Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-05


62g-. Of gelatine, 1oz. l22gr. Of fl.
brine and albumen and $40 or. Of
mineral.
One pound of sleeps wool will
produce one yard OF cloth and that
yard will weigh a little more'than
a pound on account Of the dye
used.
A certain farmer recently sent
a dollar to a yankee for a receipt
to keep a horse from soldering
and received this reply: Teach
him to spit"
!. George Ludeman shipped two
cars Of secured wool and Chas. IL
field will ship three cars of I'M
secured as soon as the cars can be
gotten.-Optic.
1t is told of a prominent and
pioneer cattleman. that up to a
short time ago he supposed that
cattle had teeth in their upper
front jaw. At the slaughter pens
he made the discovery that a steer,
a candidate for killing, had no up
per front teeth. Here's a beef
without any teeth" he said. Bet
ter kill it; it'll never get fat again
in the world"
The wool market has shown a
frmer tendency for the past week
than for some time, there being
considerable more buying by man
ufacturers than previously, but
prices still stayed at about the
same level, as they have since the
big drop in the spring, 1t is to
be hoped however that the spring
clip will meet with a larger de-
mand than has prevailed for a
while past.
"Wisconsin mutton leads the
world" is the jubilant announce
ment of the Cotswold, Oxford and
shropshire breeders Of that state.
Their announcement is based on
the statement that at the Column
bian exposition Wisconsin took
more sheep prizes in proportion
to the number of animals exhibit
ed Than any other state in the un-
ion OIL any province of Canada.
Canada got away with an appalling
lot of cheese prizes, however.
Since July LIST, of the present
year there have been shipped from
the Salt River valley, 80 car loads
or 1900 head of fat hogs that
brought in over $4,000 in ready
cash just at a time when money
was most needed. Buyers paid
from $3.50 to So per hundred lbs.
gross weight at the cars in Phoe-
nix and Tempe, AMI the demand
was such that the amount sent out
could they have been obtained,
might have been ten times that
number without any danger of
Cutting California markets, as
these were nearly all sold to one
dealer .-Republican
, Beef cattle in large numbers car
be had in this vicinity, if buyers
will pay anything like a fair price
for them. Our cattlemen would
like to make a turn of their fat
stock for holiday change. Ship.
: ments of beef cattle to some ex.
> tent are still being made from Ger.
tain sections Of southern Arizona
b but shippers claim that the marke.
= offered is not a good one. The
D reduced price is apparently no.
l. due to any over-crowded condition
- of the market, but rather to tho
! hard times, noticeable there al
! everywhere.-W ilcox Stockman.
1t seems to be established be
,yond doubt that dehorning il
creases the value of an animal
1t affects a change of disposition
p enabling it to be handled Will
, greater ease, economy and safety
Less food is required to bring tht
. animal TO prime condition, becausl
o il is inclined to keep more quiet
1t is reported that on the Englisl
{ market buyers pay aboutS 5 heaC
, more for dehorned cattle, o8ihG
to the belief that they put 6h
more rapidly, and WITH less
4 Some 300 head of eattfswiffcl
4 Hon. r. A.. Baca, of Valencia coun
ty, had transferred to Mr.. Stabb
of Santa Fe, aud which were be
( ing driven from San M6feo to San
e ia Fe, weros stopped by a Bernalill,
o county deputy sheriff near Albu