The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-01
STOCK NOTES.
The roundups this spring will SHOW
the true rasages of the winter.

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The roundups this spring will show
The true raFages OF the winter.
There are many Wyoming cattle in
Nebraska as Ear east as Grand Island,
and as far southeast as Kansas, having
drfted with the storms.
The Swan q Frank cattle company
have elected the following officers: A.
II. Swan, president; Thomas Swan. vice
president; Joseph Frank, secretary and
G.. Snydecker, a Chicago broker and
large stakeholder in this company, trea-
surer.
Every thousand pounds live weight of
young cattle extracts from the feed
two pounds of potash per annum, and
for every thousand pounds of fattening
beef and a half pounds per annum
Is extracted, while a COW in milk will
extract from her food in a year four
and a half pounds.
If one begins with a herd of 10 cows
and all the calves are kept, there will
be at the end Of 10 years, after the
calves begin to drop, 127 cows, As
yearling heifers, 63 heifer calves, and
226 males of all kinds, in all about 462
head; that is, counting that one-half of
the calves are heifers.
According to the best information,
there are about 4,G00,0 600 sheep In
Texas. This will probably be increased
twenty per cent. during the coming
Landing season; bringing the number
up to 45Oo,0O0. Valuing them at
2.5o each, would make the total valua-
ton of sheepin Texas s13, 800, 900.
EHon. Harry Oelrichs, Charles Oelrichs
and j. IL. Ford returned Thursday
evening from a trip to- Rawhide Buttes
to look after their cattle. They report
the ranges as looking very we'll and the
grass growing finely, being about three
weeks ahead of last years grass. The
cattle are looking excellent, considering
the hard winter they have passed
through. They are gaining flesh rapidly
now and will soon be in as good condl-
ton as in the most favorable season.
There are no greater losses apparently.
than there were last year, and altogether
the stockmen are highly pleased with
the outlook.
Scours in sheep--Give two OF three
ounces of caster oil, with two or three
drachms Of laudanum; one-third to one-
half of this is a dose for lambs. There
after give, morning and evening, SO
long as necessary, half an ounce of COM
pound chalk powder, two drachms of
powdered gentian root, three ounces of
peppermint water and two ounces Of
starch emulsion, mixed together. One
third to one-half OF this is a dose for
lambs. In less severe cases the white
of an egg beaten up with three ounces
of water may be given several times
daily. With a view of prevention avoid
undue exposure to cold and wet. Pro-
vide comfortable shelter. Change the
diet. Prevent access to icy water;
also avoid impure or ~stagnant water,
and keep salt constantly placed where
the animal can partake of it at will.
When they shear sheep in Australia
they mean business, as may be imagined,
when the focks aggregate over 200, 900
head. There are some proprietors who
own more than 5O0,0 900 sheep. Edoes
& Co., New South Wales, upon one
sheep farm at Burraware, had q sheep
shearing which lasted ten weeks and
was concluded in December. during this
time 2O6, 1923 sheep were shorn. To do
this work 100 shearers, besides the
regular farm hands were employed.