The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05
:, LIVE STOCK NOTES

sszsTs t. Ts stqss
been deeced to limit By beer ccm
and they viii not long submit to- a Continue,
ton of prevailing Methods Evidently some
wes ss1 q the aad oa to 5sn fe the
people out there why .ruinous competition
is bad is haf and should of bens 4p Tie cattle
man, who sticks to the business. Spaying is
fast reducing breeding herds. besides which
Is per cent Of COW beef.
Evidently they don't do things half bad Up
per head on car lot rate on registered stock
into that country has helped the industry lnls
,n az ere aa and 70 ss
ADVANTAGES and the business is fairly growing
by leaps and bounds in all sections of the
Minnesota and northwestern screenings:fed
% pton continue to top Chicago market The
daily WINE anDs DsinS 'Hs 's'' Prices ADo' =
scored heavily for some years past is to con
tinue his innings. According to the last gov
900, 900 sheep: less in the United States than
there were in 1903, and wool is sailing along on
Montana heads the list of sheep states with
second: New York leads in mich, cows with
number Of other, cattle-s, os7 $50. Iowa, is
the beg ysx state her porcine population
Denver Reeord-stockman: While there has
been very little If any Improvement SS s t. In the
there Is every indication that the time is not
| far distant when there will be a decided change
in the situation: While no sudden and ex-
IRENE advance is expected desired, there
| should be gradual movement towards a high
er range Of values just as soon as the markets
almost unparalleled bad winter in the east,
and the unexpected war forcing corn prices be;
have been regained before this but as it is
there will be but little improvement until
in the asI e er h
fairs The indications that those who have
aa On feed od for the aa
prices. The time between the early grass cat
tie and the winter feed lot stuff promises to be
but aesntily. supplied and the demand should
70 show that the settler is making .tnroad.s
report Of the land office at Roswell, N. M.
is given: seventy-two homestead entries, To-
Et nd entries
acres; in all, for December, 1908, 15.3S9 acres.
chcaYE Ss9o traders here
soon show decided decrease from the volume
tbe hy say While bad in raa
weeks more farmers will be blowing for the oats
and then viii be busy With tn for
receipts to more moderate proportions;
Chicago Drovers' Journal: "A feature of the
nary receipts and the remarkable shipments
There has not been month in the history OF
was experienced in getting cars to haul the cat.
tie that were bought by shippers, vet over 4C
OF ch greater
this season Of the year when dealing in feeding
is at SM tide OF the cattle
done By outside buyers here last month was the
heavy demand for export cattle, Of which close
/ to $4,000 head were purchased during the month
This looks as II Chicago had some buyers besides
Journal viii Just eniigbten us as to how many
head were shippeds and. exported by the so
the buyers besdes are aee doing
! rule having an important bearing upon the
shearing Of sheep to be exhibited at the worlds
fcoS Sheep and goats hsve
s Of anS the on
Of shearing must be certified on the application
shorn that have BEEN Clipped to conceal or DE
feets or to mislead, will not be allowed to COM
pete. The, judge shall ,disqualify for compe-
! tition any sheep goat deemed by him as ha y
Ing beer, improperly or stubble shorn or with its
fleece otherwise treated for the purpose Of fraud
Southern cattle arc almost sure to experience
a decided drop in values this spring. For some
W e pay had e
good. bad and Indifferent, with the result that
81 fer s at
with. heavy losses in many cases. e The day OF
the So to s23 2year-old southern steer has
will buy some of the best herds fob. cars in the
south this spring.
4 According to THE National Proyisioner there
are 90, 600 900 cows in this country Of calf-benr
ing age; There are something like 1e.oo0,0ot
$500, 900 Of these are slaughtered every year
: A larger per cent were Killed during the las
two years because the cattle herds have retro
graded by slaughter due to the heavy demand
, for lightweight beeyes. These figures ma,
prove to be somewhat startling in the face O
the available official data upon the subject
but the statement is not very wide of the mark
t II must be remembered that calves are NOR
generally slaughtered locally by farmers and b
most of the 10000 butchers In this country
! Then again, there are more than 1000 unofn