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tion. Buchanan: Difficult to fix the prices of horses and mules, because so many are 

 sold at forced sales. Hogs much advanced in price. Madison: The number of cattle 

 being fed for spring market about 40 per cent, less than last year, and the same decrease 

 in hogs. 



Missouri. — Polk: Owing to short crops, farmers have sold all stock which could be 

 put in condition to sell. Platie: Horses aud mules much lower in price than I have 

 ever known ; no demand for them at any price. Milch-cows in demand. Owing to 

 scarcity of corn and the high price of hogs, all that could be made to reach 1.50 pounds 

 have been sold to packers ; consequently, stock-hogs are scarce, and meet with ready sale 

 at 4 cents gross. Jefferson : The loss on hogs from cholera has been great ; all killing hogs 

 and fat. Within 4 miles some 64 were well one day aud dead the nest. Maries: But 

 few horses and mules sold, the market being very dull. Scarcity of grain and feed has 

 compelled farmers to sell cattle aud sheep at very low figures, being the only stock 

 they could sell, except pork-hogs, which have borne a good price, 4 to 6 cents gross. 

 Chariton: Owing to the scarcity of corn, most of the hogs have been sold iuto more 

 favored counties and other States., As the hay-crop was good, very few horses, mules, 

 or cattle have been sold. Prices rule low, owing to a scarcity of money. Beaton: The 

 extraordinarily low prices of stock are owing to the destruction of the corn, oat, and 

 hay crops by drought and chinches. Stone: Twenty per cent, of the hogs have died of 

 cholera and staggers. Horses, mijles, and cattle very low; no demand for the former, 

 and but little for the latter. Shelby: Horses, mules, and cattle selling low, owiug to 

 scarcity of money. JRaij: The reduction in cattle and hogs caused by light crops for 

 the last two years. Caldwell : The decrease in all kinds of cattle owing to drought aud 

 short corn-crop. All salable cattle have been sold, making 25 per cent, decrease in the 

 whole. No sale for horses. Hogs of all kinds sold oil' very close; scarcely any 

 left but sows and small pigs. Daviess: All stock depreciated in price, owing to 

 the short crops, followed by drought. Nearly all hogs not killed for home con- 

 sumption shipped out of the county as stock-hogs; not corn here to winter them. 

 Bates : We lost everything last fall by chinch-bugs aud grasshoppers, aud all kinds of 

 stock are down to the very lowest notch. Randolph : All kinds of stock scarce for 

 want of feed. Cattle aud hogs large enough to be fed for market nearly all shipped 

 from the county. Considerable demand for horses and mules. Laclede : Stock of 

 every kind, except hogs, very low, owing to scarcity of money. Last year we lost 

 heavily in hogs by diseases, and have not yet recovered ; not enough in the county 

 for home use. Howard : Owing to the very short crop of corn a large numbet of farmers 

 could not winter their hogs, but were compelled to sell them. Clay : But little feed, aud 

 not much stock to feed. Callaway : The failure of the corn-crop has reduced the number 

 of cattle aud hogs very much. Horses plenty, because the demand is light. Putnam : 

 Stock meets with a ready sale here, and farmers are having a good time of it. Vernon: 

 Great falling off in prices of stock, owiug to a scarcity of money. Thousands of 

 stock hogs sold into Iowa and Illinois on account of short crops. Johnson ; No sales 

 of horses for shipment ; prices very low. Price of mules higher than horses, as it costs 

 less to keep them. Nearly all cattle that could be spared have been sold. Very few 

 other than cows over three years old left in the county. Dent : Value of stock of all 

 kinds depreciated by bad condition, owing to scarcity of feed. Adair : Most of the 

 farmers who heretofore raised horses are raising mules. Barton : Failure of corn 

 caused nearly all the hogs to be shipped out of the county. Carroll : The decrease in 

 cattle and hogs caused by the short corn-crop. 



Kansas. — Mitchell : Stock of all kinds of but little value, there being no money to 

 invest in it and nothing to feed on — especially horses and hogs. Pigs under six months 

 old may be had for the asking ; but who has feed for hogs ? None. Ottaiva : Owing to 

 scarcity of feed the price of stock has ruled low, especially cattle and hogs, more 

 especially hogs. Marshall : The diminution in cattle and hogs is owing to sales in 

 consequence of the failure of the corn crop. Cowley : Every kind of stock low, owing 

 to scarcity of feed. Cherokee: Horses very low, owing in part to scarcity of feed, but 

 many are disposing of their horses and investing in mules, which are less subject to 

 disease and better adapted to farming on short allowance of grain. Anderson: Very 

 few hogs can be carried through. Sedgwick : Some losses in horses and hogs for want 

 of feed. Osage : Horses at extremely low prices ; also cattle are scarcely salable at 

 all. Nearly all hogs sent out of this part of the State to keep them from starving to 

 death. Over 30 horses have died of starvation within the last six weeks. Nemaha : 

 Only enough hogs are wintered to raise another stock from. Lincoln : A falling off in 

 oxen and cows, owiug to the passage of a strict cattle law, in consequence of which 

 some heavy dealers have driven their stock beyond the settlements. Hogs scarce, 

 owing to the failure in the corn-crop ; huudreds have been given away to keep them 

 from starving. Leavenworth : Cattle were sold very close, owiug to short feed. Hogs, 

 all or nearly all, sold off on account of scarcity of corn. Jackson : Farmers generally 

 raising mules more than heretofore.. Oxen and other cattle sold oft' to Iowa and 

 other places, owiug to scarcity of grain ; also hogs. Franklin : Horses low in i)rice and 

 condition, owing to the almost total failure of the corn-crop and no buyers. Many work- 



