The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-04
OVER THE RANGE.
PERSONAL POINTS AND
NEWSY MUG
GETS.
DAILY ROUNDUP BY THE STATES
MANS TRAIL
MAN.
The cattle trade is improving.

The cattle trade is improving.
The market for hogs is little dull.
Prime beef cattle bring three cents
gross.
The cattlemen are fixing for the spring
roundup.
Cattlemen are preparing for the spring
round-ups.
Stockmen from about Abilene report
cattle in fine condition.
The rains have been general, and soon
the grass will rise all over the range.
Col. P. R. Smith, of Silver City, recent
ly purchased carload of horses and
mules in Texas, paying 500 per head.
The present winter has simply been en-
forcing the lessons taught by past ex
perience, that the north is not adapted to
breeding.
Colorado City (Texas) Clipper: The
Prairie Dog DISCRIMINATING company
shipped out thirty five bushels of their
poison to one ranch yesterday.
Adolph Munzenberger, late manager of
the Corralitos Cattle company, IN Mexico,
has removed with his family to Ell Paso,
and will make that city his headquarters
Vernon (Texas) Guard: Cattle through
out this section are in good shape, and
will go through the winter finely. The
loss will be so light as to almost be I'M
worthy of mention, and the stockmen,
realizing this fact, are in good spirits.
The Mexican Stock Grower: Scott
Moore, one of the wide-awake, right
minded young stock raisers and cattle ne
gotiators of central New Mexico, has just
made an important deal with northern
ranchmen whereby he stocks fine ranch
property he is interested in with about
5000 head of heifers.
Exchange: large herd of wild cattle
are. running in the hills on the lower
Coos river, Oregon. They are the off
spring of cattle lost by the carly settlers,
and as they bear no brand or marks of
any kind are considered public property.
Here is an opening for the enterprising
young man who is handy with the brand
ing-iron.
Silver City IN. NJ Enterprise: An ad.
dition of six cars of fine stock arrived
upon the range of the Carpenter Stanley
Cattle company, at Fort Cummings, this
week, from Topeka, Kansas. This com
pany is becoming one of the most extern
sive in southern New Mexico, and the
many friends of the genial Sam Carpenter
will be glad to hear of his prosperity.
Ell Paso Journal: On Wednesday af'
ternoon forty-eight fine Hereford year
ling bulls arrived and were inspected by
Major Rogers. They were as fine lot OF
blooded cattle as nave passed through
this city. They belong to G. W. Merchant
and are for use on the San Simon valley
ranch, Arizona. They were vigorous, ano
are evidently ready for business.
Ration (F. NJ Independents: The usua
success attended the efforts of the com
mittees having in charge the annua
reunion of cowboys. The attendance
was large, including many of the bes
people in the comfy. There was moth
ing in the management to criticise, ant
everything passed off pleasantly. l
was nearly daylight before the part,
broke up.
Within the past week the sale of abou
$4,000 worth of blooded bulls has beer
negotiated in Ell Paso. This goes to sub
stantiate the statements of the Journa
to the effect that the southwestern rang
country, including Old Mexico, is the bes
market for blooded bulls, and Ell Paso il
the natural distributing point. About
half the bulls sold as stated above go tC
Old Mexico.
The Fort Worth journal says that it il
reported that the firm of Angle d. Maddox
had negotiated the sale of 1000 head o.
stock cattle from the lower Brazos, to par
ties in Colorado, spring delivery counting
calves at $11.50 head. The figures arr
generally discredited here, and it is give1
for what it is worth, as the agents refuse
to give any definite information, not ever
mentioning the names of the sellers o.
buyers.
Mr.. E. j. Rising lately sold two calves
for the sum of $12O. When it is consid
cred that calf that will sell for $50 costs
no more to keep than one which its owne
does we'll to dispose of at $40, the propo
sition is plain that good stock is the mos
profitable, and in view of the fact that tn
time is right here when it is necessary t.
feed and shelter cattle, the stockmen o
this country should give this matter thei
earnest attention.
The dressed beef question has arisel
again to be bone of contention, and
great deal of earnest feeling seems to pre-
vail among the dealers in this commodity
It is likely that all differences will be ad
iusted and that no trouble will ensue. Blu
we think that the time is not far distan
when all animals intended for food pur
poses will be slaughtered near the place
where they are raised and the meat trans
ported to market in refrigerator cars.
There is no antagonism between tn
cattlemen and the grangers of this coun
try. This climate of ours raises kind o
human that is far above the average, an
the man who comes here and tries to i'm
pose on any one is apt to find but littl
support. We don't know of cattlema
in this country but what is ready at an
time to help an honest man make living
and help him, too, in much more sub
stantial manner than many who are rails
ing the cry of bulldozing barons," ett
The grangers in this country are cor
tented and prosperous-made so by tn
cattlemen.- Panhandle.
Exchange: Mr.. o. H. Nelson came i
from Deep Lake, Hall county, Panhandle
on Wednesday on his way to Kansas. Tn
: firm of Finch, Lord g. Nelson introduce
700 head of high grade and pure bre
Shorthorns to their $4,000 acre Panhandl