El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-30
Ell PAso DAILY HERALD. MONDAY JANUARY 80, 1892
Live Stock.
How to Examine a Sheep.

John A. Craig, professor OF animal
husbandry in the Iowa Agricultural
College, at Ames, Ia, delivered an in
teresting address before the Kansas
state board of agriculture, January IL,
from which the following is clipped:
In handling the form of q sheep, it Is
best to keep the hand completely open.
as in this way the straightness OF the
lines can be determined best and the
wool will be disturbed the least. To
be thorough in the examination this
system should be followed: Beginning
drop the lower lip of the sheep and no.
tice the condition of the teeth; notice
the covering of the head, the eyes and
the ears; see that there is no appear
ance of horns in those that should be
hornless: then pass to the neck. feeling
| with the hands the course OF the peck
and in that way determine the length
of it, the thickness of it and the way 1t
swells to meet the shoulder at the
shoulder vein; then passdown to the
brisket, putting one hand on the floor
of the chest and the other at the top of
the shoulder, and in this way form an
idea as to the depth OF the sheep
through these parts; there pass to the
shoulder, observe how it Is covered
with flesh and up to the top, also tax
ing the girth or the spring of the ribs
of the sheep. From the top of the
shoulder, using one hand, follow the
| line of the back to the end OF the
body. By carefully handling these
parts the f1eshiness of the sheep or the
way. the ribs are covered and the
straightness of the back are determin-
ed, and at the same time the spring OF
the ribs is made apparent. The width
of the loin should then be taken and
the covering and the thickness OF it
should also be noticed. The width at
the hips should then be
observed, and turning to one
side aud using the two hands the length
from the hip to the end of the hind
quarter should be made apparent be-
tween the two hands. Afterwards note
the way the hindquarter Is carried
back, and the fullness of these parts
should also be examined. Following
down towards the leg, the development
of thigh on the outside requires ex-
animation, and then with the hand the
quarters or the twist between the legs
should be firmly felt.
THE GOOD AND BAD QUALITIES.
To form q basis for estimating the
good and bad qualities of sheep, it is
best to first consider the carcass and
that from q butchers point of view. |
the butchers standpoint chow q wide
variation. The neck has q value of on |
ly one cent per pound. the shoulder &c |
and the shanks the same. The rib run
ming from the point of the shoulder to |
the loin has q value of SC per pound and |
the same is true of the loin, while |
the leg OF mutton or the 'giggets," as
they are sometimes called, have the |
highest value per pound of any other
breast, however, has the low value of |
&c per pound in Chicago markets. |
From these facts it will be seen that |
the back and the development of the |
leg are the most important points to |
criticise in the form of the fat lamb
Exchange.
chic Cameron, with 600 sheep, and
ohm Nelson aud Co.. with $1,000 got
caught in the mountains by the snow
and that most of the sheep is believed |
to have perished,
Prospector: The cattle amen are hav-
ing hard time of it just now. Many
contracts are due for the delivery at
the pens of shipments and the weather
for the past two weeks has been so
severe they have been unable to gather
the stock.
Range News: n. w. Maxwell, beef |
buyer for Simon Msier of Los Angeles,
purchased 1000 head of fat cattle in
Salt River valley week before last.
Six hundred head were furnished by |
Wolf Sachs and the remainder by three
or four other feeders.
J. w. Riley, president of the Color
ado Cattle company, has recently pur-
chased 20, 900 head of cattle near Casss
Grandes, $50 miles southwest of Ell
Paso. in Mexico. They will be shipped
to Denver in February after being fat
tened.
Mr.. G. W. Ratliff, who lives near
the Rio General offices, is the owner of
q common Texas COW which is quite q
curiosity, and which he had on the
str eets this afternoon on exhibition.
The COW is ordinarily like all TeAa
cows, and was raised In Coleman coun-
ty. The deformity which makes her
a curiosity and attracts attention, is
6 inches in length and 20 inches
around at the base. The other horn
is only IA inches long and of the ordi-
nary size.-Fort Worth Mail Tele-
gram.
The Fort Worth Blooded and Fat
Stock Association, which held it's
first show last year, is preparing to
make the coming exhibit larger and
more attractive. It is proposed to
add to the show an exhibit of blood
ed cattle and hogs and other appro-
pirate features. and make the en-
terprise one of national import. A
the contemplated Improvements of the
one that will seat many
thousand people. A number of COM
mission firms and fine stock associations
have siRnified their intention of offer
ing special prizes, among them the