El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-02

Live Stock.

Five hundred head of Shropshire
lambs came to Eddy from Roswell re-
Gently consigned to Geo. w. Webster,
Charles Bremond. They are now
feeding in pens at the sugar factory
and will be fsttened for the spring
market. Mr.. Webster has now about
HOO head and they are expected to put
on flesh under stimulous Of beet pulp,
corn and alfalfa and be marketed at
figure that will net the feeder fair
profit. It will be done undoubtedly
and then the precedent having been
established, fattening Pecos Valley
lambs for the Eastern spring markets
will become q regular yearly program.
A. I. Crawford expects to bring 1000
head of sheep from the range to the
factory grounds, build pens and feed
them, Ii the pulp can be secured.-Ex.
Rice P. Sheldon, of the bureau of
animal industry, was sent from Kansas
City to Bisbee a short time ago there
to consult with DR.. Leslie J. Allen, the
local agent of the buresu at Nogales,
with reference to the raising of the
quarantine on the SUPPORT of Bisbee,
for the shipment of Sonora cattle. A
close examination was made of the cat
tie and ranges adjacent to that ship
ping Joint covering period of several
weeks, and report made to DR.. Carl
Dean, at Kansas City, which it is be-
lieved, recommendssthe raising Of the
quarantine on December 1st. II this
is correct it will be welcome fnforma-
tion to those who patiently wait to
avail themselves of an open port.-No-
gales Oasis.
The South western Stockman has new
er favored the idea of having q body of
rangers for the protection of stock
against thieves, as has been strongly
advocated by the Range News. In it's
last issue it says: ''The Range idea
as we thought it would. 1t would be a
blot upon the fair name of Arizona to
have such law on our book" Never
theless the idea seems to have met with
much favor, and, If in temporary retire.
ment, is very likely to come to the
front again, unless the stockman or
some other opponent of the ranger
plan suggests something better. Up to
this time no such suggestion has been
offered--Tuoson Citizen.
DR.. J. G. Norton, territorial veteri-
marian, returned yesterday morning
from Yuma where he inspected large
bunch Of California cattle
that are being shipped
IONA and New Mexico. The cattle were
mostly in fine condition and are the
first shipment from California to New
Mexico since the quarantine four
years ago. A second installment ar
rived late Thursday afternoon but we're
not inspected as none of them are to be
marketed in Arizona. They were plsc
ed in corrals in Yuma, which had been
previously inspected. and will be for
dod 70 IN fovu 1s
Phoenix Gazette.
The shipments of cattle from Mani
toba this season have been very great.
old country. Mr.. W. F. Rathburn OF
the firm of Gordon g. Ironsides, Wimi-
peg, took to London, Ont, this week
five carloads of choice cattle, which
will be wintered in that section and
taken back to Manitoba in the spring.
Thousands of Western cattle are being
sold of or wintered in the East and
South on account of the scarcity of
fodder caused by the heavy rains for
rain In the West has also ruined thou
sands of acres of wheat and grain,
which will never be cut.-Csuadiau
Correspondence in Drovers' Journal.
Capt. G. W. Littlefeld is here from
Austin, Texas, buying Herefords for
his New Mexico ranch. He reports
the calf crop good this year, but that
the number of aged cattle is the short
est he ever knew. He says some cot
tonseed mills are feeding yearlings
this year.-Drover's Telegram. AS
will be seen by reading the account of
the sale at Kansas City on first page,
Captain Little6eld went there for the
purpose Of buying lot of Hereford
bulls for his noted stock farm here
Roswell Record.
Ten carloads of fat cattle will prob
ably be shipped from Don Luis station
tomorrow for the Los Angeles market.
These cattle are to be shipped by
Messrs. Packard g. Vickers from their
Turkey Track herd in Sonora. Future
shipments which will follow regularly
from the same herd at intervals of Fl We
Or six days will doub tless be made from
Naco.-Citlzen.
Mr.. P. r. Thompson. a prosperous
rancher and cattle man of the San
Pedro, is In Globe in attendance upon
the annual session of the Grand Lodge
of Masons of Arizona. MIR. Thompson
will henceforth make Globe his perma-
nent abode, but his various cattle,
ranching and mining interests will re-
ceive his attention as heretofore
Globe Belt.
The large export of cattle from
Coahuila to the United States and
Cuba has caused an unprecedented rise
in the price of live stock. AS high as
$40 has been paid in Ssltillo for q yoke
| of steers for export to Cuba. and the