Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-24

principle Of the great stock syard'
in Chicago, is to be established In
Augusta, Georgia.
The number Of cattle returned
for taxation in 1890 in New Mexico
was 1,129,O 88; in 1891 the return
was 1,04l 237, a reduction Of 1881.
The number Of cattle shipped out
if the Territory by rail during the
last year was 126, s24, and the mum
Der driven out was 1896, making
altogether 1888.
Shipments Of dressed beef from
Chicago during 1892, aggregated
1885, 10000 lbs. which is 231, 000,-
600 lbs. more than was ever pre-
viously shipped in one year.
Shipments Of canned meats we're
1,415,2 200 cases, as against 1855
480 cases for 1891.
Our export beef trade is a mat
ter that has grown up almost Who'll
ly within the past fifteen years, but
in 1890 it amounted to more than
S33,000,000 for live cattle, and
about an equal sum for beef pro
ducts. If we we're now compelled
to find a market for this surplus
within ourselves it would seriously
upset prices. The more we can in
crease this market the better our
prices will be for all cattle. But
to increase it, especially theexport-
alton of live cattle, we must produce
cattle of better quality, Not 6per
cent. of the cattle now received at
our principal markets are Of the
quality demanded for export. If
there we're more of the proper class
more would be exported, and the
entire market would respond to
this relief with a higher level Of
prices.
Secretary Rusk is in favor of a
law to compel the use, by trans
portation companies, of cars for the
sole use of southern cattle, not to
be used for transporting any other
animals or merchandise during the
Texas fever season, and requiring
such cars to be marked with a dis
tinctive color, so that they might
be at once distinguished from other
cars of the cattle traffic. He
thinks it would go a long way to-
wards preventing the spread Of this
disease.
Vim. Courtenay, the well known
Montana stock dealer, says that
stock cattle are held at an advance
of 81 a head, and that he had sold
some southern steers at an advance
of 81 per head over last years price
while in sheep there has been Q
little decline. He sold 1000 weth-
ers at $3.50 per hundred, de-
livered in February-last year they
sold at IS. Sales of southern cattle
have been made by Goodnight and
the Lee-Scott people at $40, each
selling 5000.
A dispatch states hat there is a
prospect of a lively meat war in
San Francisco, as the result of the
establishment of Philip d. Ar
mour's big stock yards and slaugh-
ter house at Baden, South San
Francisco. The slaughter-house
men who have controlled the meat
product Of San Francisco for sc
many years do not like the idea Of
of competition, and are trying tC
make the retail butchers boycott
Armour's establishment. Armour's
representative h acre, a {
Newton, declares that if a boy.
colt is attempted his company will
open retail shops all over the city.
and Will sell meats at rates with
which the other butchers can not
hope to compete.
Arizona is finding a market fol
its steersi in California and Nevada.
where they take on greatly i'm.
proved conditions by reason of the
radical climatic change. Many OF
the great pastures in California
have been cut up into farms during
the past few years and the stock
range thereby reduced, while Ne.
vadalost a heavy percentage OF bel
range herds two years ago and ID
forced to go out Of the state fol
stockers. These markets have beer
a great relief 10 Arizona and mate
rally aided New Mexico.
Great Britain imported, during
1891, $4,000 cattle less than IA