The St. Johns herald., 1886-06-03

pany to James Moore.
 Las Vegas Optic: Grass on the range is coming on nicely, and cat tie will soon begin to shed theil mangy coats. There is very little nourishment in young grass, how ever, but 1t cleanses the blood ot the animal, and puts him in condi- tion to take on flesh as the plant natures.
 Exchange: MT. J. E. Raymond, 1 the Arizona cattle man, will go to Kentucky in short time where he will purchase some of the finest cattle that can be secured. These he will put on his ranch, and from now on will improve the grade of his stock all around.
 Exchange: According to the fig ures just made public by the gov ernment, three times as many dol lars worth of wool came into the country, during March of this year, as came in during the previous March. This was caused in part by lowering of the tariff duties in 1883.
 Dallas News: J. F. Wares, who has for ten years been manager of Gregory, Cooley & Co.'s business in Chicago, has purchased one-fourth interest in Peacock Bros. ranch, consisting of 35.OOO head of cattle, located south of Colorado City. MT. Wares was Tn the city yester- day en route to the ranch, where lie will make headquarters.
 Lincoln (N. NJ. ) Leader The par ties who drove cattle into this coun- ty late in the fall last year are hay ing heavy losses. The V Wis losing a large number of cattle. It Is said that the rivers are lined with dead cattle. The Pecos roundup had to postponed on account of the bad condition of the cattle and grass there.
 Albuquerque Journal: A cowboy from the neighborhood of Taos, but nearer the Red river, informed the Journal that on account of deep snow in the mountains, cattle had wintered badly there, the loss being uncomfortably large. The deep snow, however, was not without its compensations, the grass now being unusually good, owing to the irri- gation caused by the melting snow banks.
 Exchange: When one is buying improved stock he may just as we'll determine to have nothing that can not go in the register. The imme- diate returns may not be better than unregistered stock, but the progeny will always sell for nearly double the price, and it makes great difference in selling calves whether one gets beef prices or breeding stock prices.
 Stock Grower: The Littlefeld Cattle Company has added to the already large herds on the Pecos river in Lincoln county, 5000 head of one and two-year-old steers, which they will allow to crop the short grass on the Pecos range un- til ready to turn off as beef. If conditions remain for any length of time in that section as they are at present, the lives of those steers will be spared for many years.
 Grand Junction (Col.) News :: The Chiquito stockmen are agree ing on very sensible and wise plan for providing the range with bulls. They propose to go together and prorate the purchase of a lot of fine bulls, mostly blacks, and have them owned in common on the range. This will do away with the usual growling about bulls and will treat all alike. If other sections would follow suit the grade of cattle would be improved.
 Cheyenne Journal: The range country, taken as a whole, has been unusually dry this spring. As a roc,,I+ tho o,occ ic chOrf fhrOI1Oh-