The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19
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Live Stock Items.

1t is hard to get bids on short fed
steers.
From this time until after the holi-
big supplies of poultry in the retail
markets
November 18th the best grades of
cattle on the London (Eng) market
were quoted at 144 cents and com
mon cattle at Liverpool were bringing
11A cents. Choice lambs sold for
14H and good ewes at Tx cents.
Reports from feeding districts OF
the middle west indicate that while
at some points smaller number or
cattle than usual will be fed, in the
majority of instances stocks are above
normal, some correspondent report
Ing 200 and 300 per cent. Many esti-
mate 100 to 11O per cent on feed.
Western correspondents report that
Kansas feeders are rather apathetic
and are not going into the business
on the usual liberal scale. Corn is
not cheap enough to tempt them and
they fear beef prices will not be
maintained. This should help bust
ness for feeders in the eastern por-
tion of the corn belt.
The officials of the National Live
Stock bank at the Union Stock Yards
have shown their interest in the In
ternational Exposition by offering
prizes for fat stock, viz: On grand
champion carload granted steers,
5000; on grand champion carload of
feeding steers, 5000; on champion car
load Of fat sheep, 500.
Red Wilkes, the greatest living sire
of trotters, with 1T standard trotters
and Al PAGERS to his credit again
went under the hammer last week.
anil. although he is now 2S years old,
he brought $3.50 or $3.50 more than he
brought two years ago, when William
c. Hendrickson paid 5000 for him at
the Cloverdale dispersal sale.
At the sale of Herefords, November
18th, at Indianapolis, the splendid COW
Theresa, S6,4S2, sired by Mercury out
OF Lady Wilton, and owned by s. H.
Goldman of Wabash, Ind, carried off
the honors. She was sold with her
heifer calf, Miss Theresa, and the first
bid was $1,000. This was raised to
$l,35O, at which price she was sold to
D. E. Studebaker Of Warren, Ind. Miss
Nelly BLY, 7th was sold to ]. N Shirley
of Lebanon, Ind, for $515, and Chloe
to Anderson & Son for $525.
Several American capitalists have
Joined in the purchase of tract of
land in the State of Sonora, Northern
Mexico, embracing 100000 acres. 1t
is being enclosed by wire fence and
is to be converted into the largest cat
tie ranch in the world. In it's present
wild state it will afford pasturage for
about $4,000 cattle. An extensive ir-
rigation system is planned and much
attention will be given to the growing
of forage crops. w. c. Greene, who
is the head of the syndicate, is presi-
dent of the Greene Consolidated Cop
per Company, which operates some of
the most productive mines of Mexico.
The annual report of State Veter-
marian Knowles of Montana. soon to
be issued will show the inspection Of
| 2G5, ,728 animals of all kinds, of which
the sheep inspection aggregated 1885,
287. Forty-seven horses were killed
and their carcasses destroyed because
they had glanders, while six beeves
were killed on account of tuberculosis.
The number of horses quarantined
was 1893. AS shown by the report
f12,567 southern cattle were brought
into the state. accompanied by the re-
qufred health certificates. The num-
ber of such certificates issued for ami
mails going into other states and
across the Canadian lines was 10,306,
while the number given out for ami
mails going directly to the Northwest
Territory was 5,726.