Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-08-30
Cattle Notes.


Under certain conditions theirs
is good profit in selling steers as
yearlings, but the only way for
the small ranchman and stock far
mef to get out of steer all the
profit there is in it is to keep it in
a thrifty, growing condition the
year round and make first class
beef of it before it is three years
old.
1t is too early, says lie Breei4
er's Gazette, for estimates of the
corn crop, but it is clearly appar4
ent that It will fall considerably
short Of last year. The "bhll' eles
ment on Change is strong, and
favored by reports received tho
past two days it has been able to
push up the price of corn several
cents. Western and southern
Kansas has undoubtedly beef
blistered by hot winds and drouth,
but the crop IN the eastern part of
the state is yet in good condition,
although rain is needed On the
other hand the Illinois weather
service reports the condition of
the crop August 1st as beyond the
most sanguine expectation. Re-
ports indicate 70 per cent. of a
seasonable condition, but much of
the crop will only make fodder
under the most favorable condi-
tions. Higher prices for corn are
clearly Indicated.
The following statements con-
cerning the range cattle industry
are furnished us from a reliable
source in answer to an inquiry
from a correspondent, and they
are Of such general interest that
we give them this prominence !
TFhe total receipts of cattle for
last year at the Union Stock Yards
Chicago, were 1850, 1863, making d
weekly average of 62,5O6. Out of
the aggregate receipts it is estimat-
ed that there were 100000 or
thereabouts of Texas, Indian Ter-
risory and Southwestern range cats
tie, and about 100000 Northern
range cattle, the remainder-1, $780,
359-being natives. The majority
of Texas cattle are fattened upon
what may be termed public landsi
which is divided in ownership by
railroad companies who lease to-
different ranehmsn at from four to
five cents an acre per annum. A
very large portion of land used for
grazing purposes III Texas is owned
by eattlemen. The Northwestern
range cattle are largely fattened
: upon public lands, but cattlemen
own a considerable portion of land
which they occupy. Cattle can be
put out in Texas to be pas.ured at
from $3.50 to SO per head per
: annum. In the Northwest the
price is about the same. All cattle
: are taxed; and the cattlemen in the
S South and Northwest are the larg-
5 est tax payers in their respective
districts. Breeders Gazette.
One of the most barefaced cases
Of cattle stealing on record in New
, Mexico has just come to light dur
ing the past week. Several weeks
1 since members of we'll known
y cattle company at Clayton, N. NJ,
s commenced the shipment to north
= ern points of some 1000 head Of
b cattle, n portion of which had been
f sold, and the b0lance consigned by
, a member of the company. Sus.
= picion was aroused at the time the
u frst train went out that everything
It was not straight, but no action
a was taken until the third train was
ready, when a Roswell inspector
was sent to Cheyenne, and on ex.
a animation of the stock found l4i
l. cattle of different brands, in The
lf shipment Of which no account hao
a been made by the inspectors Oh
/ owners at the loading point. Thu
cattle were at once taken IN charg'
70 by the Wyoming authorities, ant
le are being held until a representa-
T. tive can reach Cheyenne and ar
M range for their disposition. 1t Il
= likely they will be sold at once TO
% the benefit Of the owners, a. ne
TO GOOD can accrue from holding then
and remittances will be made u
Ar the owners by the New Mexicl
Sanitary Board as fast as the own
- ers can be ascertained. The cattl
D seem to have como principal,
d. from the ranges of eastern Nel
k Mexico and the Pecos valley, wit
,r. a few from the Rio Grande range
II From direct information It wa
'u learned that the stock Was caugl
by Chas. Aber, a Roswell Inspect
a or, and was in a shipment mad
El from Des Moines, on the Cnio