The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-06-22
HORSES KILLED FOR HOG FEED
Effects of Droughts in Callfornia-S2, ,OOO,-
900 Worth of Live Stock Imperilled.

Effects of Droughts in Callfornia-S2, ,OOO,-
600 Worth of Live Stock Imperilled.
The growers of live stock in Cen
trail and Southern California are in
panic. Hay has gone up to $40 per
ton, and the continued drought and the
frequent hot northers have ruined the
prospects for feed in the future. Cat.
tie and sheep men are hustling their
stock out of the country rs fast as the
railroads can carry it. They have
tried to get permission from the Gov.
ernment to pasture it this summer on
the Government reservations, but
could only get permission to drive it
across them. They have applied to
Nevada for help, and Nevada has re-
piled that she has no more than she
needs for her own stock, but has fin
ally decided that stock may be shipped
across the State.
The cattle quarantine against the
southern part of the State has been
sufficiently modified to permit the re-
moval of stock from the drought
stricken sections, and the overland
roads have consented to make half
rates for stock sent East for pastur-
age. The authorities of Utah, Ne
braska aud Wyoming have agreed to
allow shipments into their territory of
stock that has been properly inspected.
The value of the imperiled stock is
in the neighborhood of 50, 900, 900,
Many buyers from Utah, New Mexico,
Nevada, Texas and Northern Califor-
MIA are visiting the drought-stricken
districts aud picking up bargains.
One herd of 5000 head of cattle, re-
quiring fifteen trains of eighteen
cars each has already been shipped
East, and the railroad authorities
made arrangements to send out at
once sixty trains of eighteen cars,
each of which will carry about 20, 900
head of cattle to points east of Nevada.
In all not less than 100000 head will
be sent out of the State.
One big shipment of 1S,5OO sheep
is on its way East in five trains of
thirty-seyen cars each. Another
shipment of Is, 200 sheep has been
sold in Chicago and is on its way
there. Nearly 100,O sheep will
probably be sent East during the next
month. Cattle and sheep cars are be-
ing collected and hurried here from
all parts of the West. One firm,
which controls large tracts of pasture
land, is shipping %, 900 head of sheep
to New Mexico and is sending droves
of cattle to Northern California and to
Texas. member of this firm said:
"We shall not leave a hoof on our
ranch. Everything, cattle, sheep and
horses, has got to go. There is no
feed for the stock"
Those having large bands Of horses
will suffer heavily, as the animals are
not sufficiently valuable to warrant
much effort in saving them. A good
many raisers of hogs are buying up all
the horses they can get at from 81 to
$3.50 per head for hog feed. The
horse is taken to the field, killed, its
hide stripped off, and its carcass left
to the hogs, which soon leave nothing
but pile of bones. One hog dealer
in Santa Barbara County has bought
$50 head Of horses which he will use
solely for hog feed. Several firms
are buying up horses for the manu-
facture of fertilizers. A few who
own blooded stock are sending it out
of the country for pasturage.