The Arizona champion., 1886-05-01
WEEKLY CHAMPION.
SATURDAY, MAY |, 1886.
STOCK NOTES.


 out after being dipped in water. A common frying pan was then heated nearly red hot, The wet blanket was applied over the brand and the red. hot pan pressed hard against it. The steam generated, scalded the hair clean of, and the job was done. In a few months the hair would grow again, and new brand was put on. The same plan is adopted by horse thieves. Then again the fellows had q kind of branding iron with which they could change number of brands. l once heard a Texan boast of man in Preside county, Texas, who started in fifty years ago with on- ly two cows and branding iron, and is to-day worth sIeo, 1000. Itold him knew half dozen men in New Mex ico who started in with nothing but the branding iron and are to-day worth s,oo, 900. The branding iron has laid the foundation of many re- spectable fortunes.
 The great strike on the railroads has effected the cattle market as we'll as almost every other industry. Ship pers were afraid to start their cattle 10 market, buyers were afraid to re- handle clear on to the consumer, who bought if he had the money. Men who q month ago would have bought cattle at good prices, have since re- fused to buy. waiting to see wha, would be the outcome of the labor trouble. This, of course, in the east where shipments are bought and sold on speculation, depending on fast transportation. The live stock deal CT, as we'll as the other business men, has suffered by the strike.-Live Stock Journal.
 Head & Hearst are about to place 1000 head of additional stock upon their extensive ranges throughout Grant county, and as starter have purchased 1000 female cattle from J. C. Beatty, of Fl Paso, 5000 head of beeves from the Corralitas com, pany in Mexico, 5000 young female Texas cattle, to be delivered in May, and 70 head of mares from C. w.. Merchant, of San Simon valley. As there are thousands of head of stock offered very low at present both in New Mexico and Texas, Head & Hearst will have no trouble in secur- ing the desired number in a very short time.-Silver City Enterprise.
 IMPROVED STOCK CARs,-The ques- tion of improved stock cars is one of considerable importance to everyone how handles live stock. The fact that beef is soon to go to the market dressed need not lessen the interest felt in improved cars for live cattle, for there will always be demand for just such cars as will transport stock with safety and comfort. In fact, the demand will become more urgent as stock is improved, and it is only a question of time when cars much more suitable than those now used will be the only ones run on the roads handling large numbers of cattle or horses.-Stock Growers Journal,
 It is suggested by live stock pa. per that the .cattlemen in Arizona pray for rain. While we acknowledge the power and good of prayer, we suggest thar the time put in on wa tered prayers be put m on artesian wells and digging ditches to run wa, ter to the ranges. And then if they get much rain the granger will make up his mind that that Is a pretty good farming country, when It will be fare "tll lo The ranges. lf prayers are offered for rain out there, petition for just enough to star, the grass good and no more,-LY.
 The manner of putting out a prai. Tie fire adopted by stockmen in this country would appear curious to par ties unacqualnted with the business, The Rocking Chair boys had to slay yearllngs 10 Use as drags to extinguish the flames that threatened to destroy their range.-Mobette Panhandle.
 Recent droughts in New South Wales have cost the colony a4,ooo, 900 sheep within the last five years. This decrease represents a loss of $40, 1000, 900, principally due to the lack of proper works for the storage oi water which would have saved ani- nal life in the dry seasons,