The Arizona champion., 1886-05-29

I,ooo, ,ooo head in the territory
 rfned mainly to the northeastern w of Yavapai and the northern N of Apache counties. Sheep that shear eight pounds of wool per year are worth S3.5o per head and Horn.
 R. B. Wilson, stock agent of the Northern Pacific road reports that 2s,ooo head of cattle will be shipped from Washington Territory and Ore yon into Montana this season, against 10000 last year. The decrease IS on aocoant of the advance in the price Pacific coast cattle and the decline q prices in Montana.-Southwestern dockman.
 Since the Ist of May over 25,ooo head of beeves and and 2-year-old steers have been driven over the trail which passed by Abelne for points north, the beeves going to Kansas Guy and the ard 2-yeai.oldS to Colorado. All cattle belong to DrlS- col, Blocker x Davis, except 2,ooo head belonging to II. G. Williams. They were in fine condition for their l6Hg journey.-Ex.
 E. H. .Witherell. manager of the Cooper Horse and Cattle company's Tan6n 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- urn, expects to have about 100 head more rounded up ready for shipment. It 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.-Journal Miner.
 lith, Carson & Co.,, had about
 en hundred head of beef cattle
 lled at the Cicnega last Thursday.
 -were perfectly quiet unt,l about
 ht Friday morning, when they
 ight from some unknown cause
 Impeded. We understand that
 hey took a notion to go, the
 fence was not in their way in sl.,- east 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 of the herd that day.-St. Johns Herald.
 The four feet of an ordinary OK will make pint of heats foot oil. Not a bone of any animal is thrown away. | Many cattle's shin bones are shipped 10 England for the making of knife handles, where they bring $40 per ton. thigh bones are the most valua- being worth $50 per ton for cut g into tooth brush handles. The
 leg boueS are worth $50 per ton
 are made into collar buttons, 2 parasol handles and jeweIry, though shfep's legs are the staple parasol handles. The water in which the bones are boiled is reduced to glue, and the dust which comes from saw ing the bones is fed to cattle and pouItry.-Nurthwestern Live Stock Journal.
 Now that the round-urs are about to begin and the. branding iron brought into general use, we would suggest to all Stuckmen that exceed rg care be exercised when the ami. nal Is branded. There is a great amount of careleSsnesS rampant on the range in this important feature of inc 'atile business. Too many of the
 nys are impressed with the idea
 he only proper way to brand Is
 T the hide to the flesh, thus
 distinct mark when the
 h,aled. IL is wholly unnecess- .fy to make the burns so large and .ocep, for in many instances they Lever heal and are a source of loss to the owner in checking the growth of the annual. Cau,erizlng or burning the hide so that the hair cells are des troyed Is sufficient An expert man w,th a branding iron will save all needless cruelty to the beast in his work besides doing the work much
 t effectively than in the customary ,nner of imprcssing the rei.ho irol unni the meat is baked.-Siock Grower.
 May is critical month tor farm animals. They are, over great deal . ol the country, gong "from hay to ass,rAss," and are liable to be affected