The St. Johns herald., 1886-05-20
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Items of Interest to StOckmen. Gath.
 cred from Reliable Sources.

has been appointed by tine execu- tive committee of the Lincoln County Stock Association to in spect the herds going up the Pecos and will take up his station at Fort Sumner immediately.
 Exchange: Hogs give returns SC quickly that even if only a small profit is made on each lot these profits can be made quickly. Hogs multiply rapidly, and hence less capital is required for beginners than for other stock.
 Exchange: Captain Bullwinkle of the Arizona Cattle Company ot Flagstaff, intends to put on exhibi- tion, at the Albuquerque fair Sep tember next fine Percheron stall ion from the company's herd. It is sad to be the finest stallion in the southwest.
 Pioneer Journal: The Vending Cattle and Land Company has re- gently closed the purchase of a breeding ranch in Mora county, N. NJ. The purchase includes 2,000 head of stock and range for 10000 cattle Taylor Maulding will be the manager of the New Mexico division.
 Laramie Boomerang: Negotia- tions are in progress which will likely end in the purchase of How ard Clugston's ranch, on the Little Laramie, by John McCreary, of Omaha, who owns the ranch ad- joining Clugston's. This will give McCreary one of the finest ranches on the plains.
 Socorro Bullion: Sam Hutch craft, writing from the Tulerosa country to his partner, Major Lux ton, says that the grass is very short in that section, and that he does not know what the cattle will do if rains do not come. The re- ports from the Tornado districts complain in the same way.
 Exchange: R. B. Wilson, stock agent of the Northern Pacific road, reports that 25,00O head of cattle will be shipped from Washington Territory and Oregon into Mon tana this season, against 10000 last year. The decrease is on account of the advance in the price of Pa cific coast cattle and the decline in prices in Montana.
 Cheyenne Journal: Run not after strange gods. The stock industry has made Wyoming and Cheyenne all they are. and that same business should continue to receive the same kind treatment from all the people that it has heretofore enjoyed. The cattle business must continue the main stay of this country for ali time 10 come.
 Stock Grower: Clay Allison, of Lookout, N. M., is said to have turned very gray, and alleges as the cause the exercise of too much piety in early youth, but we opine that other matters have worried him into that state, as he is offer ing his entire herd of cattle at a bargain. They are located on the east side of the Pecos in Lincoln county.
 Exchange: In 1850 there were in round numbers about 17,77S,00O head of cattle in the United States Ten years later this number had been increased to 25.920.000 In 1870 there was a slight falling off, the number counted being only 23,- S2O,000. The loss was more than made good, however, in 1880, when there was found to be in the coun- try not less than 34,925,000 head of cattle. The number is now es- timated at about 45,000,000.
 Raton Comet: A new cattle com pany has been formed Go run cattle in the southeastern portion of Col fax county. The name of the com pany is the Keystone Land and Cattle Company. Its officers are