Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-08
GENERAL ROUNDUP.
Territorial Stock News Sales and
Shipments-Cattlemen Gener-.
ally Cheerful

| flock of Angora goats at Fairvlew.
The Penasco Cattle company hav,
started herd of 800 steers to market
A large number of cattle will be ship
ped from the western part of Grant coun
ty this month.
I. c. Shoemaker will ship 1900 head o
cattle from Maxwell city to Emporia
Kans., the 25th.
More cattle are shipped ont of Deming
than any other point in the United States
says the Headlight.
R. p. Segrist, of Seven Rivers, has sold
1000 head of steers to Il. A. Hearn, who
will drive them to the markets.
Black Range: The cattlemen on the
west side of the range are rounding up
cattle for n general shipment on the Goth.
On Wednesday Curwin g. Norris shipped
two full train loads of cattle from Socor-
ro and will make another shipment on
May 10.
Full train loads of cattle have been fed
at the yards at San Marcial every day and
nearly every night this week and still the
rush continues.
One of the most promising indications
of good times, as far as the cattle industry
is concerned, is the increasing demand
for improved bulls.
Rincon Weekly: Mr.. f. E. Bourbonia
as part of the train load of cattle that
are about to be shipped east.
Lordsburg Liberal: The Hart Bros.
spring round up commenced work last
Wednesday. They are gathering all their
cattle, having sold everything.
Several train loads of cattle which
we're shipped from Grant county, this
spring, got caught in the storm near
Dodge City, and nearly all persisted.
About fifty young colts were killed in
and about the stock yards at San Mar
cial during the wild antics of the band
of horses recently shipped to Missouri.
San Marcial Bee: The G. o. s. Cattle
company is rounding up its cattle on the
Sapello preparatory to making ship
ment of 500 head on the lst of June.
They will be loaded at Magdalena.
The Optic: Billy Rawlrs has returned
from a trip around the Mineral Hill
country, buying cattle. He secured only
about thirty, 30 scarce did he find young
stock. However, he now has about 200
yearlings for sale.
Albuquerque Citizen: David Fritzlen,
of Trinidad, passed through the city yes
terday on his way to Magdalenn, where
he recently purchased 1000 head of cows.
The COWS will be shipped to the pasture
at Dodge City, Kas., In short time.
Roswell Reporter: Saturday W. II.
Ney weighed two one-year-old rams.
They were full booded Lincoln stock.
They weighed POS and 233 pounds, and
sheared II pounds each of II inch wool.
The cattle shipments from New Mex
leo 80 far this spring have been unpre-
cedented. The Santa Fe railroad has
been taxed to its fullest capacity and the
shipments are by no means over yet.
Some stockmen are complaining of the
mixture of Jersey blood with beef stock.
II is claimed that where Jersey blood
exists in steer cattle it causes a shortage
in weight as compared with other classes
of steers of same age.
It 10 extremely probable that some
125,000 head of cattle will be driven into
Indian Territory from Texas for grazing
purposes, and unless it rains soon in
southwest Texas $4,000 cattle can be ad-
ded to that number and one-fourth of the
$4,000 will be cows.
Socorro Advertiser: Ricardo Abeyta |
has been 30 successful in grading up his
sheep that he proposes to continue the
annual purchase of high grade eastern
sheep for breeding purposes. He owns
one of the finest herds in the territory.
San Marcial Bee: E. S. Bell shipped
thirteen car loads of cattle from this
point on Thursday. They were gathered
in the mountains near Chloride and will
be unloaded at Springer, N. M. Another
shipment will be made shortly.
Roswell Record: john B. Dawson and
Frank Curtis, Colfax county stockmen,
are here for the purpose OF buying steers
They have already purchased nearly
2 900 steers in this and Lincoln counties
ana still want more.
Stock Grower: A shortage of both
cattle and hogs will be the order of the
day on the markets for several months to |
come, to say the least. Corn can be fed |
.v>crofit to either cattle or hogs, and
prices may be expected to stffen up a
little more rs time goes on.
Quick maturing steers of good quality,
steers that can be turued into market at
IN early age and at a good figure, are the
sort of steers that are attracting the at
tention of feeders for meeting the feed
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