El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-01

The Weed and Upper Penasco coun-
try has sold something over S3o,OOO
worth of cattle this summer.
The Chicago Drovers Journal COM
plains that two years ago chicago was
receiving % 600 more cattle per week
than at present, not only is the season
late but the quality of the stuff market
ed is poor.
About $50 head of ticky cattle got
into the ST. Louis stock yards recently
and before the ticks were discovered q
part of the cattle were shipped to Ten
nessee, some to Arkansas and the re-
mainder put into the local feed yards.
OF $50 native feeders was quarant1ned
with the tickers.
According to the returns of the tax
assessors of the country. there has been
a decrease of l, 200, 900 head of cattle
total of 10000 head. This steady
decrease has continued while there has
been a steady increase in the popula-
ton of 800, 900 per year.
The secretary of agriculture has
sian grass said to be we'll adapted to
the semi-arid regions of tie southwest
He will soon distribute it for expert
mental purposes, aud expects to mater
tally increase the forage growth over
large areas in that section.
The great drought in the grazing
portions of Australia still continues
The sheep are dying for want of water
and feed in large numbers and many
more are being slaughtered for their
skins. 1t is estim ated that the wool
clip will only be one half what it was
last year, or will be short 321, 900, DOC
pounds.
1t is reported from Puerto de Luna
that nearly all the wool sent to
market from that section this year has
been locked cent or more pound on
account of the presence of wild oats In
the fieeces. Securing will not remove
weeds or nettles from the wool and it
can be cleaned only by cab printing the
fleece at the mills.
Great Britain with an area not
greatly in excess of Minnesota and
Iowa, has more than 100000 900 sheep.
France supports 10000, 900 on much
profit out of their sheep on their high
priced land. the sheep industry ought
to be one OF the most profitable in this
country of low priced land.
The fine rains of the past week, ex-
tending almost all over southeastern
New Mexico, have removed the fears
entertained by some stockmen that
the abnndap rains in the early season
meant a drought later and that grass
would dry up too early in the fall.
Ranges and cattle were never in better
condition, nor prospects brighter than
at the present time.
The cattlemen of SocorrO and Sierra
counties are anticipating the preva-
lence of diseaee known as the black
leg among herds, which is caused by
the cattle putting on to much fat. To
prevent this the cowboys have receiv-
ed orders from the owners to keep the
animals on the mOve-that is, to hustle
them about from place to place to re-
duce flesh. Not for years have the
ranges been in such excellent condition
and at tide same time SO barren of stock.
San Marcial Bee.
An exchange says; The wool pro
ducers and traders are inter ested in a
new plan for the sale of wool, in the
shape of series of auctions, to take
place at New York, on August 18th,
sept. OLu duO -OGd oho OSGooOi Acbd,
thereby giving an open market 10
American wool trade. Other auctions
will follow. These sales are to be on
the plan of the London wool auctions
and those held in Liverpool, Leeds and
Manchester, and will do away with the
expenses that now go to the middle
man. - An improvement over the Lon
don plan of having brokers sell their
own wool is the appointment by the
wool exchange of an official auctioneer.
He is not, however, to infringe on
brokers' rights.
Two months ago p. D. Armour, the
packer, of Chicago, shipped 10000
head of sheep from southern Texas
into Monroe county, Mo-, to fatten
them for the market. Since their
advent a small worm, known among
stockmen as the ''screw worm," has
made it's appearance, and all classes of
stock are now suffering from its raw
ages. The worm bores into the body
of an animal and deposits its eggs, and
in few days running sore is the re-
suit. During the past few days the
farmers have made heroic efforts to
stamp out the pest by the use of car
bolic acid, turpentine and chloroform
and 9th er remedies, and, as general
rule, they have succeeded in saving
their stock. This pest is a new one in
Monroe county, the general opinion
being that it was brought into the
county by the Armour sheep.