The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-08-26
THE GREAT RANGE.
IMPORTANT AND INTEREST,"
ING CATTLE AND
HORSE NOTES.
DVILY DRIVES FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STOCK GROWING
COUNTRY.

Under the old system, anybody could
run ranch in Texas, but under the new
system, the lazy, thriftless, slip-shod
ranchman goes to the rear.
Do not allow the COW boys to chase and
rope your cattle for fun. 1t Is not good
for the cattle or the horses. The neces-
sary Running and rOping of cattle is bad
enough.
Before it will pay to stall feed Texas
beeves all winter on Texas corn. 1t must be
raised cheaper than at present. 1t may
do to finish them on corn, but 1t will not
do to fatten them upon 1t.
Tuck Boaz went to the ranch of the
Western Land and Live Stock company.
Jim Milwee, superintendent, writing from
the ranch, says that the Yellowstone coun-
try has received ten-day rain
Doc Bolton has arrived from Mexico
and reports fine range and stock. He sold
1870 head of three and four ear-old steers
to Berry Gatewood, of Colorado City, last
week, at $15 and $18, and shipped from
this county 1900 head of stock cattle via
Big Springs to his ranch in Old Mexico
San Angela Standard.
With the Inauguration of stock farm
ing in southwest Texas will come the rails
ing of the long wooded mutton sheep, and
in the near future tlocks of beautiful
Downs, with 200 wethers, will not be
rarity. With small pastures, long-wooled
mutton sheep will be much more profit
able than the fine-wooled Merinos.
The traffic management Of the Missouri
Pacific system is pretty generally accred-
tied with a disposition to be fair and
obiging to stock shippers, and we doubt
not that this credit has been fairly earned.
But lately some things have been done by
men in charge of stock trains that, if per
sisted in, will damage the popularity of
this great beef and mutton route.
Don Camille Saens, the horse ranch
man of Roma, Starr county, recently sold
in this city a saddle horse of his own rails
ing for 5000. pretty good figure for
Mexican saddle horse, which proves that
because horse has an Egyptian hero
glyphic brand is no reason that he can't
be of good blood and style. The French
cavalry regiments of Emperor Maximil-
lan's army, who were mounted on Arabian
stations, left some strong imprints on the
horse stock of Mexico.
1t is a common remark in answer to the
question as to the condition of the range,
that grass is plenty, but no water. This
is poor excuse for mpoverishment of
stock, as water can be had or provided for
most localities, but grass cannot be made
to grow without rains, the providing of
which is beyond human power. mar
that has grass and no water has not the
same claim for sympathy as the man who
has water but no grass, and he who has
neither is In bad fix with his stock.
At a recent sale of Shorthorns at DR.
Cundiff's farm in Missouri the prices
were considerably above the average
Nineteen females brought $3.50, an
average of $13S.94 each, and two bulls
brought $3.50, an average of $130; total,
$4,000; making general average of Sl3o
each. Mr.. II. H. Stevens, of Brunston,
Mo-, bought Ada Gary, four year old
Rose of Sharon COW, for $500, and W. E.
Hall, of Carthage, Mo-, purchased Rose of
Sharon Goth, aged 8 months, for $305;
Rose of Sharon 21st was captured by D.
d. Fleming, of Kansas City, Mo-, for
$500.
The following, from the San Antonio
Stock Journal on sugar cane, should be
headed. The letters were written in an
swer to an Inquiry,
DERBY, Texas, August S,lSS6.
| Editor Texas Stockman:
In answer to Colonel Jenning: Yes; it
was the sorghum; Bloat or Hoover, the
disease. Preventative: Don't turn stock
on sorghum when quite hungry, or fol-
but short time, until they become accus'
toned to it. What have found an infal
lible remedy when effected, is one table
spoonful each of chloroform and arom
attic spirits of amonia, or the chloroform
alone, given as drench in thick molasses
water or grul. Can repeat in two, three
or four hours, as may be required. One
dose is generally sufficient.
Yours truly,
B. H. ERKsHINE.