Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-11-14
Cattle Notes.

cattle NOtees
Butchers at Council Bluffs, Iu,,
have organized for mutual benefit
W. II. Jack last week made a
large shipment Of cattle from Ra-
ton.
The outlook for cattle in the
southwest was never better. One
more year Of good rains with mar
kets satisfactory, and the cattlemen
will be in their glory.
The nineteen packing houses at
the Union Stock yards, Chicago,
are now employing only Is ,759
men, against 1921 a year ago.
The wolf nuisance in eastern
and southern New Mexico is be-
coming more pronounced every
year, and the next Legislature
should see to it that some effective
means are employed to abate it.
Texas has about 1000, 900 head
of cattle. They are chiefly found
west of the 10th meridian an d
are part of the wealth Of arid
America.
In Illinois sheep are found to
be afflicted in the lungs with small
white worms. The sheep have good
appetities but grow poor. Turpen-
tine given in liberal doses has
proved beneficial.
J. G. Wyatt, formerly in the cat
tie business in the San Simon val
ley, Grant county, New Mexico,
was killed by a train at Berkely,
near San Francisco a few days ago.
He and a companion were trying
to beat their way on brake beam
and Wyatt lost his hold and fell
beneath the cars.
The Tucson, Ariz., Star says:
During the last few days several
carloads of cattle have been sent
to California from the Southern
Arizona. Everything points to q
heavy demand in this fall and win
ter for beef cattle in California,
particularly in the southern por-
ton. Pima cattlemen are much
encouraged by the favorable out
look. Reports from all sections
are that cattle are fat and in better
condition for market than ever be-
fore.
Russia has finally invented the
way to prevent horse stealing.
When a men buys a horse or other
wise comes into possession of it
honestly, government certificate is
made out that the individual is the
rightful owner. This he must pre-
serve as long as the animal remains
in his possession. The certificate
must go with the horse when it is
sold and be produced on demand.
When, therefore, anybody claims
to own a horse and cannot show
the certificate, he can be jerked be-
fore the law instantly. This plan
would work we'll where there are
only a few horses, but a western
American ranchman would have
some trouble getting certificates
for several thousand.
Every man contemplating going
into the sheep business should
choose for himself what breed is
best adapted to his want and con-
ditions. Distance from market is
worthy of consideration in decid-
ing whether he shall produce NUT
ton or wool, and proximity to a
market has a good deal to do with
success in raising lambs to be used
for mutton. If engaging in this
one should secure a rapid growing,
early maturing breed, and not look
for the largest. Those which would
good growth quickly would
give best results. If he wanted to
keep sheep until two years old be-
fore selling them, he would select
breeds, but if to sell at one
year old, the smaller breeds would
prove best.
Probably the largest specimen
of the bovine creation in the United
arrived at the Kansas City
Stock Yards last week. 1t is a
mammoth six-year-old short-horn
steer, weighing 300 pounds, and
his owners are Penn & Nisbett,
shippers of Lowry City. Mo.
This veritable mountain of beef
was raised in Dallas County, Mo,