Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-03-13
Cattle Notea.

await the action Of the grand jury.
On the western slope Of the con-
tinental divide, Socorro county,
there is about ten inches of snow.
This will insure plenty Of grass
next year.
Cattlemen in Wyoming are ex-
cited over an order authorizing
Indians to drive cattle of of pri-
vate property.
1t is reported that. J. II. Riley the
eattleman Of Dona Ana county be-
gan range work on the 2Sth, and
yet some Of our eastern exchanges
say that New Mexico cattle are
suffering from a severe winter.
Several of the big stock outfits
on the Frisco and Tularosa, in
SocOrro county began March first
to gather cattle for market The
cattle in that section are in fine
condition, which makes il posi-
able to work them one month ear
lier than usual.
Gazette: 1t seems to be the
prevailing desire of the eattlemen
Of Arizona that the Legislature en-
act a law requiring the railroads
to provide suitable cars for the
transportation of live stock.
Over 1876. 900 head of cattle were
exported from North American
ports last year, of which 81, 100
were forwarded from Boston, 80,
100 from New York, and, $4,000
from Montreal.
Seventeen carloads Of cattle
were shipped from Chicago one
day the fore part of last week
for direct export to Liverpool,
among the consignment, were a
number of fed Colorados that
averaged 1000 lbs. and costs S4.55.
Cattle buying has been almost
as active within the past two weeks
in this section, as In summer.
Among those engaged in buying
cattle here are ]. w. Beeler, of
Kinsley, Kansas, who purchased
$50 head of cattle from Joe Lopez.
A. Z. Prentice has.also made some
good purchases Stock Grower.
Cattlemen who have contem-
plated shipping cattle within the
next two weeks would do well to
read .ne signs and go slow, as if
predictions turn out.correct, there
is to be considerable cold weather
yet and a blizzard on a train load
of cattle will depreciate its value
materially.
A dispatch from Lusk, Wyom-
ing, of the. 22d ult. says: The
thermometer Sunday night regis
tered 90 degrees below zero. The
snow is from six inches to one
foot deep on the level, streams are
frozen and cattle are suffering for
the want Of food and water.
This is the hardest winter on stock
since 1878, and it is probable the
loss in range cattle will reach
40 per cent.
Receipts of cattle at the four
leading markets the past week
were l2l, 600, against l03, 500 the
previous week. OF the ~ 1000
Chicago received 62,7O0; Kan
sas City, 80, 900; Omaha, 1920,
and st. Louis 11,400. The week
at Kansas City opened with a light
supply, caused by the severe snow
storm, but on the next day the re-
ceipts were large, and Wednesdays
were so large. 1882, hat it came
very near having been a record
breaker, the heaviest days receipts
having been 1880 on October 10,
1893.
Last week while coming to Las
Vegas, a porminent sheep man of
this place found a freshly killed
COW which belonged to Don Pablo
Baca. The animal was evidently
not killed for beef, but more than
likely through mischief as from
appearances there has been no at
tempt made to skin it, and there
was nothing to show that it had
been disturbed after being shot
Such malicious mischief as this
must and viii be stopped ven il
the people have TO take the matter
into their own hands 1t seems