Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-17


n,eetiuX Of representatives
IL ibe New Iotioo siocknen held
ai Santa I'd ondcr fhe auspices Of
she Territorial Cattle Sanitary
Commission, President j. T. Saint
presided, and q. l. Brooks acted
as secretary. Among those pre-
sent were Hon. n. s. Otero, Hon,
7. ID. Burns. Col Mothersill,
Judge s. T.. Booth, Representative
Hinkle, Representative Hopewell
and Others interested in both the
cattle and sheep growing industry.
After due discussion It was agreed
TO ask Of the Legislature several
notifications in the existing stock
laws One Of the proposed chang
es suggests the registry of all the
cattle brands with the secretary Of
the Territorial cattle sanitary COM
mission instead of with the several
county clerks, as now provided by
law. Such registry is to be made
compulsory. In this manner all
conflict of brands, which is now
responsible for no end Of annoying
disputes and litigation among
stock owners may be done away
with. Take, for instance, the
"7HL" brand; there are more than
fifteen cattle owners in New Mex
leo whose herds carry this brand,
and whenit comes TO hunting down
strays or locating stolen stock,
great confusion follows because Of
this fact Another suggested
change enlarges the scope Of the
present commission providing for
changing its title to read, "The
New Mexico Live Stock Com
mission" and comtemplates giving
it certain jurisdiction over the
sheep interests of the Territory.
This feature IS deemed necessary
owing to the laxity with which the
scab law Of two years ago has been
dealt with. AS matters now stand
little heed is paid to the scab law;
there is nobody 10 look after its
enforcement, and as a result New
Mexico sheep are under a cloud
among buyers from northern and
eastern states. Bills embodying
these and other notifications of
minor import will be drawn and
laid before the law makers for their
consideration.
W. S. Hopewell, manager of the
Las Animas Land and Cattle COM
pany, in the Black Range, has had
a force of men engaged in the con-
struction OF an immense dam across
the mouth of a canyon in the San
Andreas mountain, about thirty
FIVE miles southwest of Lava, for
the purpose of making a large res
e%rvoir, which it is hoped the rain
fall will keep filled. The dam will
be, when completed, twenty feet
high and about $50 yards long,
and make a lake running back into
the canyon about a half mile. If
this undertaking is successful
many reservoirs will undoubtedly
be built along the mountain ranges,
where there is splendid grazing
but no water for stock.
Stockmen who are loudly pro-
claiming that there's no longer any
money to be made raising stock
should sell out, quit business and
give place to men who will say the
business, properly followed, is as
profitable as it ever was, and who
will make their words come true.
7. d. Burns has erected com.
modious shed accommodations a
Park View, n. NJ, with the in.
tention of feeding 1000 choice
merino ewes and breeding them t.
Delaine bucks, which he has re
Gently brought into the country
from Pennsylvania.
Number of sheep in the United
States in 1892, A, 938, 1866. Mum
Der in 1891, 43,419,l 1876. The pro
duction of fleece and pulled WOO
in the United States in 1892, 1888.
Ol8,405 lbs. amount in 1891, 307
40l, 507 lbs; increase in 1892, 20,
6O6,698 lbs.
J. H. Hemingway, of Folsom
shipped two cars Of mixed cattle b
market last week. This fnishe
up nearly all of his cattle on thi
range, and after disposing of ther
he viii 60 to his home at Carroltoi
Mississippi.