The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-05-15

AGC Se1 80 hG-
eent date contains alenSthy article
showing the Importance of the Undue
1ry u cattle p&i.ing m this sts,e. from
rhieh The following items Of principal
int~eres.lsee extracted:
.-oi theeattle consumed in San Fran
cisco. fully t-o-,birds are shipped from
Nevada. aud many, perhaps one-hali.
6fhe'eattle shipped to California from
Ninnemuees are driven in from Ore
gop. II is estimated that the number
of cattle glazing in Nevada is not less
than s00. coo. Charles Lux Of the firm
of Miller & Lux. puts 1t At 25o. 1000. In
Nevada. DR.. Glenn and his partners
head the list Of cattle ~IAisers, their
ocnbiped herds aESreSatinG about 3d.
90. Mr.. T"ihaa:sr comes next; his
cattle in that State numbering fully
$4,000 head There are, il is believed,
sbor: 500 mrn in Nevtda engaged in
cattle raising as principals; many Of
them. Of curse, on a small scale, The
actual number in the State is probably
much in excess Of the total number emu
mrrated by the Assessors.
The cattle of Nevada and Southeast.
err Oregon destined for the California
N <ket are nearly always driven to the
Central Pacific Railroad for shipment.
About 5000 head. on an average. are
annually driven across the Sierra.
through LasssR Pass, TO the Sacremen-
10 Valley, there TO be fAisened for nAt
ket. The drives in y vada are not
very long. Of the longest being from
Oregon TO Reno-iron 800 10 400
miles. Almos, all the Nevada ranges
are north of the Central Pacific Rail
road. the exceptions being Ruby sni
Clover Valleys, EIko cornty. in which
MANY cattle are raised. Cattle lose
considerable weight in driving. the aver.
age loss on n $40 mile drive being ahou,
50 pounds ne:.
The average load Of = cattle car is is
head. II the stock is in good condition
when shipped, they lose little or no
weight on the short journey to San
Francisco, and the beef into which they
are converted 1901 after their arrival, is
not at all affected by the trip, except.
perhaps, losing a little Of its jucinsss.
Toe cost OF traus-shipmsnt from Reno
to san Francisco is $50 u carload; from
Tecoma in the extreme eastern part Of
the State, il Is Sl2I. The Central Pa
ciic Railroad Co. has. iu great part.
by furnishing speedy transport of the
beeyes TO q market that would. without
the railroad, be inaccessible for half the
year.
A small business has been done at
times Of late years in shipping dressed
beef in retTig.tor cars to San Fran
cisco. but the enterprise has never yet
proved profitable. The season for ship
ping cattle from Nevada TO California
is from September LIST, to Nay Ist.
Dunng the rest Of the year the San
Francisco market is supplied entirely
by California and Southeastern Or, gon.
Few cattle are shipped from Nevada to
States further east. but large bands are
driven to Wyoming and Colorado 70
Craze during the Winter, thence 70 De
shipped in the following Spring OF Sum
mer TO St. Louis and Chicago. The
eastern market demands large cattle;
for that Of San Francisco from 400 to
GOO pounds is the preferred weight.
Winnemucca is the principal cattle
shipping poiut in Nevada: Reno Hal
ieck, Wells and Iron Point come mex, in
the order stated. The annual shipmsn;
OF cattle from Nevada 10 the bay is about
$1,000 head, al average OF 200 per day
The largest drive OF cattle ever seen i IN
Nevada was In 1879. when IL. 900 head
from DR.. Glenn's ranch were driven
through Utah te Colorado"