Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-03-20

owing to tho facilities for shear.
ing and shipping that are to be
had at that point. The sheepmcu
are entitled to the thanks of the
community for their persistent
work and efforts to bring this state
of affairs about.
The tuberculosis scare through.
out the east is causing n great
many cattle to be slaughtered by
the state boards of health, and con-
sequently there is considerable
comment as TO the business or nee
essity for this slaughter. 1t is
claimed that the manner Of ascer-
tanning whether or not an animal
has the disease, is imperfect, and
that a great many cattle have been
killed unnecessarily.
TnG markets within the past
few weeks have had the bottom
knocked out Of them. AS winter
grew more severe in the east and
the working people of that section
had less employment and conse-
quently less money with which to
buy meat. the weather in the west
was such that it permitted the con-
tinuous shipments of cattle to mar
kets, causing glut, in the absence
of n demand. The drop in prices
of late can in no instance be trac-
ed to an abnormal supply, but rath-
er to the absence of the necessary
money with which to buy meat.
The great mass of the beef eaters
Of the United States are laboring
people, and at no time in the his
tory of the United States we're
there so many of them out of en-
as at present.
Weather Prophet Foster
made a frightful mistake in his
prophesies as to the weather from
the 9Th to the 18th of March in so
far rs it related to the southwest.
He prophesied that between those
dates we would experience the
coolest weather for years, but dur
ing the past five days the reverse
has been the case. Cattlemen in
the central and southern part of
the territory have already begun
spring work on the ranges and un-
less Fosters prophesies prove true
pretty soon, this will be the best
range year the cattlemen in the
southwest have had in many years.
Exporters bought close to $500
cattle at Chicago during the week
ended with Saturday last, as
against 6,400 for the pr erious
week and 400 a year ago.
The western markets for hides,
such rs are taken off in the coun-
try, are fairly steady to firm,
though of course prices are decid-
edly low. In fact they are about
as low as they have been in many
years, if ever. Small lots of cow
skins, rs they are sent in from the
country, sell in the Chicago mark
ct rs low as 81 and SIC. per pound,
Steers sell at a premium and calf
skins around 74@8c.
Receipts of cattle at the four
leading markets last week were
104,2 200 head, of which Chicago re-
ceiyed 50, 700; Kansas City, $4,000
Omaha, 10000; and st. Louis, II,
500. The previous week the re-
ceipts were $4,000, the cores
ponding week in 1898, 227,500.
Last months receipts Of cattle
at Chicago are the lightest Febru-
airy receipts since 1889, and, ex-
cepting last year, the receipts of
hogs are the lightest recorded for
February, 1883. Since February,
1888, the receipts of sheep have
increased from 92,715 head to 243,
600, which is about this months
supply.
1t would seem that cattle expor-
ters would do we'll at current pri-
ces for good export beeves here
and abroad. There is at present
prices a greater margin by So to
so per head than at last years
values.
The largest cattle weight bridge
yet made for use in the British
Isles is now under construction at
the GLASGOW works Of Messrs.
Henry Pooley & Son, for the York
hill lairage. It's platform will