El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-17

cogniZed breed or not NAV be admit
ted duty free il proof is presented that
they are suitable for breeding pur-
poses.
Information has been received at Fit.
Worth of the consummation of an
other big cattle deal. The contracting
parties are George w. Littlefeld, Of
nsrdville, the former selling to the lat
ter firm about E, 400 head of anG f.
year-old steers raised in Mason
and Menard counties. It Is under
stood the purchase price is not far
from $780, 900. Mr.. Littlefeld also dis
posed OF his leased pastures in Menard
county, consideration not given out.
It has often been said that If it were
not for hog cholera and other disorders
that decimate the crop the number of
hogs raised would be SO great as to
mers to handle them. OF course, such
condition of affairs would not last
long, because men would stop breeding
animals that would not pay their board,
but there Is undoubtedly some compen-
sation in the great losses that are sus-
tanned by hog raisers every few years,
though it would be vastly better, of
late the supply, as it soon would do, If
there was no other way of reducing
surplus.
For some time lamb prices have been
high-too high, buyers claim, to be in
fair proportion to the values of matur-
ed sheep and other live stock, SAYS the
Chicago DrOvers' journal. Dealers, of
course, have realized this for some
time. and expected drop sooner or
later, but hardly expected it to come
with sudden jolt as it has this week.
Of 10 hc
been unusually large this summer,
partly because the prices were good
and partly because many are raising
sheep who apparently don't know the
difference between q hydraulic ram
and Shropshire. A little more feed
would have given much better returns
for the average shipper of spring lambs
but. as 1t was prices were very salts
factory as compared with other years.
From many parts of Wyoming comes
gratifying information of the increase
in she industry of hog breeding.
Wheatland is shipping eight or ten
cars of porkers to market yearly, and
will doubtless double these figures
within the next two years. The She
ridan and Buffalo vicinities report the
trebling of their hogs in the past year
or so, while the Douglas, Lusk and
Glenrook localities are rapidly adding
has also entered into the hog race to
win. The hog breeding of Wyoming
is leaning almost entirely to the Berk-
shire breed. The perks are princi-
pally fattened with alfalfa, and hard
ened and solidified with grain. The
hogs are marketed at and 9 months,
and weigh out at $50 to 225 pounds.
The Cheyenne slaughter house is
handling 100 cars of hogs per year.
The Chicago Union Stock Yard and
Transit company's report OF receipts
as follows: Cattle, 206, Ala; calves, H.
667; hogs, 665, 966; sheep. 238, 1873, show.
ing an Increase of 1O,s29 cattle, 1884
hogs, 1920 sheep and q decrease of
3,057 calves, compared with the same
month last year. The total receipts
for the seven months of 1899 are 394,-
773 cattle, 9O,645 calves, 4,9O8, 1877 hogs,
2,03O. 237 sheep. Compared with the
crease Of Sc, 1856 hogs and 96s calves,
and q dec rease of 26, 419 cattle and IT,
$50 sheep. The total shipments for
last July were 81. O55 cattle, l,O75
calves, 156, 729 hogs, Is, 568 sheep, q de-
crease of 1856 cattle, 2,2o3 calves, and
an increase of 42,259 hogs and $50
sheep, compared with July last year.
On the seven months there is de-
OOSO
40 ,643 sheep and an increase of 200, 124
hogs.
Many horses are offered 1t the Union
Stock yards market which have been
trimmed to add breezy appearance to
the beauty of their conformation. All
such animals sell far below their valua-
ton, as foreign dealers will not bid on
them and local fanciers usually classify
them as second hand animals. It
is q grave mistake to disfgure horses,
by depriving them of natures adorn-
ments, to pander to the fastidious
tastes of perverted fashion. A flow
ing name and tail are ideal embellish-
ments In the artistic conception of the
perfect horse. The world famous
painting of Rosa Bonheur. ''The Horse
Fair" shows the animals with full
foretops, names and tails. In some
countries of Europe there are statutes
prohibiting the disfguripg of horses
by clipping the foretops and other ma
tural adornments. which add so much
to the symmetry and imposing pres
ence of the horse.-Chicsgo Drovers'
Journal.
Best All-Yea Route to California
Is the Southern Pacific. The travel
ing public can easily understand this
when it is known that this Is the only
line running coaches through to Cali
fornia points without change, the only
from Ell Paso to Los Angeles and San
Francisco, the only line running pull
man palace cars direct to the above
named cities without transfer and the
only line running buffet cars, thus en-
abIiup passengers to obtain their meals