosed IN a
dry lot or yard. and given only dry, hard
corn and hard water, seldom yield hand
some profts They need variety of food
such as VIII expand the stomach and at the
same time be cooling to the system. Corn
acne is 100 heating.-R. s. Cook, in Orange