The Meeker herald., 1885-10-03
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

will hold It's yearly meeting al Colorado
Springs on tue 18th of next month.
A breeder OF Reno. Nevada, is said
have ne,,cd 10000 ms the proceeds OF
one Short-horn cow. bought for $500.
Hon. j. l., Brush. OF Greeley, one
day last week. sold GOO head of steers
for feeders to Mr.. n. Richardson, of
Red Cloud. Nebraska. The cattle were
delivered at Brush Station. Price not
made public.
The Msssrs. Conforth and Cooper, Of
Ebert county, had on exhibition nj
Fort Collins. sixteen head OF native and
imported Hols,e!n cattle. They were
ns iine bunch a' were ever seen to.
geihcr In this western country.
w. ID. Hoxter. Of Klcchitat county,
Washington territory. sold in Cheyenne
on the seventeenth and eighteenth in
stauts. 1888 head OF horses at auction,
bringing 5000. The highes, price
PAID was sl5i. and the lowest go.
Tho 600 head OF cattle which
the New Mexico Land and Cattle COM
pany some time ago traded for In Texas
arrived on the range Of tho company,
In Valencia county. in splendid condi-
ton, and with very light loss on the
trail.
Chicago packs more pork than all
tho other cities of the United States
combined. Kansas City ranks next to
Chicago. Cincinnati. once the pork
opolis" Of this country. Is lower In the
list OF packing ccntcrs than several
other cities.
Mr.. =. d. Wright, Of Trinidad, Prcsi.
dent OF the Stat. Wool Growers Asso-
ciaiion. has 60. COO fine-brcd sheep. He
sold his this year. clip n, isc. per
pound-,hc largest price obtained by
any flock owner The prcsen, season. west
OF the Missouri.
NJ. V. Warren. Of this city. closed q
sale OF his lnterrs, In tho Trinidad Cat
tie company. selling To James Wilcox.
Dodsonville. We did no, learn the
amount paid exactly. but understand IL
tn DO In tho ncighborhood Of 10000 -
Trinidad Advertiser.
Maddox Bros. 4 Anderson have =
ranch Of - COO acres In Mcnard county.
Texas. on which they nr. running 1.Oco
good sheep and employ but two men To
tend them. The iirn Is trying tho Nir-
tue Of y wire fence. No wolves can
sc, In TO d.prcaa,o upon tho flock.
BcrnsrdIno Bacs. son OF Sheriff Baca
states tina, during the past week labor.
ers on his fathers ranch .hcArcd - 600
head Of sheep and that $500 NOR. arc
vet TO bs shcar-d. Mr. Baca thinks
iha, over 10000 pounds will be- the
Weld from his flock this ycar.--l.as
Vegas Optic.
II IL said that beef from EgcrA Park.
which l, well south in Rout, county.
close down to the Grand. nrc being
driven north to u ,wllns. Wyoming. far
shipment. I, Is, n long walk through
the high up mountains. but grass IL re-
ported plentiful along the .aoandcrinS
linc.-Llyo Stock Record.
The Capital Land aud Cattle company
have four artificial lakes completed.
which store n largo amount Of water.
Thcy have si.o sunk n number oe wells.
reaching abundant wnirr nj an average
OF forty fec, deep. II Is their purpose
TO sink an Mr,csian ~cll in tho near iu.
iurc.-Trinidnd Advertiser.
Will. Carrier. a pleasant San Fran.
cisco gentleman. ha. purchased tho
Trujillo ranch Of 5000 acres. located
and ownnd 5y A. Go.dorf. Mr.. Cur
ri-t viii como out from Buffalo. y. Y,
shortly. and Immediately proceed To nr.
range for stocking tho propcr,y with
cattle.
Tho Massachusetts Live Stock com.
pnny. whose range - In Arapahoc
county. have bough, additional ranches
In Eibcrt county and have stocked them
with $500 mixed cattle. This purchase
csmc from Tom Green county. Texas
hu.
ford and Shorthorn bulls Live Stock
Record.
II Is stated in the Dodge ConJoy that
Sin,c Senator Wooiworih. Of Bent
county. who |. IN tho cattle business ~ .
partner With Congressman Symcs. late
iy purchased n largo bunsh of one and
two year old cattle from Sir. John X.
Coingnn. Of Texas. For tho ycarl!ngs
Mr. Woodwork paid bu, ell. and for
tho two, bu, els.
A hrs,.cla.. milch cow at the pre-, On
time Is very difficult to obtain In ihl .
par, of Colorado. Medium mixers are
In abundance Mt about sixty dollars
apiece. but cows that should bring
from one hundred to ono hundred and
fifty dollars apiece each. nrc hard to
obtain. Such n COW. IL fresh md we'll
fed. should givc from fourteen TO six.
tecr. quarts of rich milk IN tho twenty.
four hours. Men who have the stock
and will breed such cows. will always
find for them ready salc.--i.ivc Stock
Record.
There seems 10 bc prospect Of
every available cattle ranch In Arizona
being secured by som. Of the cattle
men expelled from the Indian territory.
Inquiries come thick and fast. and the
cattle will begin to arrive in four or
six weeks hence. A dozen ranches In
Southern Arizona have recently changed
hands. and agents Of s,ocSmcn arc
quietly hunting good ranges with un-
failing water supply. Arizona Daily
Citizen.
Negotiations ate pending for the sale
Of the Bo.luc del Apache grant. in So.
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