, 1873-07-08
at 40 centa por pound, thua avoiding the fall In
tho market which aftorwnrd occurred.

tho market which Aftorwnrd occurred.
.Oonespondont-Wh kind Of land iait around |
Mr.: Arinijo-.The grams is very fno on tho
p1ninB.. There Is plenty OF 1ator, and our NookH
goncrally do splendldly.,, We hhvo light SHOWS
an ad s S e ssng o soa sio Ear re {sss Eo~
over, thorc was but little SNOW, and tho grass
was backward. We had bad luck, and loat many
Of our lambs: Weat Of Albuquerque tho oonn-
raised iu tho mountains, but thoy roqniro moro
caro- and become moro expenulve. Wo profor
the plainH to tue mountains.
Correspondents SEQ that your brother has
How long did did il t tako to drive thon up from
AlbuQuerque?
usualy drivcn about four milos day. This
Gs no m9 to gnze oo
tako tho ,nhin road but drive thcrn ACROSS tho
plains whore tho grass Is beBt. Tho drivers nro
mon who know tho country thoroughly, and who
tS whore they arc as any time BY Lacking noa1g
10000 wethers roady. to butcher, but there
aro only 1000 on their way bore. Too many
would brcak down tho market, mud 1t Ia not to
our intercat to throw our ehoep on broken
market. TheRo 1000 were Bhenrod before they
started We always shear our Rhoop boforo
starting them for market. r..
f'orrespoudent--Is from tho Donyer papers
TINT hlr. Eyana hna arrived thore with 10000
| SO, ,o6}0 sboop IN that city.
Alr. .Armljo-Yoa, I presume tho market ia
gluttod. But my brother will soil tho most OF
You sec TINT city is central point. shoop can
10 sent from thoro to Kansas City, st. Louis,
Chicago, Omaha, salt Lake. or wherever they
command tho beHt prices
Correspondent it pay to ship them to
| Kanans City2 :.
Mr.. Ar1nijo-Thst ia doubtful. It would pay
II wo had contracta with certain dealers for 60
many sheep at statcd periods; but to throw
10000 shoep on my Eastern market without
cost Of flooding the shoep, Il wo waited for tho
market to recover, would oat up oil tho profats.
CorreBpon1ont-Do you like It better in New
Mexico than you did in Now York;
where l csl make tho most money. I
can make q great dea1 moro money In New
| h1oxico than In Wall stroet. And then Ahu-
quorquo in u pleasant place in which to live. Wo
havo butchcre who supply ns with juicy beef and nd
kinds Of vegetables, and got them carly Wo
can 1.-Two almost as well as you do In Nov York.
In conversation with Mayor Kice,, Of Pueblo, I
d Mah speaesn sssn
wool is not Of very high grade. because tho
sheep arc hardly over washed before clipping.
Bomo timos they are driven through brook
once Or twice. but not enough to take tho surface e
dust from tho foeco, and thorough recurring Ia
. rarity.
Many Of tho Moxicans cut tho wool from tho
back Of tho animal with sharp knife, and bag
only portion Of tho floooe and the sheep looku
ragged and acraggy.. If moro care was taken
with tho hord tho yield of wool would bo greater
aud of finor quality.
Tho Affection Of the sheep for tho herdor is 70.
markablc. Ho is with them day snd night, lead
ing thom to frosh pastures aud preserving them
from all harm. Il they aro atampedod they
return at tho sound OF his voice. Ii
cuso Of sudden danger they keer
their eyes upon the hordcr and clinl
to him for protection. Thoir confidence in hin
ia unbouuded They follow him over tho plsint
beneath q burning sun for hundreds Of miles
! while being led 10 slaughter.
; He shows tllom water aud aftor drinking
they await his pleasure. When night DROP
upon the plans,. and the herder wraps big blank
at about him and goes to rost, tho drove huddlof
up to him as close as possible, md fAll asleep
forming an immense white circle, Of whieh II
Is tho contrc. Up With tho dawn, they pationtl,
await his movements, and when finally corralet
aud In the power Of tho butcher, they bleat pit
eously for tue false friend who has led them tt
death.