Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-10-11
cnitle Notes.

AAAAoud oib III very utDiOEhDle
condition. The summer rains
have been confined to narrow linn
its, and the broad ranges have de-
rived but little benefit. There
are a few favored localities where
feed is abundant, but in general
the condition is very bad. The
stockmen-those who survive the
present drouth-will profit by this
severe lesson, and will not only
supplement the uncertain ranges
by the fields of alfalfa, but will
discover that it requires as much
to feed scrub animal as it does
one double its price. A better
grade of cattle will be placed upon
the ranges, and while their num-
Der will be less, the calamity Of
overstocking viii be avoided. AS
an industry it will bring far more
satisfactory returns and place it
upon a footing wherein the ele-
ment of uncertainty will be entire
ly eliminated. Tucson Enterprise.
A man named w. D. Hughes,
claiming to be a ranch owner near
Deming, recently had himself IN
terviewed by a Denver News man,
and got off the following: "There
are ranches down in New Mexico
which can round up about 100000
head of steers. and of course there
are dozens of others who have
large, but much smaller herds.
To give you an idea of the number
of calves raised, 1 have known,
time and again, when the ranges
are green and the grass long, at
leeast rs per cent. of the entire
cow herd to breed good healthy
calves" He talks like q boomer
of eight or ten years ago. 1t is
doubtful if much over 100000
steer, of all ages, could be at this
time gathered in all New Mexico,
and a so per cent, calf crop would
be good average as the ranges
are at present.
The cattle market is low and
will continue to be until the run
of Indian Territory and western
cattle is over No permanent or
material improvement can be look
ed for until November, and it may
not come before the latter part of
January. That it is positively
coming and that within a very
few months should be sufficient to
encourage and bolster up those in
terested.
Tom. Nance, a COW puncher,
formerly in the employ of the Az
tee Land and Cattle company, got
into a quarrel with j. b. Mitchell,
another COW puncher, at Holbrook,
the other evening, and the former
was killed, by being kicked about
the head. Mitchell was a compar-
ative stranger about the neighbor-
hood, and after committing the
deed he got on his horse and es-
capped.
Frank Graham, the Magdalenls
cattleman, will feed large
number of steers this winter on
the alfalfa fields of Watrous and
vicinity. He says cattle in the
mountains of Socorro county are
now in fair condition, but will not
be able to 60 through the winter
safely. He has been in Las Vegas
this week arranging for his pas
lures.
p. P. Elder, or, as he calls him
self, calamity howler," uses a
half column Of space in last weeks
Kansas Farmer. Among other
things he says: "This talk about
reciprocity with foreign countries
in meat, with the one hundred and
fifty Funston inspectors at Kan
sas City (more properly meat tag
gers is a gross delusion. Admit
ting that the export of cattle in
the various forms, has increased
from 100000 head in 1880 to &c.
600 for the year ending June 30
1892, who has it benefited but the
Armour combine2 Can any one
cite .us to any benefit to the pro.
ducer2 This huge combine, grow,
ing every day in it's power, stand
ing between the foreign marker
and the feeders Of cattle, gatheri
all tho profit into its greedy NAV
When the export trade took 100,
600 cattle annually, cattlemen go
for finished cornfed beef $3.50 b
$3.50 per 100 pounds. Now, will
an annual export of $4,000 head
thew oct from "a 90 TO 81 so for tn