El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-08

There are fully 40, 600 head OF cattl
under herd on the Pecos river.
During April the expectation of So
nora cattle reached the estimated nun
Der of 49, 900.
James Philips, of South Dakots
shipped ?. POO head of cattle from Tucso
recently.
Heavy wool shipments are bein;
made from Holbrooz and other town
on thu A. q p.
The wool clip of northern New Mex
leo is large, notwith standing the larg,
herds sheared in the Salt river.
| Deterioration of Texas hides bJ
damage in branding, and consequen
reduction in price, foots up annually
to tens of thousands of dollars.
Messrs. Mosher and Driscoll, OF
South Dakota, have 1000 head o.
cattle waiting here for Transports
tion to that state from this city
Star.
Mexican cattle are being rushed
into the United States by tens of
thousands in antici pat on of the i'm
port duties embodied in the Dingley
bill.
a Fort Worth cattle buyer was in
Alpine a f w DAYS ago and we under
stand he offered So for cows and S23
for yearlings but failed 10 get any at
that price.-Alpine Avalanche.
A market for the sale of American
blooded cattle will before long be found
in the Argentine Republic. United
States Minister Buchanan is making
active efforts towards that end.
Whenever there is decline or stag
nation in the market it is always the
common stock that suffers first. Ship
pers of good, desirable stock seldom
have much complaint to make of the
market.
In view of possibilities a safe bust
ness for Texas cattlemen to let alone is
the Mexican cattle traffic, for a time at
least, until the Dingley bill is disposed
of, and they can see clearly where
they are at
Wool is commanding better price
this season than for several years, and
mutton is also up. One or more seasons
like the present and our sheep raisers
will have money to throw at the birds.
-Winslow Mail.
II is stated that the shipments to the
Indian Territory this spring comprise
much larger proportion of steers than
usual. A larger number of yea"lings
nd twos have al,o been sent this
spring than year ago.
The cattlemen of the Payson section
If ella county are engaged in their
spring rodeo. Almost all the steers on
he ranges are contracted for, some to
Phoenix parties and others to go east.
4. J. Kramer has contracted for few
cattle, 100 head from w. Fl. Fisher and
100 from Sam Taught. of Rye.
Local cattlemen have been busy this
season making their spring delivery,
which has commenced in good earnest
Over 5000 head have been shipped
rom Deming this week, 1.S00 head
coming from the state of chihuahua,
n old Mexico, the ba lance being Grant
county stock.-Deming Headlight.
W. G. Triton, manager of the Cass
land 81 Cattle company, has sold three
head of two and three year
I'D steers to the Order Commission |
company, receiving S19.S0 per head for |
he twos and S24S per head for the
hree year old. These are good prices |
out they are good cattle.-RoswellI
Record.
About quarter of million head of
,attle have been returned from the |
our big markets this year 10 feed lots |
the corn belt. This is an
mere ase of 10 per cent over the num-
,ers sent out for a corresponding pc
iod last year; the prices paid were
IlsO uncOmmOnly good, numerous sales |
,eing made at from $3.50 to 1925 per |
90 pounds.
There are fully forty Thousand head |
If cattle under herd on this and the |
,ther side of the Pecos. They will be |
trimmed up. The steers sold will b. |
.ut ont and driven to northern pastures, |
md cows and calves will be taken back |
o their ranges. If we had a north
EASTERN railroad connection all these |
teers would be shipped from this |
POINT. Record.
1900 stock cars have been ordered to |
his county to accommodate the large |
hipments of cattle to be made in the |
lear future from this place and Dem
ng. This is estimated will bring n az
y h llf a million dollars to the cattle
zen of this county. Most of these cat |
lie sold at good prices and cattlemen
ay this will be the most prosperous
ear they have had for ten years.
The movement of cattle from Texas |
o Indian Territory points is virtually |
'ver, it having been pushed through |
With celebrity for the past two weeks. |
The shipments viii aggregate more |
han figured on some time ago, owing |
n part 10 shortage of grass in the |
outhwest Texas cattle belt. 1t is esti-
mated that about 375, 900 head have |
,een sent Forwards ONE place the !
igures as high as 400, 600 head.
Quite q number of cattle in this |
ection of the country have recently |
lied from "black leg" This disease |
5 supposed to be conta gious and is in
pir ed by too much feel. 1t is seldom
hat any thing but yearlings a"e at
acked. The animal will lie down and |
lie. After death a swelling is noticed |
u the left shoulder and leg. If this is
ut open it will be found that the flesh |
s decompose1 and black, hence the |
ame, "black leg" A man riding in
rom the river lat week motto d four
nimals dead from this disease.-Li-