Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1886-07-31
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Heavy cattle losses are reported
from Colorado, in consequence Of THE
drouth.
Messrs. Daggs Bros, & Coz Of Flag
staff, will receive 800 Spanish and
French periuo rams in September,
Mr.. a. Wright, who is boring arte.
sian wells for the Aztec Land and Cat
tie Company, commenced this week on
a well about thirty.five miles south
from Notebook.
Z. w, Beach, of Yayapai county, has
purchased a range from Philip Hull,
about 20 miles east Of Flagstaff, on
which he win place a large number Of
his beef cattie.--Champion.
James Brewster came in from
Hampson's Eagle Creek ranch this
morning He reports stock in fair
condition but grazing poor in conse-
quence of lack of rain, not q drop
having fallen yet.-Clifton Clarion,
A dispatch from Colorado, Tex, says
The cattle interest of western Texas
are in a deplorable condition, The
drought has extended over period of
several months, and IN many localities
there is neither grass nor water. Cat.
tie are dying at the rate of 100 per
day. The banks of the Pecos river are
strewn with carcasSes of cattle that
have been driven from the interior
and have peushed from drinking too
much water. The loss will aggregate
hundreds of thousands of dollars,
1t is fast becoming a thing of the
past, when stockmen have to guess at
the weights Of their stock, before ship
ping to market or selling to buyers
that come out from the east to buy
beeves and feeders. 1t is a notorious
fact, that often there is big differ
enee between experienced stockmsn
when they guess at the probable
weights of stock and in guessing at
the weights of large steers. We have
known judges to differ as much as 100
pounds or more on the animal
Springer, N. NJ, is about to do away
with this old time guess work bust
ness, and will have a set Of Fairbanks
standard stock scales put up at the
stock pens.-Las Vegas Optic.
July 18th there was loaded at Wins
low, Arizona, from the Aztec Cattle
Company, of HolbrOok, A. T., twenty
seven car loads of fat wild range steers
in the Burton patent stock cars, which
are arranged to feed and water stock
on the cars IN transit, without unload
ing between the shipping point and
destination. Never before in the his
tory of railroading has there been a
shipment of stock made so long dis
lance, 1,205 miles, Winslow to Kansas
City, without unloading to feed and
water two or three times, consuming
"A hours at each unloading stock
on the Burton stock can eat, drink and
lie down to rest at will hence this
shipment is looked forward to with
great interest, both by stoekmen and
railroad traffic managers generally.
In the transportation of domestic fat
cattle the Burton stock cars have a
record of saving from so to rs per
cent of the shrinkage which is insep,
cradle from shipments the same dis.
tances in common stock cars. II the
same rates Of saving is gained in the
transportation Of wild range fed, fat
cattle in the Burton feeding cars, these
cars viii solve the problem whether
New Mexico and Arizona fat cattle
can be proftably transported to Kan
sas City, Chicago and Atlantic sea.
board markets This is an item Of
vital Importance to our live stock
growers and shippers. A train OF
common stock cars of equal number
were loaded at the same time, with
the same kind of cattle as the Burton
train, consigned to same market. AL
animals weighed on at Winslow, and
weighed of at Kansas City. The diff,
ferences IN shrinkage and Of time in
transit will be definitely recorded and
duly published.-Albuquerque Jour,
nal.