Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-12-26

- crease during the year has beer
extremely gratifying and within
= another year the cattle industry
y will again head the list for this
K portion Of New Mexico.
Kansas City Journal: Col. r. G.
head Is just in from his ranch near
Watrous, n. NJ, and brings good
news from hat section. He says
that cattle are doing better than
for several years in that country,
and are going into winter in good
fix. He has LOO head on alfalfa
feed and they are doing we'll.
The man who makes the greatest
success with sheep in the south
west in the future will be n who
adopts the eastern plan of sheep
farming. He will select himself
a farm with plenty of range ada
cent for summer pasturage and run
his sheep in aocks small enough
to receive his personal supervision.
BE will also select the best wool
and mutton breeds combined, and
always be co%nversant, with the
best method of caringfor tn EN-.
G. G. Merchant of Deming,
this week began shipping and will
continue to make regular ship
ments until after the holidays Mr..
Merchant has purchased stock
from Messrs, Muer, Davenport,
Rector, Baker and Hudson, as well
as several other outfits. The Alamo
HUGO people are also rounding up
preparatory to shipping several
hundred fine steers. The output
from Deming during the next four
weeks will exceed any like period
last spring, which was conceded to
have been the largest Within the
history of the season.
New Mexico stockmen have
awakened to the fact that it is bet
ter to market cattle on maturity
instead of waiting for the fuctua-
tions of the makets, and thus avoid
oyerstocking the ranges and the
consequent loss therefrom. If the
cattle of the southwest which we're
left on the ranges for increase dur
ing the plamy days Of the cattle
business, had been marketed, leav-
ing only the original number of
stock, the loss from drouth and
short grass, which has been felt SO
heavily the past two years would
never have occurred and there would
have been reserve funds in the
pockets of the cattleman to tide
them over any small reverse they
might sustain in the marketing of
cattle during temporary depression
in the industry.
Cattlemen are not pleased at the
outlook for buyers, or their treat
ment at their hands. Prices are
unsatisfactory low, from $3.50 to
Sl.75 per hundred. The buyers
have several times waited for a
herd to be rounded up, aud then
picked from it the cream only; tax
ing but 25 to 80 per cent of the
animals. Then these price are
not always cash. One buyers got
5000 worth and let the cattleman
draw on him for it. The draft was
returned with the inscription:
"Stvs he has no money now. VIII
pay it as soon as he can" The
same party wrote on for more cat
tie to sell that he might add to
those already received. This offer
was not accepted 1t seems the
cattlemen r dependent on the
buyer, the buyer on the butcher,
and the butcher on the consumer;
and all Of them financially pinched.
The Erie cattle company brought
in and shipped on Tuesday 2O2
head Of beef. They went to Gas
sen at Los Angeles. It was an
sample lot of choice Arizona
beef.
Another human death from gland
ers is reported, from Fresno
county Cal People never sem
to learn the terror of this incurable
disease, but go along with gland
cred horses in spite of law aud
gospel 1t is taking a frighlful
risk.