Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-02
CattIe Notes.



Torty-two head Of short two
year old s~teers'sold on the Chicago
market last week al S6.25. They
averaged 1866 pounds andwere
shorthorns.
Last weeks cattle receipts, 3d.
963, at Kansas City, were the larg-
est ever received in December,
with the'exception of the previous
week when 36,842 were received.
4 prominent Texas cattleman
claims that young steers are scarce
in hat state, and the next sum
mer's run OF cattle will be materi-
ally lessened from that Of the
past season.
Last weeks receipts of sheep,
16,2O2, at Kansas City, were the
largest since May and were more
than.double those Of a year ago.
The Yankee at a fair viii ask
the sheep exhibitor, How much
will it shear?" while the English
man will ask, How many stone
is his weight" or How much
will it dress per q%uarter?"
A Dakota sheep raiser thinks
that if sheep owners would give
equal parts of turpentine and cas-
tor oil to ailing sheep they would
find a speedy improvement in
nine-tenths Of the cases. A tea
spoonful once a day for FIVE or six
days viii suffice.
Mr.. W. c. Wright, of William
son county, Texas, is d~ehorning
1000 feeding steers. He tried
the experiment on 500 last year
and was well pleased with the re-
suit. He claims that more than
double the number of hornless
e4tle can eat at a trough, AMI,
that their improvement will be
more rapid.
Stock shipments from tho south
west continue undated. The
weather for the past month has
been all that could be desired for
the shipment Of live stock, and
has been of untold benefit in al
lowing ranchmen to clear the
ranges of stock now fat, that
would have beey Improbable to
carry over another year. The con-
dition of the range cattle is such
that they are bringing fair prices
on the markets, and the cattlemen
r not slow in taking advantage
Of favorable circumstances to
clear their ranges of all old stock,
which would not stand the siege
OF a severe winter. The only
thing in sight to injure the cattle
business now is unfavorable legis
%lation, and it is not probable that
that can affect it for some time to
come.
The Texas Live Stock Journal
sums up the gain in feeding cattle
in the following terms: "sup-
pose a man has a car load or two
of steers that he thinks of putting
on the market a little early to save
feed, or because other people are
sending theirs to market and he
is afraid there viii be no market
when his are ready, OF some other
foolish reason, then suppose that
he thinks better Of the matter and
concludes TO feed out sixty days
longer. He will put 100 pounds
at least on each ANIMAL, aud this
extra amount Of weight he will
carry free OF charge. That is one
point in his favor. Another is
that he claims the attention of a
class Of buyers when he reaches
the market that are willing to pay
a good price for finished beeves.
This is the big point gained. If
he gets Is cents per hundred
pounds more for his cattle 1t is a
matter OF 1916 per head in his
pocket But Ia place Of % cents
il may make the difference Of 81
on the hundred. Ten or ffteen
dollars saved on the steer is GER
tainly worth the saving, especial
~ when it represents the profit
there Is in the business for feed
ers."