Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1886-10-23

Governor Hauser, of Montana es.
Inmates the number of cattle in the
Territory at 100000 head horses
10000 and sheep 2,OOOOOO, with
valuation Of probably $5OO0OO0O
a disease; which the Dakota Cowboy
thinks is pieufo.theumouias has made
It's appearance among cattle near
MaHdsrr Dakota. The Northwestern
Lave Stock journal is Of the opjhIon
that II IS splenlG fever.
Messrs. Iissgs Bros. & Clark, Of
Flagstaff, Arizona; won oyeTy prlae
offered at the Albuquerque Fair for
sheep, in the face 81 z strong compe-
titiou. The sheep raised by these
gentlemen are unsxccIled n sbe scpth-
west for quality and weight On acete'
There are in Montana alonG' it is
sand, about 100000 head Of cattle.
Only 10000 will be marketed while
the Territory will consume 10000
This year the increase Is estimated to
approximate $4,000. There are $780,
600 calves. Cattle are not taxed in
Montana.
The Montana Stock Growers Asso-
citation, at its last meeting, adopted a
rule requiring that ON the cattle
ranches no free meals shall be given
away to any travellers, and that reg.
lister Of all visitors shall be kept. This
rule is aimed directly at cow puuehers
out of winters job, who are forced
to live as best they can during the dull
ssason.--Daily Commercial,
The New Mexico Stock Grower no.
tees with extreme satisfaction that
many of the large outfits in the north
who have rounded up their beef steers
to ship to market have, after topping
the bunch and sending forward only
the best ones, turned loose the remain
der. This is as it should be in every
instance, while the present low prices
prevail. II is the one way IN which
the rangeaen can influence better re-
turns from their beef crop when mar
keted.
Cattle on the ranges in the north
west and west of Texas are maturing
rapidly, as the grass has been grow
ing finely since the rains fell a few
weeks ago. They will bs shipped free
ly during October and it is probable
that the shipments will be heavy no
matter how prices rule. In a large
portion Of Texas the cattle raisers lost
so much money through the drouth
that they are forced to realize, in or
der to obtain money to pay off their
indebtedness
A correspondent OF the Inyo, Cal,
Resister writes as follows of the great
benefit from the introduction of Short.
horn bullss There IS a general feeling
among farmers and stockmen that to
pay more than $50 for a sire Is the
prelude 10 financial ruin. They 90 on
supplying three-year-old beef steers to
the butchers that weigh 500 lbs, and
are elated if a few reach $50 lbs, and
fail to see that By the expenditure of
500 TO $500 for a sire that is purely
bred, and worth something to their
herds, they could sell twoyear.olds as
heavy as their threesSear-olds now av-
erage, saving year in time and the
cost Of keeping and all attendant risks
for a year The FIRST forty steers
raised viii cover the price. When
there are forty steers there will be
forty heifers that will be worth SIS a
head more than their mothers as a
foundation for further improvements.
To all intents Che sire is half the herd
in determining the force for good or
evil within it. No breeder Of cattle
can afford TO use common sire. To
do so it is bad type Of economy
penny wise and pound foolish prac-
tice. The man who does not improve
his stock will get left, Breed from the
best forever, which is the only road to
success.