Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-30
cnttle Notea.

lot soup
Breeding stock is cheap now.
Thereforcs nov is the time to lay
the foundation Of O herd.
Considerable snow has fallen
throughout Big Valley and all the
cattlemen are feeding -the Alturas
Herald is informed.
Cattlemcn, says the Oshoco Re
view, Crook county, Oregon, are
rustliug, getting their cattle close
to feed.
The Alturas Herald thinks on
account of the Midwinter Fair it
looks as if the price of beef will be
higher in a short time.
A PoIled Angus heifer owned by
J. Fletcher, of Rosshaugh, Scot
land, took the champion prize as
the best animal in the annual fat
stock show recently held in Lon
don.
Prejudice agaiust anything ex-
cept dark red shorthorn cattle
seems to have exhausted itself.
The prize Canadian herd at the
Worlds Far confined not only
roans but pure white cattle.
NJ. Anble of big valley, Lassen
/ County, was in the neighborhood
of Alturas recently interviewing
our s~tockraisers with a view Of
purchasing a band of cattle to ship
to the San Francisco market.
Montana marketed over 200,00C
head Of cattle last year, an increase
Of $4,000 over last year. The total
money received by the stockraiserf
for the seasons business is estim-
ated at about 100000.
The modern art of preparing
cattle for market is not to obtair
mountains Of mere fat, but to pro
duce an animal which shall yielC
a large proportion of lean and sea
sonable meat.
The disease which is killing Tia,
Tygh Valley, Or, cattle is black
leg, but it only attacks fat an,
young cattle. The cattle are nov
as fat as they usually are il
summer, and nothing can be don
in the way of treatment for fear O
their taking cold by the operation
which is severe.
Colonel Hardin, who has exten
sive cattle interests in Nevada say
that the present holding Of cattl
which are feeding viii average on
ly about one-half in weight an
three ffths in number as compare
in number with those fed in form
er years. He looks to see bee
cattle bring eight cents in til
market before April LIST. owing
the poor prospects.
A carload of cattle from tn
d ranch of J. S. Hutchins, Centr'
House, al shipped from Gridle
to San Jose on Wednesday
D Six cars Of cattle from A.
e Wiley consigned to Polly, Hei
+ born q Co., San Francisco, and on
car of cattle from NJ. Michaels G,
{ ing to Rocklin were shipped wei
Saturday.
The New Mexico Stock Grove
a says: There are quite a number
reported trades of sheep for cattl
by sheepmen who have become di
q satisfied with the industry sin'
the recent slump in wool values.
IS possible that these same me
will find, when too late, hat the.
is a vast difference between Il
management of cattle and shee
It and that they had better have stuC
to the vocation that has filed Il
purse. Selling sheep when lc
and buying cattle when high ism
a likely to prove a paying inyes
L ment unless tho purchaser is tho
p oughly c%onyersant with the bus
ness and is surrounded by fave
rs able circumstances.
The wool market is still Auctua
y ing slightly bat the general toI
= is the same as for the pnst +,
b. months. One wrecks report W
lead one TO believe that tie botto
,e had dropped out Of the busine
and the next will show a slight
crease IL demand, with buye
looking for choice lots and hoide
lr hanging on for slight advances.
ie would look to a person who rea
~ that the state of the market at pl
. sent depends a great deal ON VIII,
her or not the reporters dim