The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-24

AMoNG If1E Sf1lffERS-Ine following
were on the market: e. P. Stokes, Monti-
cello, loads cattle, calves and hogs; Gill
bert & Gibbons, Mantorville, loads hogs;
D. o. Kelly, Goodhue, cattle, calves and
hogs and sheep; E. Nelson, Grove City. cattle
and hogs; H. H. Baker, Hope, cattle: H.
Sac. Lester Prairie, cattle and hogs; Lyke
COMMISSIONS. ETC.~Public inspection a of
hogs, 30c per car. Diseased animals, includ-
ing lumpy-jawed cattle and meats are con-
demned- Sales, unless otherwise stated, per
100 lbs, live weight. Dead hogs, 100 lbs and
over, 1ac per Id; less than leo lbs of no
value. All animals apparently affected with
actinomycosis or lumpy jaw, or having any
swellings on the head or neck, are subject to
inspection by the state veterinarian. If they
pass, their carcasses are sold for food other
wise for fertilizers. etc. Public inspectors
dock pregnant sows 40 lbs and stays, altered
hogs, Sc; sheep, SC per head. Feed Corn,
Goo per bu hay, 75c per 100 lbs; bedding, SOC
per 100 lbs Commissions: Six dollars car
load~for single deck carloads of hogs and
sheep and $40 carload for double-deck car
loads of the same. Fifty cents er head for
cattle OF all ages, up to $40 percarload; veal
calves IN less than car lots, not less than Csc
per head; cars of cattle containing less than
200 lbs weight each, the commission on the
calves discretionary. Double-decked cars of
calves, SIS. Mixed carloads of stock soc per
per head for hogs and sheep, up to $12 per
carload. Thirty head and over of hogs and
sheep arriving at these yards in a single car
to be charged So per car: less than carload
lots, 50c per head for cattle, 25c per head for
calves; under thirty head Of hogs or sheep,
15c per head. Public inspection of hogs 3Cc
per car. Telegraphic market reports, except
when quoting bona fide sales made the same
day the telegram is sent for the person to
whom the telegram is addressed are at the
expense of the recipient All live stock not
suitable for human food is condemned by the
government.
GOVERNMENT INSPECT1ON-CattIe hogs
and sheep are held on account of advanced
pregnancy. Cows within month of parturi-.
zion and for ten days after will be subject to
condemnation; also sheep and hogs three
weeks before and ten days after. The gov
eminent INSPECTORS in the various slaughter
houses condemn the meat of all cows that
have calves inside with air on The inspec-
ton of hogs made by the government inspec-
tors at the scales before weighing is very
close, and their decision is final, statesmen
having no appeal therefrom. All badly pree-
nant sows, hogs with punches, boils, and also
hogs with cuts on the hams and shoulders
~ MIDWAY HORSE MARKET : Minnesota
Transfer, st. Paul-Barrett & Zimmerman
report: The special sale opened brisk at
tendance large and several carloads of farm
horses were auctioned off. The private sale
proved very heavy. Receipts of horses lib
eral and tone of trade improved, which is
evident from the sudden revival of activity
In stock circles. The nominal value of serv-
iceably sound horses from to 8 years as
follows:
Drafters, choice to extra $50 to $40
Drafters, common to good ........ 70 to 115
Farm horses choice to extra 800. so to lis
Farm horses, common to good 80. 45 to rs
SIOUX CITY, To-. Feb 2a.-Cattle-
ceipts, 50o Wednesday, 2,142: shipments, p
52S; market about steady; sales, cows, av
stock heifers. av S26 lbs. 3.70; - stock heif-
ers, av 41S lbs, $3.50; 3 bulls av 1856 lbs,
$2:75; bulls, av sl7 lbs. $3.50; bulls av
9l5 lbs, So. Go; rs stockers and feeders, av
e CT clypr md
lbs, A95; 20 calves, av 800 lbs, s4.75; II
calves, av 3O5 lbs 81; yearlings, av $50
lbs, s4:65; yearlings, av 625 lbs, 81 49, Hogs
Receipts, 1850; Wednesday. 1,4a3; ship
ments, 20l; market strong to &c higher. sell.
ing IS. $685. bulk of sales, s.. 55O9. 57b.
OMAHA, Feb. -Cattle-Receipts, 400;
5,s5; westerns So. 75@47 Texas steers. $50
@4.6o COWS and heifers, IS. 25@440. Hogs
Receipts, 1900; market sc higher; heavy,
Soeas@S Is; mixed nike So 5o@s. 60; light, So. 52ls
$50. Sheep-Recepts $500; market steady:
native muttons, s3.75@4. As Western NUT
tons, $3.70@4 35; stock sheep, 81. 1905. go;
lambs S414. so.
KANSAS CITY. Feb. .-Cattle-Receipts,
3G0; steady to strong; native steers 49, 500
5:45 Texas steers, 81. 7564.75; Texas cows,
$25o@9 e5; native cows and heifers. $f.75@
4:75 stockers and feeders, s3@5. 25 bulls,
81. 75@4. Is. Hogs-Receipts. 1000; market
steady; bulk OF sales, 50. 45@3. CO. Sheep
Receipts. 1900; market strong; lambs. ss.25
az
ST: LOUIS, Feb 23.-Cattle-Receipts. 2 :
ECO. including 200 Texans; market steady to
strong, with Texans slow; native shipping
steers st.. s5@57 light and dressed beef and
butcher steers, So. 1904 rs: cows and heif-
ers, $4,000. so. Hogs-Receipts 5000; mar
k ka "a active and strong; pigs and light, SO c.
1910; packers, 50 $500 so: butchers. 50. 800
S;S5. Sheep. Receipts, 1900, including HOO
Iexans; market steady; native muttons So SIS
GAPS; lambs, s4.40@6; Texas muttons, So SO
@4.50. |''
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-Trade in cattle to-
day was slow on basis of SO .S0@4. so for
the commoner droves up to $5G5 IS for pref
ty coed to prime grades. Sales were largely
at 81: 65@5. 35, the average quality of offer
ipgs being poor. Western fed steers brought
s4@4 So Texas steers. SO. 5Od4 rs; res. SO. 80
@7.25. The greatly reduced receipts of hogs
have stopped the decline in prices and there
was an a. active and an. steady market. Fair to
sh s11;, s3.7e@3; s2lz packing lots, $500
3.771A light. sa.5O@s 70: pigs. ss@s. S. There
was good demand for sheep at steady
prices. but lambs were rather slow and weak
at the recent decline. Poor to prime sheep.
g. 1904 60, largely at s4@4. 40; ewes, So. $50
for export at 81 1904 IS; poor to prime lambs.
s.. 2594. So, chiefly at 81 6004 so. Receipts