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LIVESTOCK DEPARTMENT.

Stockmen. Write for Your Paper.

American breeders imported from Scotland 850 head of polled cattle last
year.

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W. C. Vandercook, Secretary of the Northern Illinois Merino Sheep
Breeders' Association, recently took 900 Merino sheep to his recently
purchased ranch in Norton county, Kansas.

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Mr. Estill, of Estill, Mo., passed through Chicago, a few days ago, with
forty head of Angus-Aberdeen and Hereford cattle. Estill & Elliott now
own one of the best polled herds in the West.

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The second regular annual meeting of the Kansas State Short-horn
Breeders' Association will be held in the Senate Chamber of the Capitol,
Topeka, Kan., during February 12 and 13, beginning at 7 P. M. of the
12th.

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The seventh annual meeting of the Dutch-Fresian Association of America
will be held at the Butterfield House, Utica, N. Y., February 6, 1884.
Essays and addresses are expected from a number of distinguished stock
breeders.

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The Lafayette County Thoroughbred Live Stock Breeders' Association was
recently organized at Higginsville, Mo. They will hold annual public
sales and otherwise advance the improved stock interest. Their first
sale will be held at Higginsville, October 15 and 16, 1884.

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The following is a list of Jerseys exported from the island during the
past year: Mr. Francis Le Brocq exported 848 cows, bulls, 28--total,
876. Mr. Eugene J. Arnold sent out 656 cows, 47 bulls--total, 703.
Sundry shippers sold 158 cows and 7 bulls--total, 165. Grand total,
1,744 head.

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Our readers will not fail to notice the public sale ad. of Mr. Wm. Yule,
of Somers, Wis., who will, on the 19th day of March, disperse his entire
herd of thoroughbred Short-horn cattle. The herd numbers forty head, and
is the opening sale of the season, and will be one of the most
attractive ones of the year. They are all of his own breeding. Send for
catalogue, which will be ready about February 15.

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Horse-stealing seems to be as prevalent in England as in this country. A
late London live-stock journal says there is as much of it going on