The Clifton clarion., 1886-04-28
STOCK NOTES.

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 Cattlemen in Northern Arizona say that their stock is in splendid condition, and that they have sus- tained little if any loss during the past winter.
 Sellers of Texas cattle are plen- ty, but buyers are lacking or they evince evidently !asdetesmination to-do a deal of .sllsnIp i9fDxe purchasing: sfse s'sT 'ssss .ss asls2'ss ss'
 In Wyoming ti1pel. tI,saqe1 ject of maverick braa n I,igsk ki6fi4 the branding of any mavsesziisl 1s,eEl cept at a general round up and under the supervision of the round up captain.
 The State of Chihuahua, Mexi- co, has 3,00O,O0O head of cattle, besides 5000 horses and mules, and about 25O,OO0 sheep. Cattle are worth on an average $15 per head.
 Charles Leitch has turned loose on his range twenty-five high grade Hereford bulls, and is bound to improve his stock as we'll as the appearance of the ranch buildings. Southwestern Stockman.
 Two cars of pure bred Short horn bulls are on their way down from Topeka to Grant county. One of them is for the Carpenter Stanley Cattle company and the other for Col. J. A. Lockhart.- Int. Live Stock Journal.
 A party of five gentlemen from Lincoln county have been in Grant county for the past week looking about for ranch locations. They have been examining points along the Gila and elsewhere, and as soon as they make their selection they will settle down to business in Grant county, making Silver City their headquarters. Int. Live Stock Journal.
 Well informed Texas cattlemen estimate the Texas drive this year at about fifty per cent. of last years drive. The general hard times is given as the leading cause. The prevailing notion that steers can be matured with a profit to the feeder is without doubt operating to some extent to diminish the number of cattle the Texas herd owner will send north this season. Las Vegas Stock Grower.
 Charles Goodnight, one of the largest cattlemen of the Panhandle. has been served with writ of in junction restraining him from fen cing, line-riding and enclosing about 700, 1000 acres of public school land. The suit was instituted by the attorney general of Texas, who will at once proceed against all cattlemen Tn the Panhandle who are Tn similar position.
 John Brockman, of Grant coun- ty, whose ranch IS located on the Mimbres river, is credited with having one of the best, if not the best, all purpose ranches in New Mexico. There is perhaps no place in the southwest that posses : ses so many features for breed ing ranch, where grain, grasses, etc, can be grown so cheaply as on the Brockman ranch. Mir. Brockman has already entered ex- tensively into the breeding of fine cattle, making speciality of Short horns and the blacks.
 A notable feature in connection with the annual meetings of the stock associations Of the range country is the determination to put stop to the depredations on range property. The bad men of the cattle business will find the ensu- ing year difficult one in which to carry on their operations; depre- dators everywhere will be ferreted out and punished. The young man who looks for fun in the under ground methods of conducting cattle raising will probably find it in the penitentiary if he continues longer to forget the law of mine and thine.-Las Vegas, Stock Grower.
 A writer in the Canadian Breed CT gives the following interesting item regarding boiled cattle: In order to be successful in breeding boiled grades, observe the following rule: Select a thoroughbred bull, with high pointed poll, well sunken where the horns should be. Never
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