Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-06
ZAcATEcAs, MEXICO, I
Dec. 20. 1SS2.

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Dec. 20, 1882. !.
y noticed lately in the Lire
,,rndt II very good article with
TO Texas stockmen leaving
come to this country, where
stated that the grazing lands
= ~ were not equal TO those of
tic, and in the TEXAS Wool
of 30th of November last, /
The matter again brought on
regarding sheepmen having
oht the fever and wishing to
Mexico.
AVE received many valuable
from the WOOL GROWER,
correspondents writing their
/ experiences in sheep matters,
not be amiss for me to state a
with reference to the propos-
ms of sheepmen to this country.
Elevations both i'm the Stock
and Wool GROWER, throw
water upon the proposed
Int, are perfectly correct.
~ is hardly state in Mexico,
III capitol to Chihuahua, which
- of Travelled over. i have been
IHexas, and the grazing ground
Geo is not to be compared to
fl'exas. Not very far from the
line, there are tracts as good as
a because you have the same
as in Texas; but get beyond
3l3bon what is known as the table
n Mexico, say from Saltillo
Hast and west, and there is a vast
Nee. Upon these table lands,
y ompose the greater proportion
leo, averaging from 5000 to
1T above to the sea level, we
climate which cannot De sur
he thermometer ranging from
b to TO nearly all the year
# In December and January
IL some frost at night, but by
lock in the morning, the mer-
6ahe thermometer is at the old
a6ain-a clear blue sky and the
Ming brightly.
|the drawbacks are these, viz:
I'LL months of the year we have
b. The rainy season begins in
nd ends in October; so when
1T of January have destroyed
as, there is not moisture in the
to make it spring up
Iii March, and it is from then to
that the flocks suffer, and the
rate is tremendous.
Texas you have rain every
NJ on an average, and if the
scg is not always green, it is
|st mixed with green, eatroue-
"a the Mexicans call it, which is
Need.
Ill. the grass does not grow SO
III lin Mexico as it does in Texas,
IA calculation here is over four
1.-The sheep for pasturing. 1t is
|ands are cheaper here than in
s.i. e., dirt and rocks, but think
!etsmore grass for your money in
8 Hing / have noticed here, that
heep in the large haciendas, never
eel know several haciendas in
IA, and in Durango, and San
tosi, tall considered first rate
buntry) of stocks from $4,000
100 head and in the last twenty
ley have all been going down.
@ lot for want of range or a de-
Z to increase their stock, on the
u the MeXicans, they do their
"a that losses are very large.
m cent. a month is thought very
u nd only in very good grass
~ rains by chance in winter do
70 this percentage, but one per
|knlonth from July to February
8x the next four months 3 per
ID per cent. may be reckoned
When / used to run about $4,000
x3n sheep, the first rain in July
III cost me loss of from 900 to
I'VE heard Texans eXclaim with
'ht that northers are unknown in
lco, ] most sincerely wish we did
MA lem, and plenty of them, and
We would have no seed or dry
3fairom March to July, or rather
Isry to July. However, / have
,e6 that the grade Merinos stand
MI season far better than the
&H eXican, and the first rains Of
y season do them no harm.
e also noticed that the seal
not so contagious as i'll Texas
lch more easily kept under
IS owing to the dry climate
n the MeXicans wake up to the
y of improving their fiocks by
Ia with Merino, which they are
&newhat, we may see the death
blinish and their fiocks increase
pot recognize the ''loco" we'd
k sketch in your paper, but We
lree weeds here which dc
llAl5 the ciboyetd, something like
lxt0n plant, but only found neal
|VR of the hills, is very poisonous
WI q, a green herb that sprout.
1n the dryest season, may, ant
tA same effect. more or less, n:
lQro' weed, which you describe
53sucdpdrd weed is particularly
zeHls to imported sheep or cattle
SM lmals born in this country
" {, and generally avoid it; bu
f appears in the valleys, fresl
8Hen, where the pasture is bare
Hrnt up, the imported animals
|{8So for it--at least the first sea
AW being imported, especially i
H INTO this county the autumn
tns and | have lost many b,
Fee d.
40 arCdaciHo is also very poison
&n is found about the pastures
niields in April and May, il
punches like young clover; but
Me, sheep, by natural instinct
q lting this plant. / have offer
s3le flock of both sheep ant
81 p a pasture or cornfield, afte
cor1' was lifted, where there wa
on 1drUdnciUO hut never saw