The Meeker herald., 1888-01-28
STOCK AND RANGE .Ews.

.A4s 'fhhAAA-r ifNisftA nAhNh h'hi'i
says that city Is NOW the best market ioI
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From all Information ohtainablu 1t is
evident Colorado stockinen suffered less
from the effects Of the late blizzard
than their brethren Of other sections of
the range country.
l. II, Saniegson exhibited in Mcoker
on Wednesday the finest two -yeaI-ol,l
lilly We have seen In month oi sun
days. 1t is out OF Gold Dust sioe. and
shows up well In every point.
The Union Cattle company, one o:
the largest ouliils In Wyoming, has
made an assignment, Assets, si,Ooc,uJ1;
liabilities, ~ ,2iD.O0o. The low pricc OF
beef and losses on the range src given ~
the causes OF ~. collapse. y. T.. voor-
hcts and g. II. G0o,lhi!l were appointed
receivers.
The FL company lost twenty head OF
cattle a couple of weeks ago under
peculiar circumstances. Tie cattle
We're In the pasture and had beon fed
hay and were in very good condition.
The only cause that can H. assigned ior
their death Is the fact that there was
considerable pig weed Ia li- hay.
The loss on White river the present
winter Will br largely among cattle
driven In last fall the T-crnt co'i spell
being aX;nmcly disastrous among this
class Of stock un ricc-lncc and Yellow
creeks. Mr, ". 4. Muiirit, who WAS up
from ricc.ancr Ia the rariy part oI III.
week, Informs us that the loos among
Ill cattle h greater apparently than
ANY other brand.
From the Chicago market comes the
rcpof, that the expected January baom
failed To mslcualizc. fpt sellers oi cat
tie there seems Ia be nothing but disap.
pninlm-nt and iuss. Prices hang PER
sisicnily around tie loves; point of tho
season and tn. days on which salts
tsrtnry clearance IL ,natir aI- ihu -K-
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Hundreds Of cattle are being de
horned in the ncighloThoo'i II Peoria.
Illinois. among the farmers Thos- that
were lchofn-d sninr weeks agd are do,
Ing we'll ani hundreds more will lose
their horns during the next ;wo months.
Tho d.hnInius idea Is prevalent IN
many sections IL Illinois AMI seems Ia
bc growing largely In favor, The fancy
has been roaming around Missouri the
past year anil invaded Kansas nni Ncb'
raska. It reached Colorado ,o III" cN'
tent ui two OF tire" herds hut will h-
more generally observed next year and
ever after. The war cry has been rllsr,l
aud time will disclose the victory. -
Field and Farm.
Colonel C. G. Slaughter of Texas. one
Of the Director, Of the International
Range Association. was interviewed In
Denver the other day by Republican
reporter. and among other things said
Too much stress cannot he laid Ou lhc
Importance ~ keeping up the local ~.
snciaiinns throughout u. range country,
particularly at this time. when tlir busi.
noSs is prnstraic. Local associations
lrr important in themselves, brcsus"
they afford protection against thieves
because they enable the members Ia
gather statistics In reference ,o the
number Of cattle. becycs and calyes
aud the condition Of stock generally IN
the district. and because they afford
an opportunity for the catilemcn to bc'
come acquainted with each other and tc
have an interchange uf views. from
which they can select the best Encl
local association should belong b. del
cgates to the State association sud the
state associations should bc kept mp foi
the same reasons on more enlarged
plan than is given for keeping up ih'
district organization, aud the State rs
sociation should he represented in the
National organization. This was tho
idea in organizing the International as'
sociaiion at Denver in February OF last
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