The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-28
OVER THE RANGE.
; PERSONAL POINTS AND
NEWSY MUG
GETS.
DAILY ROUNDUP BY THE STATES
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They are feeding cattle in Colorado,
and many of the ranchmen up in
the Panhandle are doing the same.
San Juan (Col.) Prospector: John Dun
can sold twenty-five head of cattle at an
average of about $22 per head all around,
recently.
Glendive (Mont.) Times The cattle on
the north Beaver creek are travelling
southwark, being driven out by the Mar
quis steers.
San Juan, Col, Prospector: John Cleg
horns cattle at South fork, were this week
rounded up and taken to the South farm,
to feed for the winter.
Givens Lane, manager of the Day Land
and Cattle company, is down from the
Greer county ranch and will remain until
! the first of next month.
The Austin cattlemen are beginning to
figure on the probable calve outcome this
spring, and soon the cowboy will be on
the hunt, and camp in his glory.
The Eagle Pass journal reports that so
far the loss among sheep in its section has
not been worth the mention and predicts
very successful'ambing season.
A correspondent i'll the Bandera Bugle,
from Oakley reports some blackleg among
the cattle, but otherwise they arc doing
well. Sheep are in excellent condition.
Elko New Independent: Two cars of
horses we're shipped from Halleck for San
Francisco last evening by @. H. Roland,
of Glover valley. Ben Payne went down
in charge of the stock.
San Juan (Col) Prospector: H. NJ
Dyer has placed 200 head of cattle on the
South Farm. to feed untii spring. If the
snow continues, the big farms will be the
salvation of stockmen.
Chaffee county (Col.) Times: Johnson
Bros, of Four Mile, Park county, recently
sold to Rees Nuckolls small bunch of
stock cattle at 500 a head. Mr.. Nuckolls
expects to take them west.
Messrs. Murphy Oden and Cook, all of
Atascosa county, are engaged in cutting
out beeves from their herds and sending
to market. This is the time for Texas
grass beeyes to be appreciated.
Bullion: Two thousand head of stock
cattle, from Texas, owned by Mr.. Smith,
! arrived at La Joya, thirty miles north of
Socorro, last Saturday. The herd is des-
tined for the western part of this county.
The Messrs. Gano Bros. have completed
their purchases of Hereford and short
horn bulls, 100 in number, and about
equally divided, and which they will start
to their Preside county ranch in few
days.
Winnemucca (Nev.) Silver State: T. F.
Judge shipped eleven carloads of fat
beeves to Po'ey, Hebron q Co., San
Fra ncisco, to-day. About the same num-
Der have previously gone this month in
small lots.
Logan County (Neb.) Pioneer: Williams
g. Haskell have on their three ranches
about LOO head of horses, including colts
They are making breeding a speciality
each year the colts are of a higher grade.
They have also $50 head of cattle.
The total receipts of live stock at Bos-
ton for the year ending December 81
were 113,O40; 649192 sheep and lambs
80S627 hogs; 63,143 veals; 1884 horses
In 1884 the receipts were 141,929 cattle
583301 sheep and lambs; S42,579 swine
41,139 veals; 1872 horses.
Chaffee county, Col, Times: Johr
Witcher, of Park county, recently sold to
Marcott Bros of Ell Paso county, 81
head of stock cattle, at $27.50 per head
They intend to take the herd to the White
river country, and sold their ranches II
FL Paso county to Mr.. Witcher, fo1
S10,500.
Idaho Avalanche: Judge Isham, o
Pendleton, Oregon, is authority for thu
assertion that the vigilance committee a
that place now numbers over 5000 strong
and are doing effective work in Kidding
the country of horse and cattle thieves
The organization extends through two OF
three counties.
The National Stockman gives the re
ceipts of live stock at Chicago for the
past twenty years, as follows: cattle, 20,
221,172; hogs, 64,264792; sheep, 1914, 065
horses, 202,791. Calves have been re
ported separately only since 1881. The to
tai of all kinds of stock in that time foot'
up 113,059,OO9 head.
Las Vegas. On. NJ Stock Grower: In
spector Mendenhall of the Northern as
ISOLATION, reports as the result of his labo
for the year 1885, that he has inspected
6,252 hides, that local butchers have kill
ed 1886 head of beeves, and that there
have been shipped from the stock yards
at Las Vegas, 1889 head of cattle.
RIGA On. M News: George E. West
has made sale of one-half of his interest
range in the vicinity of Dove creek. The
price paid him was $4,000 and the pur
chasers are Tom Chestnut and Alex Cal
houn, of Silverton. Geo. estimates his
herd at something over thousand head,
and has therefore realized a handsome
price about $50 head all around.
Las Vegas IN. NJ Stock Grower: A
bunch of cattle that one Smith brought
in from Texas, and which have beer
herded along the Rio Grande, in the vicin
ity of Sabinal, in Socorro county, are said
to be dying in large numbers The long
drive and poor condition of the hero
leaves the stock in so weakened condi
ton that they are not able to extricatt
themselves from the mud of the Ric
Grande DO tom.
Preside County News: The stock inter
ests of this county are increasing rapidly
In the fall of 1883 and spring of 1884 over
10000 head of cattle were brought into
this. county, from the south and east of
Texas. Two chartered cattle companies
we're formed in the spring of 1888, 1.-The
Preside Live Stock company" capital
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