The Arizona champion., 1886-05-29

Twenty car loads of cattle for tho Aztec cattle company arrived in Al buquerque the other day from Fl Paso. They will be taken to the ranges of the company Tn Arizona.
 Sheep raising is a profitable busi- ness in Arizona, and there are now over 1000, ,ooo head in the territory confined mainly to the northeastern part of Yavapai and the northern part of Apache counties. Sheep that shear eight pounds of wool per year are worth $3 50 per head. --Hoof and Horn.
 R. B. Wilson, stock agent of the Northern Pacific road reports that 25,ooo head of cattle will be shipped from Washington Territory and Ore gon into Montana this season, against 10000 last year. The decrease Is on account of the advance in the price of Pacific coast cattle and the decline in prices in Montana.-Southwestern Slockman.
 Since the Ist of May over 5000 head of beeves and and 2-year-old steers have been drlven over the trail which passed by Abeline for points north, the beeves going to Kansas City and the ard 2-yea;-olds to Colorado. All cattle belong to Dris- col, Blocker X Davis, except 2,ooo head belonging to II. C., Williams. They were In fine condition for their long journey.-kX.
 E. II. Witherell. manager of the GoSper Horse and Cattle company's ranch at Coyote Springs, will ship four car loads of horses to the eastern market next week. He will accom- pany the shipment, and on his re, turn, expects to have about 100 head more rounded up ready for shipment 1t Is his intention to ship all the the horses from the ranch with the exception of forty or fifty head and immediately stock the range with cat tle. e.-Journal Miner.
 Slmth, Carson & Co.,, had about fifteen hundred head of. beef cattle corraled at the Cienega last Thursday. They were perfectly quiet until about daylight Friday morning, when they took flight from some unknown cause and stampeded. We understand that when they took a notion to go, the corral fence was not in their way in the least. Two or three steers were Killed outright, and twelve or four teen crippled pretty badly. The boys were puck In the saddle, and gather ed most ot the herd that day.-St. Johns Herald.
 The four feet of an ordinary OK will make plnt of heats foot oil. Not bone of any animal is thrown away. Many cattle's shin bones are shipped to England for the making of knife handles, where they bring $40 per ton. The thigh bonts are the most valua- lie, being worth $50 per ton for cut uAg into tooth brush handles. The 1ore-leg bones are worth $50 per ton and are made into collar buttous, parasoI handles and jeweIry, though sh-ep's legs are the. staple parasol htndleS. The water in which the bones are boiled Is reduced to glue, and the dust whicn comes from saw ing the bones is fed to cattle and pou,try.-Nortnweattrn Live Stock
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 Now that the round-u?s arc about to begin and the. branding iron brought into genera! use, we would suggest to all stockmen that exceed. l. care be exercised when the ami. had Is branded There is great amount of careles>ncsS rampant on tLc range in this important feature ofI the cattle business. Too many of the cowboys dre impressed with the idea 1r't the only proper way 10 brand Is |. burn the hlde to the flesh. thus iuaSing a distinct mark when the Skn Is h,aIcd, IL Is wholly unnecess. a'y to make the burns 50 large and c~ep, for in many instances they Lever heal and are a source of loss to the owner in checking the growth of Inc annual. Cau,cyizng or burning the hide so that the hair cells are des. troyed Is sufficient An expert man with a branding iron will save all needless cruelty to the beast in his work besides doing the work much more effectively than in the customary i manner of imprcsSlns the rel hot fro