The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-28

fotal value ...-...... 92.y7@S9ai
NuETHEES N N'Co.
n nited States Consul sutton, I'm n 70
an aud elaborate report dated Malta.
nras, April Is, lSS3, says OF Northern
Nyicl:
81 Rough'y speaking, line drawn from
q ayua5, on lhe cuff OF California, t0
Nmpieo uU the Gulf Of Mexico, repre-
NJ Iha c1iW cattle range of Northern
II Siao. rrum this enormous territory
n iun ODa-ihird for mountains, deserts,
N ,i.-lu,e imJ, and Tine remaining
NpUiri5 is grazing land. Over all
n tar tory, in every CStreme Of Cii-
NJ te. from the Thin Uptd air al the high
|l,eau 90 Jl8 low, hollands % TIE cDaHtoi
II Waulipas, rAugcth3 hardy prOgenitOrs
Il be Texas cattle long urge
Hnod, gluut. Immense DclEts; they are
4uplv ilHmes on which ,hghVugl -sa5s-
ai Kansas aud Che West Wili uakciiuc
fet tUgir grUgjCst value, however, is
4 for themselves H.Juc. Descendants
4 Che liuc s,ucN brought from Spain by
T. spanish cong Jpr1I9. nature has
lapied them, through generations 81
b'lcet, 80 their Mild Hie. They araDl'-
|. they are wild; end Notwithstanding
- Chassis lpwrcJ i1a -oOd blood oftas
generations rs s5il. n ne. as have.
ld they Themselves N..l, make good
g when luutu.d m ON. Western
ius, but rrn. et with Che Imp' al
\ pr, from tha l1-t or .rlu iiuulc, pue
/ tHo crosses brings thaH far above
l u, The saWa would 10 Cor ,h" ordinary
b, Of cattle iu ,he Guini States N0t
4 Iy do thcy cuHs ,p CO. g high grade of
FcE much moro rapidly lHn tlo or. i-
Ry american cattle, but ,iHr st'll rec
their great frames, the dark nc
\ %. OithD ucyt and breed with utult
ap.uity, I'hey a,e what the Wl-.aru
4HgNueu JuW.rin-ly call '-uOd u-.
D. They siilI retain their Witness,
n hence Go uut stay tuuuly around
VI t'r-r,Ics, eating Cine sAort,pDur grass,
n Do tine American stock, getuustajn
n weak. to die IN the iirs. great s.urId.
Aey multiply rapidly, stay ou. n Che
M grass and brush, lIsu large frames,
MON rapidly and Ws.. ln BEST rrls,-
n nyl tDat zoe. ltst No vluIur The
Ngkncu of our plain Hrc alsiUus TO
81 MJm.
Nruis portion of NuHharu McAlro
W0d include Che s. ,as Cl Sonora,
RimahUJ, CoyhutlG, hH.yH Icon and
Nmmuras and portions "a u.bpr
oat, .r tius Territory ave-, oN geU-
Wlle estimate and from tho latest
Na'a available, an area OF 3JO.Jll suuWe
M ei and about million OF WaHl.-
"a q. this territory probably uwr-
tNId iS suitable and more or Jess used
~ the raising of cattle, horses, goats,
heep and mules. ] can only roughly
.tmate the number of live animal, in
N area In Texas, with an area OF
n WY square miles, there were IN 1850
tpeut 100000 such animals, divided as
,oloWs; Neat cattle, I,0010OO; horses,
I@,uW' mules and aSscs, l32,UOOi sheep,
,pVONh. In Ibis portion Of Northern
Nlco, with an area of, say, 3OO,O0I
~ arc miles, there may be now some
Hlg IKE b,jUO,O90 animals, and which
tt'uUla'c MS being divided about ns
~ lows uoats, 100000; neat cattle,
Ia ''Wi horses, l,O0O,OOO; sheep, l,U'9,-
" ana mules, 100000.
=. lug uiH'ulty Of obtaining reliable
a,lsucs lh MoNico makes ilgmpus.ihl0
~ ue al tlls time 90 do more than give
"A apHNe rough estimate. / hope, how
"A ir during the year 60 obtain some re-
F'''u ua.a ON this Industry
Spf TliERN NIhNtCO.
9o'N Nltcr Corto2 completed the con-
'Ns ol Mexico he received from tue
4 ny OF Spain grant of large estates
H. lho lsthmus of Tehuantepec. On
4 return from Spain 10 Mexico, In 1876,
n inc historian, che imported largo
sHlnerS OF merino sheep and other cat
Ht which found abundant pastures in
~ country around Tehuantepec.n
ntee hundred and twenty years later,
III lS)O-ol, the same grazing facilities
rere reported by Williams in his survey
the iSthmus. He says: "The immonse
.otreros which border all the principal
4 ,sainS on the northern division furnish
tun pastures of never-fliling Verduro
numerous herds. During the short
Iuson that these potrorOs arc inundated
~ chttle are driven to the moro elevated
Nanhas remote from the river margins.
e extensive tablelands In the central
I,uohs OF tho lsthmus, rs well as tho
tIhs bordering on the Pacific, also fur
+sh abundance OF excellent pasturage.
fueed, the whole country seems pecu-
trly well adapted TO the raising Of
prhod cattle. With little care on the
ii't ol their owners, they increase rap
4 I, grow TO u large size, and have n ro-
'Arkably sleek and woll-fayorod up
tarance. Enjoying a range OF the
puSt pastures in tho world, thoy are
luMly In good condition and mako fair
h., AllGENTINr nuPuBfIc.
~ ,hls country pnpor in tho "Amer-
~ EncyclopWdia,h says: IAN idun Of
N cattle raising in eight of the Pro-
Rices There being no returns from the
liersl may he formed from the follow
II s,ntistics OF the farming stock In
4. fho totals of these detailed sta
''cs therein given are as follows:
'orncd cattle nH'.,lst.i
'NfHps - b IN
ses and mules W,0il
os,p .e~.,.s,..i........ '..,,.. .G5.7,StM
Those facts arc accomnanied by tho
lOwing remnrk.. "The Sheep III
Rqgh extremely numerous, are like
gpats aud hogs, OF am interior breed