The St. Johns herald., 1886-05-13

grass. The late snow falls over ;
 wide area, followed by warm weath f CT and sunshine, caused the eartl to be moistened to a good depth
 and, unless we are visited by ar
 unusual spring and summer drouth
 the grass crop will be luxuriant.
 c. B. Eddy, in his address to tht 1 Lincoln county, New Mexico, Cattle 1 Association, made the following sen
 sible suggestion Too much stress
 cannot be placed on the importance
 of handling the cattle quietly and
 carefully. Bunch the cattle in
 small punches, take plenty of time see that all work is done satisfac-
 torily, and allow no gambling of
 any kind in camp.
 Exchange: The Germand Land
 and Cattle Company of Lower Cal
 fornia has made contract for 20,- | 900 head of Texas stock cattle and
 1000 horses by their agent, J. A.
 Pennington, to be delivered on the
 company's San Curran ranch, the
 contract being signed at Dallas, !
 Texas. They will contract for a like number of cattle at the price
 paid for those bought, which neces- sarily is at very confidential terms. Wilcox Stockman: George Brisk
 went to Lordsburg a few days since
 to inspect twenty-six Shorthorn and Durham bulls, twos and threes, pur- chased in Missouri for the Kansas Cattle Company, of this county. At the same time he inspected 37 yearling Hereford bulls, which were Tkhing. shipped1Ra Abgif NFmsideH fluff, !, saeaIs taiP PhnsiydT Tbhsarlattarsnls6 caIaeoifanaq ss6ariaanafmilifdh'9' dergo anowseoef feeding before being placed on the market.
 Wilcox Stockman: The stock men of Graham county in the neighborhood of Duncan should organize an association, with Dun can as the place of meeting. Thou sands of head of cattle are now be- ing handled by the roundup in that section. That this work could be more systematically done, and the interests generally of stockmen better looked after were there an association there, we think there is no question.
 Exchange: A Colorado man is seeding his farm of one thousand acres to alfalfa and clover and will engage quite extensively in feeding and breeding cattle. Colorado is making great preparations to be- come fine blood stock country, and is starting just right to make a success. Large farms are being turned into clover and alfalfa fields. Men who have not ranges are get ting hold of the best breeds of cat tie, and what they lack in quantity they are making up in quality.
 Exchange: Col. Charles Good night, the cattle king of the Pan handle section, represents his cattle interests as having suffered greatly by the winter, and has lately lost 700 head by the drought which fol- lowed the cold weather. Other cat tlemen report losses aggregating 10000 head from this same cause, belonging to pastures in Neuces and other adjoining counties in Texas. From all accounts cattle losses have been heavier in Texas than was generally supposed.
 Live Stock Journal: It is an- that a company is about to be organized in New York city for the establishment of hbeef fac= tories" The plan is, we are told, 1 to erect a number of stables after the most approved modern kind, | fill them with cattle and feed them -the cattle, not the stables-en- tirely on corn, in the shape of en- silage. In this way, it is claimed, they will be able to furnish good | beef at lower rates than is asked for western meat. We should not like to take a great deal of stock" of any kind in such a company.