Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-08

An insufficient water supply, or
q supply Of bad water, is frequent
cause Of disease among cattle in
warm weather. See that they have
plenty, and that it is pure.
Archuleta county, Colo, cattle
men are complaining, because cat
Sic from New Mexico, where dry
weather has destroyed the range,
are beng driven in to eat up the
grass which rightfully belongs to
Colorado residents.
It is reported that 100000 head
Of cattle are fattened for market
annually, on cottonseed meal and
bulls. A gentleman in the trade
estimates that the product from
the cotton mills would annually
fatten 1000, 900 head.
European farmers are forced to
improve their stock Of all kinds
cattle, horses, sheep and swine
to make the farm stock pay these
times Of bad crops, hard times and
American competition. Never be-
fore have the improved breeds been
so popular or so universally adopt
ed; if we cannot improve the prices
and cannot give up farming and
stock breeding we can improve the
quality and size up to remunerative
prices.
The rains that have visited New
Mexico during the past two weeks
have been more general than for
five years. The heretofore owe
stocked ranges were thinned out
this spring, by shipments to north
ern pastures, and the prospects of
the cattlemen are brighter than
ever before, since the beginning of
the decline in cattle, in the latter
eighties. Let the cattleman not be
downhearted, over the low price of
the markets, and in the near future
he will reap the reward of his past
labors.-Stock Grower.
The cattle market at Chicago
last week was described by the
Drover's journal, Saturday, as fol-
lows: There have been some bad
weeks in the cattle market but
none worse than the past. A geek
ago, will be remembered, 5000 cat
tie we're left over, and on Monday
and Tuesday the market was about
the worst on record in tone, if not
in price. The few cattle that sold
from day to day did not show &c
, much difference after rock bottom
was touched, but until Wednesday
t it seemed impossible to clear the
supply at any price. Wednesday
t the change came, and cattle tina
e had been on hand q week and NOR,
were saleable at about 50@75c de
cline from the week previous
n Thursday there was little or nj
change except an advance in price
Q on dry fed cattle. Friday the fai
to good cattle all sold 20@40
above the low point of Monday
The condition of the market 70
If next week is very uncertain. ON
one thing is sure and that is tha
k the market will be no good if a
30 the cattle ready to come are force
to market. There are many this
If could and should be held unit
they and the market have time I
improve. There is every reason t
I. believe that the worst of the MOI
ey tightness over, and that wit
10 common sense and good judgemel
r. any change ought to be for I'll
or better.
= The report of the Burea
Animal Industry for 1892, anon
other things, is largely devoted
the discussion of pleuro pneumI
t. mia, an extract of which contain
Sc the following: 1t appears tn.
Or more than two and a half million
a of cattle from the infected distri
le have been inspected and kept SCI
g. arated from other cattle, in Il
ID channels of commerce, and mo-
th than forty thousand cars have bee
a disinfected under the supervise
We of the department inspectors. TIL
al great amount of work has bee
N, accomplished without friction
or hardship to those who have ownC
% the stock. 1t is a line of work whiC
n has been extremely popular,
9il everyone who has been engaged
n the shipment or sale of cattle h.
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