El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-17
Live Stock.

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Demand for native or Western
heifers and cows was never better.
= Sheepmen In South Dakota are call
ing for shearers. The clip promises to
be unusually hesvy.-Ex.
About 1000 head of horses have been
shipped from Midland. Texas within
the past three months. -Ex.
| At recent meeting of the board OF
supervisors of ella county. there was
paid 5000 for ten lion scalps and SllO
| for eleven bear scalps.-Arizona Range
News.
Stockmen around Eddy New Mexico
| report grass as being abundant on the
rangers and state that IS per cent OF
the calf crop will be saved this season.
I-Ex.
Cattle shipments from Grant county,
New M exico, are comparatively ngnt
at this time because the pastures In
Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas are
reported to be without grass on &C.
count of the drouth.-New Mexican.
According 10 the Sioux Stock Jour-
nal, published at Pierre, S. D., the
Western range country has had more
rain this spring than in many years,
|
orable.-Ex.
The Pecos Valley railroad people
state that the shipments OF stock over
their line for the season will amount to
| I25, 900 or 1875, 900 head and they look
for the present activity to continue un-
til about June, lex.
| 1t looks as if it would take several
years to bring the supply of cattle up
/ hot wi
young steers on the range until they
get much past two years old. The
threes sell now at good prices.-Ex-
change.
Twenty five COWS we're examined at
the Chicago stockyards and all were
found to be affected with tuberculosis.
| From the lungs of one animal pint OF
germs was taken. Every COWS was In
an advance stage of consumption.
Exchange
The number of cattle in Texas at
this time is given at 3, 243 699 head.
which places the state first. The num-
| Der of cattle in the U ited States 1t put
down at 80, 9s4, $40 head, which shown
that this state has one-tenth of the
number.-Ex.
The purchasing of Utah sheep for
| the summer ranges of Colorado has al
| ready begun. A transaction involving
5000 head, mostly wethers, at $4,000
SIS per head is reported. There are
thousands of head more for sale.-Den-
yer Stockman.
| Anew kind of cattle feed which is
being introduced into the Salt river
valley is ''teocinte." This luXuriant
grass grows to height of fifteen feet
and has been found an excellent feed.
1t is said that the hotter the climate
the more favorable are the conditions
| for the administrations Republican.
| T. I,.Blackman, who represents the
Home Land and Cattle company, once
one of the truly big outfits OF the couL-
try, which handled from 100000 to
300, 900 seattle during ten years of the
best part of it's existance and shipped
%, 900 head ms 1898, said that the
company would probably stock up sgain
soon.-EX.
The lamb shipping season is over
with for the season. Not over 26 per
cent of those who fed lambs last winter
have made any money at the business,
the remsing 10 per Cent either losing
good money or have come out just
about even. A great many feeC ers
not only lost all their hay, grain and
labor, but considerable good money be-
sioes.----Fort Collins Courier.
Regarding the sale at III cents of
nearly 100000 pounds of last years
wool clip which was winter stored at
B Jston. ex-senator Power, pr esident of
the sheep commission, said that If the
staple is as good as 1t WAS last year
th a. the price will be about as good.
He thinks that about 70 cents will be
the average price, although it may be
q shade better, as he says. upon the
quslity.-Ex.
The department of agriculture at
Washington reports that the losses OF
farm animals from disease and ex
posture in the twelve months ended
March l last amounted to more than
I, 800, 900 head. On the basis of average
value ascertained by the department
in January the loss from exposure
disease to $40. 600, 900, total of s75, OOO,-
600, "ive-sixths of which," says the
department., lis theoretically prevent
able. Albuquerque Citizen.
Mexican cattle growers intend to re-
habilitate themselves and increase
their trade in the United States. They
are arranging to establish dipping watts
along the border, and as there are
plenty of buyers who still persist in
handling this quality of cattle, ship
ments are expected to increase. The
dipping stations are expected TO De 10
Gated at Bisbee, Ariz., Nogales and
Brownsville. The total receipts on
this side during last month were II ITO,
as against 81, 10S the same month in
1S9S.-Denver Stockman.
The demand for range horses has
been very good the past week in Den
yer. This condition added to the
possibility of a lower freight rate east,
on this class, makes some hopeful. that
a good horse business can be establish
ed at the Denver Union Stock yards.