The St. Johns herald., 1885-12-03
next. A large number also expect ed to go out over the Southern Pa cific

cific.
 Hoof and Horn: A train load O
 cattle on the Atlantic & Pacific
 railroad is estimated at sixteen cars
 each capable of accommodating
 from twenty to twenty-three heat of stock. The price of a car iron
 Ash Fork to Kansas City is $50
 while from Flagstaff it is but little
 less.
 MT. F. c. Graves, of the boot
 brand outfit, in Douglas county g few days since made a purchase ot 300 head of COWS, calves and steers the herd of MT. H. c. Greer, of the same county. The price paid was $25 or whereabouts. MT. Graves now has the largest herd of neat cattle in Douglas county.
 Las Animas Leader: Americans have paid to English breeders in the past six or eight years nearly or quite $2,000,00O for their cattle. They have probably paid for trans portation of these cattle to Ameri- ca, and the expense of putting them through quarantine, nearly $700,000 more, say $2,5OO,OOO.
 Champion: We have been di- rected by number of stockmen and ranchmen of the Mogollon mountains to call a meeting of stockmen and ranchmen. One pur- pose of the meeting will be a free discussion of land and railroad matters as affecting the interests of stockmen and ranchmen of this section.
 New Mexico Stock Grower: The San Mateo Cattle Company, of which Roman A. Baca is President and whose ranches are situated in Valencia county, is introducing blooded stock into their herd this fall, they having received recently a bunch of choice Herefords from the east. This company is running now about 1 400 head of cattle.
 New Mexico Stock Grower: Mir. J. T. Felton, who has at present in the Panhandle, herd of about 1000 head of cattle, was in Las Vegas few days since. He has been securing the southern portion of the Territory in search of a range on which to locate his herd, but found everything taken up, and concluded to look up the possibili- ties of Arizona or Colorado.
 Las Vegas Optic: Ex-Senator Dorsey, of the Palo Blanco ranch in New Mexico, will next season re- move all his steers above two years of age to Routt county in Colorado, to grow up with the country. "They will grow," says the Senator, "one hundred pounds heavier in sin gle year up in Routt, and 100pounds on 1 ,000 steers is deal of money"
 Raton Comet: Henry Martin, with about 1 800 head of stock cat tie from the ranges of northwestern Texas. is reported as heading for Socorro county, intending to graze his herd in the western ranges of that county. P. E. Slaughter, with 1 500 and J. H. Hensley, with 1000 head of the same kind of stock, will follow suit and settle in the same locality.
 Hoof and Horn: About year ago two young men named Lee and Kelly bought about 400 head of two-year-old heifers from Campbell & Baker, and located with them on the lower Santa Maria. Two or three weeks ago they sold 100 head of the band to MT. Bailey, who has bought the old Wentworth place. The rest were disposed of to an other party by one of the firm, who immediately skipped with the pro- ceeds, leaving his partner sadly in the lurch.
 New Mexico Stock Grower: The Palo Blanco Cattle Company has just received returns from a ship ment to Kansas City of 800 Texas steers. The animals were four and five years old, averaged 1865 and sold for $3.379. This makes them net just $31 each, which is $6 a head more than the same lot of