Arizona silver belt., 1886-11-20
IsVE sTaCK NOTES.

alfa will grow anywhere that bunch grass will and an acre of 1t IS worth five times as much.
 The Wilcox Stockman very sensi- bly, warns stockmcn against the lm- portation of thoroughbred bulls from tho East during the prevalence of pleuro-pneumonia, and furthermore claims that the demand for blooded bulls can be supplied at home
 in some of the territories the stock men have decided to abolish the fen cing in ot lands for pastures and con hnue running cattle uD the open range, says the Iuter-Republics. They claim that long lines of wire fences cause a heavy loss to drift stock du- ring the winter. In Texas the oppo- site practice prevails.
 Experience has abundantly proved (says Hoards Dairyman) that a COW that calves in the fall will, when the whole year is considered, yield con siderably more milk than if she calved in spring. When the flash feed of spring comes the fall COW increases her milk to nearly the same quantity that she would give if fresh; whereas if she calves in the spring she com mspceS to shrink in milk at the end of SIX months.
 J. A. Gaufeld sold the five carloads of cattle which Inspector Brisk had quarantined at Fl PaSo, and which were part Of the PlSster-Caudeld herd which are believed to have com. muniCated Texas fever to the cattleon the San Pedro river. The cattle, we understand, were sold at a great sa- crifce; but this was the wisest course to pursue under the circumstances Southwestern tWilcoy) Stockmau.
 Cattle and sheep men are rapidly learning valuable lesson. They are beginning to find out that it pays to cultivate crops and make winter feed for their stock. The cattlemen real, lze that stock kept during the winter in a thrifty, growing condition, make larger and more profitable animals at maturity, The hockmaster also re- ducsS the percentage of loss in his herds and clips more wool per head m the spring,--Inter-Republics
 Nelson Morris bluff in placing his steers among the pleuro-pneumonia cattle in the Chicago distilleries, is proving a very serlous thing for Nsl- son, Many of the bunch have already died with we'll developed cases of pleu- rO-Pneum0nia and others are in most unhealthy condition. Pleuro- pneumonia calls and the table IS sswept clean. Bluffs don't win in the game the stock yards people are trying to delude the country with just now Las Vegas Stock Grower.
 The champion animal in the Kansas City Fat Stock Show was the pure bred Aberdeen-Angus steer Sandy, which created such a favorable im. pression here as yearling last fall He was bred by Messrs. Gudgcll & Simpson, of Independence, Mo This steer, was awarded, besides the class prize in which he had no competition, the class sweepstakes, the sweepstakes by ages in the two-year-old' ring, the grand sweepstakes as best animal in the show, the first prize for early ma ttrity, and the Breeders Gazette challenge gold medal as best animal in the show, bred and fed by the ex- hibltor.-Liye Stock Indicator.
 Edward Koah of F. S, Dreyer < Co, D. W. Clapp, A. H. Pickering, and J. W. Porter, of Chicago, have just bought l .090,0G0 acres of laad from the Atlantic < Pacific railroad com pany at SIPS an acre. The tract lies chiefly between the western line of New Mexico and Flagstaff, Arizona.
 The buyers propose to establish large cattle and horse raising ranch, ! and will put 10000 head of cattle on the ground within a few months. This is one of the heawest trausac- tions of the klnd which has taken place for some time. Tue lands are admirably adapted for grazing pur- poses, and the climate is such that there will Dc no losses from severe cold.--IaS Vegas Stock Grower
 Bloody murrain, or black leg, a dis ease peculiar especially to young cat tle kept in high condition, or upon rich pasture, or on ill.drained lands, is fatal disease of short duration; the . treatment of which, unless instituted in the very beginning of it, may be said to be generally useless A pur- gative should at once be given, such . as an ounce each of common soda and . Barbadoes aloes, dissolved in a pint of . hot water, and as soon as the bowels