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


circular calling the attention of raj
road companies to the sectors of tn
revised statutes forbiddipg the confin e
ment of animals in cars or vessels fo
more than twenty-eight hours withou
unIos dug them for rest, feed and wa
ter for period Of five consecutiv
hours
1t is an oft told tale of late, but vii
bsar repetition still mOre-the deman
of the times is for what is commonl
termed baby beef" that is, beef fror
eighteen 10 twenty-four months oil
animals. Herefords, Shorthorns an,
moral is obvious-improve your herd
by infusion of blood of these bree1s.
Sales of vearlings at SIS to SIG are re
ported almost every day of late. Up
ward markets are to some extent re
sponsible for these good prices but no
altogether. On investigation it will be
found that the men that get these fig
ure5 are those who have been improv.
ing their herds, and the stock is so well
known that buyers are content to buy
the brand sight unseen"
There are reports of large stock sales
all over the northeastern ella county
in the Pleasant valley country and
down on Cherry Creek; also through
out the Tonic Basin. The grass is
very good all over the lower country OF
Tonic and Rye, but on the Pleas AM
Valley ranges grass is back ward; some
cattle died for want of feed and there
is scarcely any there yet.
Jerry Sullivan was here from Selig-
man, Arizona, Saturday. Mr.. Sullivan
had just disposed of 5000 CATTLE to par
ties IN Kansas who will fed them for
the Kansas City market He reports
plenty of cattle in his state, prices
good and the outlook for the cattle
trade the best for many years. Mr..
Sullivan has, in addition to the cattle
sold in Kansas, several hundred head
which he Will fatten and market at
Pacific coast points.-Drovers Tele-
gram.
Albert Graves, u prominent citizen
and a regular stock shipper Of Norton,
Norton county Kansas, was at the
yards yesterday with several loads of
Arizona cattle In the consignm mt
were A head, averaging S92 pouads,
and 50 head averaging 9Ol pounds.
Both punches were sod to Schwartzs-
child 81 Sulzberger at 1886. Mr. Graves
purchased these cattle on the Denver
market about a year ago and hired
them fed. They had been full fed five
months on shelled corn.-Kansas City
Telegram.
10 pastyears the number of Mexican
cattle shipped east and north from
Arizona, together with the poor and
dwarfed condition of improved stock,
due to the effects of drought, have
tended to deprive our progressive stock
men of the benefits which they should |
have realized from their Investment
in blooded bulls. The fine condition
of cattle this spring, coupled with the |
high percentage of white faced year
lingS. will go far toward giving Ari- |
IONA feeders the pre-eminence to which |
they are justly entitled.-Range News. |
Nothing more clearly indicates the |
shortage in feeding cattle than the fact |
that during the past few weeks Buffalo |
has been shipping feeders to Chicago
Some of them were Canadians. This |
reversal of the natural trend of trade
is very significant. The west has for
years been the breeding ground and its
lean stocks have been shipped east to
be fattened on the corn and blue grass
Of the Mississippi and Ohio valleys. 1t
IS surely an anomalous condition when
5he west reaches out to the east for
stock to consume its grass.-Breed-
ers Gazette.
The superintendent of the Deptford
London) foreign cattle market, report
ng to the cattle N arkets committee of
he corporation, stated that cattle from
he United States and Canada arrived
here generally in excellent condition,
)wiDg to the superior manner in which |
he ships are fitted, and that for the
anne reason the percentage of loss was
,ery small, being about one half per
,ent on all last years receipts. In
ome instances the cattle improve on
he voyage. Cattle from Argentina do
lot arrive in as good condition., being
exhausted and very wild, al
hough recently there is a noticeable
N provement in that class. Sheep from
argentina are landed in excellent con
litlon. Loss on Argentina stock last
ear was over 3 per cent.