Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-07-11
Cattle Notes.

NhAkN Ou 1ohoNitNh NettAN "AANA
requires all such to be slaughter-
ed Immediately on landing. AS a
consequence Of the refusal Of the
British government to permit the
importation Of live cattle, the Can
adian trade has fallen off fully one
kalf.
Texans continue to furnish the
major portion of supply at the
eastern markets. OF a total Of
6,3l0 cattle received one day re-
Gently 4,445 we're from Texas.
Think Of one state out Of forty
two supplying two-thirds of the
beef required by the entire coun-
try.
Two trail herds Of cattle from
Texas aggregating 5000 head,
passed through Brush, Morgan
county, n day last week. Both
herds belong to the o. Y. outfit
and we're bound for Montana. The
cattle were in prime condition for
trailers, and the men in charge
reported that they were laying on
flesh every day of the drive.
In a shipment Of 1S9 head of
cattle which arrived in Denver
from Phoenix, Arizona, last week,
twenty dead animals were found.
Such a condition of affairs indi-
Gates very poor care on the part
of the attendants.
Good beef cattle continue re-
markably scarce in the Denver
market. Better inducements to
ship killing cattle to this point
are offered by Denver purchasers
than are in any other markets in
the country.
Texas has not only harvested
her wheat but is beginning to sup
ply this market literally with
grass cattle, much to the disfavor
of native canning stock. Dressed
beef operators are not buying as
freely as would be the case if the
financial skies were clearer, and
the pinch is also restricting the
purchases of exporters. Prime,
light cattle have the call and will
continue to rule the roost during
the summer months, at least. -
Breeders Gazette.
John Durbin, president and
manager of the Platte Packing
company, also Wyoming stock in
spector at Denver, has inspected
10000 head of cattle this year at
the Union stock yards. He makes
the surprising statment that, in his
opinion, the whole system Of cattle
inspection is a sham except in
Denver, Kansas City, Omaha and
Chicago. THE only possible USE"
he said, "of live stock inspection
is to stop thieving and catch
strays. In n sanitary way il does
not amount to anything" In
confirmation Of his statment,
Mr.. Durbin declared that he could
give numerous instances in which
the cattle are given a clear bill Of
health and marked O. K. without
even being unloaded from the cars.
The Inspector sits in the hotel, he
says, takes the stockman's SO and
gives him a clearance. The actual
duty of inspection has been rend-
cred impossible by the methods
pursued in shipping cattle. A well
known cattle grower confirmed
some of Mr.. Durbin's statements.
He said that the stockmen Of
Wyoming and Montana were not
at all satisfied with the present
condition Of affairs. He said he
was taxed a cent and a half on
each head of cattle which he ship
ped cut Of Wyoming when they
reached Pine Bluff. The cattle
were not inspected at all, as they
were never unloaded from the a
The same thing happened at
Plattsmouth, where the cattle were
take ont 10 feed, but they were not
looked over. When he reached
Illinois he caught it again on his
train load of beeves. He did not
object to being given a clear bill Of
health, but the inspection was not
necessary at all, and if it had been
the diseased cattle would have
gone through just the same. "The
Montana cattle ~raisers," he added,
"who buy young Texans and fatten
them on their succulent ranges,
intend at the next meeting Of their