The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-07-08
IMPORTANT AND INTEREST,"
ING CATTLE AND
HORSE NOTES.
DAILY DRIVES FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STOCK GROWING
COUNTRY.

out of Chicago to the country for feeding
purposes.
j. W. Withers, of Colorado City, Texas,
received 1915 for his flock of light sheep
at Chicago.
An English veterinarian makes the as
founding estimate that the annual losses
from OK MARBLES will reach from $1O,000,-
900 to $15,OOO,OOO.
English cattle raisers are agitating the
question of of selling live stock by live
weight, instead of by the lump system
now in vogue in that country
1t is alleged that the dressed beef trade
is suffering in some of the cities of the
east, because of the better organized OPP
position now presented to it.
Mr.. Torrey. an extensive cattle raiser
from the Indian territory, is in New Mex
leo looking up range for his herd in
New Mexico before he returns east.
The shipments of live stock and dressed
meats per steamships from the ports of
Boston for the foreign markets last night
were, 1859 cattle and 1,4S7 quarters of
beef.
Gunter g. Gunter, of Sherman mar
keted 23S head of Texas cattle at Chicago
this week, averaging S24 lbs, at 1915.
Monday they sold a lot averaging 919 lbs.
at 1885.
j. C. Saint of the Acoma Cattle COM
pany, having a range in northern Arizona,
recently purchased $500 head of stock cat
tie in Chihuahua, which will soon he ship
ped into the territory. They will be taken
off tho Mt (Hrnnt station IN tho f
lantic and Pacific railroad.
The Gerhard herd of cattle moving
from Arizona to western Colorado, had
passed north and west of Fort Winga,e
one week ago. They will arrive on the
Grand on or about the 10th of July. The
cattle are reported in fine condition.
1t is charged that many cattle near Ben
son, Arizona, have died from impurities
in the San Pedro river water, caused by
mill tailings. The mill men deny the
charge and attribute the bovine mortality
to other causes.
John N. Simpson, of the Continental
Cattle company, in Texas, was arrested at
,, Trail City recently for entering Colorado
without bill of health for his cattle, and
was fined $500 and costs. The foreman
for Curtis & Atkinson was arrested at the
same time.
Cushing & Sanderson Bros, at the head
of North Concho, Texas, last week bought
500 cows and 500 calves from Schuster,
Henry & Co., for $11,250. They are now
enclosing a $4,000 acre pasture, and are
sinking several wells.-San Angelo Stan
dard.
The Espuela Land and Cattle company,
of Fort Worth, drove $500 head of year
ling and two-year-old steers to Colorado
and sold them on arrival to Mr.. Towers
at $3.50 per head for yearlings and $50
per head for the -year-olds. Mr.. Lo-
max, of the company, was in Fort Worth
on Tuesday, coming from the north, and
started to the ranch the same evening.
The Capitol syndicate purchased 500
bulls for their Lamb and Hockey county
ranch, and the lot consisted of Shorthorn,
Hereford and Angus grades. !mostly Texas
raised. Two hundred and fifty were sold
by Maddox q Powell, of Fort Worth, and
head were shipped to Colorado, and then
driven to the range without loss, and we
understand that the manager was particu-
larly pleased with the Angus grades, which
on arrival were all in the front rank.
81 will never try to winter stock in a
valley" said large stockman to us the
other day. "Why not?" we asked. "Be-
cause when the wind sucks through the
valleys it is worse than on the hill top
When it is still it is four or five degrees
colder in the valley. Iwanta heavy grove
on the highest point and plenty of ravine'
where my cattle can shift from one to an
other" There is good sense in that say
ing.
The Texas drovers are having trouble
at the Trinchera Pass, New Mexico. The
local stockmen dispute the passage o.
Texas CATTLE and declare their intention
to back the blockade by force if necessary
The old fight for free grass. Why does
not the government put an end to the
trouble by putting an end to free grass ?
Texas Stockman.
A Denver publication states that to-day
man with a 100000 worth of ranch anc
cattle property is regarded as being in the
business in a small way" We do not be
lieve it. And it is just such nonsenslca
stuff as this about the exceptional anC
easily acquired wealth of ranchmen which
causes the range interests to be so misun
derstood in the east.-Breeder's Gazette
Selection is not only the means of i'm
provement, of developing out of the com
mon herd a special line of animals pos
sessing certain valuable qualities, but 1t is
also the condition of maintaining the ex'
cellence thereby acquired, and unless this
condition is fulfilled natural degeneration
to the first state constantly menaces us
Nothing could be simpler or more natural
than this.-William Warfield.
The A. d. p. railroad seems to have
made itself very unpopular with the cattle
men of northern and central Arizona.
Our exchanges from that territory inform
us that number of stockmen on the
Verde have made up a pool for the ship
ment of 500 beef cattle to eastern and
western markets, and will drive their stock
through Salt River valley and ship over
the Southern Pacific railroad.
There is considerable inquiry about the
refrigerator in live stock circles, and there
is very strong feeling of interest in the
progress of Mr.. Dahlman towards open
ing up the works. He is in New York to-
day, and will probably remain there sew
eral DAYS and afterwards return to Fort
Worth. Messrs. Hill and Beck left New
York this morning for London, and 1t Is
expected thatupon their arrival and CON
sultation with capitalists interested, I'M
mediate stems will be taken to get down