El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-24

Ewes before lambing and afterwards
should be kept by themselves.
Augora goats. it is claimed, will
protect fucx of sheep from dogs.
TIL price of sheep and lambs are
from 80 t. SO cents higher than a yeal
ago at this time.
When prosperity" gets here the
fine wool Of the Merino will again
make that breed exceedingly va u able
Even half d zen sheep are better
than none, as they will keep down the
| weeds ard pi event the farm from be-
ing seeded with such pests.
The cattlemen of therGila vicinity
are engaged in their annual spring
round up. and expect to ship 2,O0C
head the latter part of this month
Enterprise.
! The export of hog products from
the principal ports of the United States
last week were 23,942, 900 pounds
against ii ,610 900 pounds for the cor
responding week in 1896.
| Ifa case of Texas fever is taken in
hand early, when the first symptoms
appe ar, it may be cured The natural
organic substance we have developed
along the lines of the antitoXin tie St
ment of other maladies, particularly
diphtheria, had It's incipiency in the
lab ,ra'ories of the M ssouri state uni
versity, as far back as 1889 90. as will
be seen by the report of the 5 ate board
of sgricul ure Of M ssourl for thOS.
years, in which will be found both toe
successful and III uecessfnl attempts at
vacci' alton and cur, with number
of klud. of virus, ct. The succeIsfu
Oues of tn It date are based on an or al
ic substance. The sero-vdccin9 used
tpday is tn lsgitim ate out iona of the
origins orga tic products used in 1889
and 1S90.-EX.
It ought to be remembered that the
sheep lndu try is not alone in a de-
pressed con 1 ton. Wheat growers are
a badly off as she.p growers, and
there are other lines of agriculture that
are as bad as either of these. 1t is not
at all remarka BILE that in the general
downfall of prices, wool and mutton
shOuld be involved. When better me,
come. as they W II ere long, tn Sc utter
est, in common with others will re-
vive; and the MN who keep their
hockS, who are care ful and skillfull in
feeling and management, who breed
on Y from the best and make cOnsta ant
efforts TO improve, and who do the
best they can under the circumstances
in which they are placed, are the ones
Who will secure the greatest profit
when the sheep industry is again At the
height OF prosperity Stock
man.
'Wool Markets and Sheep" tt which
valu BILE pa per We are indebt d for
many of our sheep items, remarks:
I'VE frequently hear men say that they
have had no experience 10 management
of she p and hence are 10th to buy
them for that reason. Every mau must
be beginner at some time in whatever
vocation he may choose to follow. He
can gain nothing by wait ny ii | some
other time, for the longer he waits the
older he will be and tue less apt b will
be in Earning. The beginner may not
know where The shoals are, he may not
know where to look for the coming
trouble, but if be is careful, Observing
and uses good common nSe, he will
see trouble soon and w II not be long
in Revising some means Of remoAlng
them 1t is a good plan to start with a
few sheep and after little experience
gradually increase the number of the
hock.''
At Nacogdoches, Texas, letter
states that there is an enormous fatal
Try among tn mules and horses in the
vicinity Of Alto, in Cherokee county,
twenty-seven miles west. Fortyfour
head could be counted that had died in
two days. The supposed cause is a
small fly, called buffalo gnat, that
appears every spring along the river
regions. They bite horses severely all
over and they fly up into their nostrils
and pack them to sutfocation.
The popular plan of watering horses
before eating. so Gu 5tomary in France.
is upon hygienic principles favored by
the veterinarians not only Of France,
but in England and in this country.
Mons. Gayot, French government vete-
rinarv aud equine historic writer, ia
vored this plan, as does also DR.. Flem-
ing, The eminent Scotch We erinarian,
where running water is not available.
Some Will say, my horse W II not drink
him, and when once accustomed to
drink first, will eagerly look for the
water on cold mornings as well as in
warm weather of the d l-ni ght rest. A
drink of water refreshes the horse,
improves his appetite ard aids diges s.
ton: but if allowed to eat o hea"ty feed
and then watered, the digestion is
the result; besides, often collie or other
trouh ensues Tea-h your horses to
drink before eatiug.-E
At Big Sandy the great quantity of
rain and the overt wv OF the many
o'iVd uiS oS'i C''O p'n''S udSS CD uSeu aH
a bu ndance Of buffalo gnats In that sec
ton of country. Old citizens there say
they have never known hem TT be so
had. In tn last week they have killed
tx enty-s, ven bead of mul. ard horses,
seventeen in that imm.d ate vicinity.
This is Il great calamity on some of
tie farmers. If the co i nights and
days cont nue. there is fear among the
farmers and owners of sto k of great !
destruction among the stock. not OILY
of h"r-e aud mules, but of cattle and
hogs.
BUFFALO GNAT CAUSING TROUBLE.
A Wlnona. Texa., dip itch saws: |
Since tho recent heavy rams the but !
falO gnat5 are doing n vast amount of
damage to stock and cattle of all kinds. j
They are so bad that cattle can not |
Craze, but are running through the |
woods be lowing as if they were mad. J
Some farmers have been forced to stop .
blowing on account of the gnats. Their |
horses are so bad y worrie that they |