Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-19
STOCK-RAISIHG.

Inc blcfals and uemerIts Of 4 rlZona as
 a stock raising and beef producing coun-
 trynever attracted more attention than
 at present, or by the already interested or
 prospective investors more thorouyhly
 discussed, and the comparisons drawn
 with ot6er States and Territories under
 similar conditions balance most favor-
 ably to the credit side of our ledcer.
 Not so much because of the immense
 grazing area, as the abundance of the
 nutritious grasses which, coupled with
 our perPetually open seasons, gives Ari-
 zona an advantage not easily computed
 by any Save those whose time and at
 tention have been devoted and are ex-
 clusively devoted to it and similar sub
 !ects- The individual and concerted
 action Of number of the most promi-
 nent cattle men of Neva Ia and their ex-
 pressed intention tO remove their entire
 cattle interests to this Territory. sneak
 volumes for the magnitude ofthe result.
 They unitedly agree that the percentage or loss among properly attended cattle m Arizona Is so fractional that it cannot
 be entered in comparison with the yearly loss of cattle similarly attended in the uore northern and colder attitudes. and. according to Mr R. c. Broder. who i, thorough cattle man, and comes here as accredited agent Of MT. Dan Murphy. who, Tn Nevada alonepowns I8OOO head, the net per cent. increase Of cattle in Ari zona is fully 100 per cent. over the stated Of cattle in the State named. where, at its best, forty per cent. IS never exceeded. In Arizona on a ranch near the San Pedro, the blooded cattle be- longing to Mir. Murphy have increased at the rate Of over 1l0 per cent. per an- showing that cannot be sur passed by any country in the world. But granting for safety the low average in- crease of eighty per cent, it will be counted as mere than double that of Nevada and Idaho, and in large herd the diiferenc D, when reduced to dollars and cents, is most radical. The difference is,byMr Broder.accounted tor III the condition of the cattle during the winter months, for here, although the cattle cannot at tLat time be ac- counted fat, they are in sufficient order to insure thrift and growth: while in the less favored climates the cattle, unless led, become poor and weak and cease to procreate, and could in 10 wise be as food as can the cattle here ID all seasons. But, as Mr. Broder po- -en'ly argues, stock raising in Arizona, profitable as 1t may be, could by a malicious improvement of the stock, be l rendered doubly so. The average weight 1t the Spanish, so common to the coun- | ", rare.y exceed when fat. 1 D pounds, | Th le that of the partly blooded or ,rossed stock under like conditions sell 1 iom falls below an average of twice the | mount named. As the other States | and Territories are supplied with the | alter class, they, in a measure. counter balance the loss sustained through other | ;auses. If Arizona can, by substituting | 'attle of the latter class in lieu of the | breed, or through a mixture, -aise the standard of the present to an quality with that of other States, and | without an increase of numbers, the an- lual beef yIeld would in few years ex- ,eed its present value fully one hundred | per cent, fact which some Of our enter 1rising cattle men are beginning to re- llize, and, by the purchase of the neces- iary stock, the reformation, may be said .p have already commenced. As the | lew investors cone here wide awake to
 heir interests, they will not long be con- ent with anything but the best, and the 'attle industry of Arizona will in due ime become one of the most important actors in the production oi her wealth.