The St. Johns herald. (St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.]) 1885-1903, 1888-05-10
Stock and Range.

Flagstaff Signal: A large mum
Der of cattle have recently been
killed along the line of the Allan
tic & Pacific. 1t is customary when
cattle have been killed by trains
for parties owning them to make
affidavit to the value of the cattle
which affidavit is forwarded to the
general claim agent at Albuquer-
que. This official will then investi-
gate and endeavor to settle with
the owner for half the real valua-
tion of the animal. The amount
paid for slaughtered cattle by the
railroad company in one year makes
a very handsome sum. The COM
pany have lately adopted a very
different course. Now when an an
imal is killed the section boss i'm
mediately builds a bonfire and
burns the critter up, taking good
care not to preserve the brands or
ear marks by which it could be
identified. We know of one case
wherein one day. five head were
burned one mile west of Cosnino.
The company claim they proceed
IN this manner to avoid the stencil
that would naturally arise from a
decaying animal, but they omit to
mention why the brands are not cut
out or the ears cut off to aid the
owner in identifying his stock. This
matter should be investigated.
Upward of two years ago cattle
men said there was no use talking;
unless there was an improvement
in the market right away the busi-
ness would go to pieces and every
cattleman go broke, says an ex-
change. There has not only been
no improvement in the market, but
there has been a long drought or
two, and some very severe winters,
and still most all the cattlemen are
doing business at the old stand,
and still looking forward to better
times to come. There are few in
dustries that could stand the racket
the cattle business has gone through
with slighter disfgurements.
Galloway cattle, says the Farm
er's Review, are sure breeders, as
any man who has managed herd
of them properly can testify. The
COWS do not give any more milk
than do the females of other beef
breeds, but the quality of what they
furnish is very high and rapidly
puts shiny gloss on the wavy hair
so much admired by farmers all
over the northwest. That Galloway
COWS are frequently very prolific is
an established fact, and another
item has recently been added to the
existing record. for we learn that
small Galloway, five years old, be-
longing to Mr.. Adam Elliott, New
castleton, Scotland, has given birth
to one heifer and two bull calves,
which are all doing well.
Exchange: The largest sale of
beef cattle of the past year or more
was consummated in Kansas City |
recently, when 10000 head of four
and five year olds were sold to
Smith & Forsythe, of Pierce City.
The stock was owned chiefly by Au-
gustus Kountz, of New York, and |
Herman Kountz, president of the
First National Bank of Omaha,
Mr.. Pierce is half owner.
The stock is generally what's called
"coast CATTLE" or as Mr.. Pierce calls
them, "sea lions," and the 10000
head will be delivered to the pur-
chasers in the Cherokee strip next
Northwestern Journal: The great
est good to the greatest number is
recognized as the true democratic
doctrine. 1t works well in the man.
agement of political and govern
mental affairs and should be equally