El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-26
Live Stock.

II Live Stock.
Steps Taken to Exterminate Wild
Animals.
According to appointment and an
nouncement the following stockmen
met at Alpine, Texas, in Judge Van
Sickle's office, for the purpose of Orga-
nizing themselves into q committee or
association for the purpose of exter
nina ting wild animals that prey upon
the stock interest of the country: A.
S. Gage, J. B. Irving, P. II. Pruett, w.
E. Pruett, Il. L. Lackey, L. Haley, w.
T. Henderson, T. S. Brockenbrow, A.
T. Winder, II. L. Kokernot. J.. M.
Rooney, Jno. Greenlee, w. j. McIn-
tyre and W. Van Sickle. The follow
ing resolutions we're adopted:
lst.-That the counties of Brewster,
Presidio, jeff Davis and Pecos be en-
braced in this association, provided
that the 5th resolution herein be adopt
ed stockmen.
2nd.-To carry out the purposes of
this organization the following assess
ments be made in the manner herein
after provided, cattle are to be assess
ed at one-half cent per head; stock
horses, One-half cent per head; and
sheep, One-eighth cent per head
The number to be ascertained from
the 1898 tax rolls.
3rd-The reward offered for wild
animals is as follows: Lobo wolves,
$40; young lobos before they leave their
den or bed So: panthers, $40; cayoses,
SOC; wild cats, 81.
4th.-As hereinafter explained, the
reward is to be paid on the present
ment of the hide and one fore foot at
tached. ALPINE Avalanche.
J. V. Cunningham is feeding 200
steers on his farm south of Abilene, on
sorghum aud cotton seed. He will put
them through 60 days on that diet and
finish with 80 days on cotton seed meal.
West Texas Sentinel.
According to recent press dispatch
es, Messrs. Vail & Gates are in about
$4,000 through the failure of the
plunger Gillett to take 1000 head Of
their Panhandle cattle on which he
had paid $4,000 forfeit money.
News.
With only about SO, 1000, 900 sheep In
this country and the annual cOnsump-
ton of wool such that it would require
ITO. 600, 900 sheep to produce it, there is
little danger of the wool industry be-
ing overdone in this country in the
/
J.D. Tracy, one of the largest goat
men of Laguna, tells US that the price
of mohair is improving. He recently
sold his spring clip of about $500
pounds at 23c and knows of another
gOatman who was more fortunate in
getting 26c. ..'Mr. Landrum thinks
the price will still keep improving"
said Mr.. Tracy.-Uvalde Leader.
Thomas Warren OF Texas and G.. L.
Hever of Oklahoma, both wealthy cat
tie buyers, have arrived at Pueblo,
Mex, from q tour of the cattle raising
districts of the Mexican state. They
report that they have purchased 5000
head Of beef cattle, which will be ship
ped from that city to Cuba and Porto
Rico within the next two months
Alpine Avalanche.
| J. B. Hooker of Salt river, drove 500
head of mixed cattle to Temple and
put them on pasture for q month and
then shipped them to northern Kan
sas. Mr.. Hooker says it takes at least
q years pasturege to acclimate cattle
in Kansas, and that it is Improbable
to pasture there unless you are pre-
pared to keep them year. Snow
commenced falling on the 18th of Oc-
tober and continued three days.
Globe-Times.
Truxton Davidson, Alice, Tex,
bought 1900 graded stock cattle from
Phil Welder of Bee county at S15
around. Sold 270 COWS and calves to
A. E. Burlesan of Bell county, at $685.
SO. They were delivered at Beeville.
Mr.. Davidson is full feeding about 500
cattle at the Swesringen stock
farm near Cuero, and trough
ing" through at same place about 500
COWS and calves. The corn will be
crushed at the pens, and will chop the
sorghum. For full feed will mix chop
ped sorghum, crushed corn and cotton
meal. Mr.. Davidson says an advantage
of this feed is that he can feed longer
than the usual time with meal and
hulls, without harm to the CATTLE
Stock Farmer.
The county figures just issued show
ing the number of sheep kept in Great
Britain this year point to a slight but
welcome increase of prosperity for our
fockmasters. In England there has
been an average increase of 10 head
for every 100 sheep; in Scotland; an
increase of %, and in Wales OF %.
The average number of sheep
to every 1000 cultivated acres
in Great Britain is 464, the total stock
being nearly 27,OOO,OOO. The best
stocked county is Kent. with 957 head
to each 1000 acres; the worst-leaving
out the county of London-is Cheshire
with 145. London Is included in the
returns as sheep county although it
is far and away at the bottom of the
| list with an aggregate stock of only
5437 out of the q, OOO, 900 kept in Great
| Britain.-Exchange.