Southwest-sentinel., 1894-01-16
Cattle Notes.

lower Pocos report cattle in splen-
did condition and say that the
prospects for the next calf crop
are extremely Aattering.
The western division Of the San
ia Fe railroad has shipped into
Kansas City this year, 696,76S
head Of cattle, or almost two thirds
of the entire number received at
that point
The cattle interests Of the Te r
ritory are the prime sources Of
revenue to the railroad company
and it is to its interest to see that
rates nre established that will
bring cattle and trade to points
along its route.
Sheep is one of the very best
classes of stock for the farmer to
handle for a term of years in order
to receive the most benefit with
the least risk and labor.
Every sheep owner should know
how to grade wool. A good buyer
often purchases at a lower price
simply because the owner doesn't
know how it will grade.
Wool and mutton go hand IN
hand and no sheepman can pros
per without proper regard for
both. But with proper manage
ment this combination will pay
the mortgage on any mans farm
and leave HIM a nice little nest
egg to tide over an occasional un-
favorable year.
In an interview with a promi-
nent cattleman a few days ago the
question was askedas to the amount
of stock on the ranges being sufi-
cient to consume the pasturage of
the Territory, and in reply he
stated in substance that when the
coming calf crop will be ready for
market, which will take about 3
years, the range would again have
all or more cattle on it than it can
conveniently feed. He stated that
the amount of cattle that had been
shipped from the Territory during
the year, together with the loss
through the past hard winter and
drouths, had almost denuded the
ranges of beef cattle and that the
next year would see less cattle
shipped by many thousand than
were shipped last year.
A man who wishes to have his
cattle quiet and easily handled,
must himself be quiet when about
them. An excitable, nervous, i'll
tempered man should never be
permitted to have the care of
stock. 1t is well to bear in mind
that good breeding is just as val
liable in the man as in the animal
of which he is master.
A horse has forty teeth. A
mare generally has thirty-six.
They consist of six upper and six
lower incisors or front teeth, which
are the only teeth visible when a
horse opens his mouth, and twenty
four molars ranged in lows of six
on either side Of the jaw. In adj
dition a horse also has four canine
teeth or tusks,or,as they are some
times known, bridle-teeth, one up
per and one lower on each of the
jaw, which protrudes from the gum
in the space separating the incisors
and the molars. They make their
appearance after the horse has
reached his fifth year. They are
seldom found in mare.
My horse has a low whinny,
which means water" and a high
er-keyed, more emphatic neigh,
means flood" When l hear these
sounds l know as definitely what
she means as if she spoke in Eng
lish. The other morning, passing
along the street, l heard that same
low whinny, and looking up saw a
strange horse regarding me with a
/ pleading look. / knew he was suf-
fering from thirst, and no language
could make it palmer. The Ian
guage of lower animals is not all
articulate. 1t is largely a sign
language. The horse, does a deal
of talking by motions of the head
and by his wonderful expressive
looks. He also, upon occasion,
talks with the other extremity. A
peculiar switch of the tail and a