El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-04
Live Stock.

It seems to be the greatest opinion OF
cattlsmen, that sheep Will grad uaily
crowd cattle off the ranges and that
northern Arizona at least is destined
to become 8 great sheep country
Arizona Courier.
Smith Bros. of Scurry county, Tex,
have sold to Scoggins & Brown 1900
head of stock cattle at 500 around, and
to parties in Colorado City several
hundred head of twOs, threes and tours
at S24, $3.50 and $50 head.-Bonham
News.
The San Simon Cattle company will
commence the roundup September at
the Moody place. The cattlemen OF
the Benson district will begin Septem-
Der 1. Arrangements will be made
September for the Wilcox district
roundup. Cattle are reported to be in
fair condition.-Ex.
The sheepgrowers of the territory OF
New Mexico have been notified that all
sheep which have not been dipped
since the LIST of June, 1899, must be
dipped between now and the 18th of
September, using one of the formulas
prescribed by the United States gov
eminent as set out in the regulations.
New Mexican.
in the act of jumping over the moon
the Pecos Times prints the following
as the range of prices for range cattle
in the valley: YearlinR steers, 1929
to S17; yearling heifers, SIS; 2-year-old
steers, S2l.25 to S22; 3-year-old steers,
S24.5O to S25; dry COWS, $3.50 to 800
Elk.
All Kansas City cattle records were
broken yesterday, when the receipts at
the stock yards were Is, 300 head, or
265 head more than on September 20,
1898. when the. previous record was es-
tsblished. The receipts were chiefly
thin Western range cattle from south
ern Kansas and the territories. The
bulk of them will be sold to go back
into the feed lots in the corn belt
Denison Stockman,
Calves are being vaccinated here
of clean muslin and inserted as rowel
in the brisket so that the medicine will
be under the skin. About as much of
the medicine as will lay on one-hslf OF
q nickel being dose for a calf. An
other remedy we have heard of for
in calves Is as follows: Dip q
strip of muslin in turpentine, insert as
are simple enough If they will do what
is claimed for them.-Ex.
Over 400 of the $50 head of horses be-
ing shipped from Oregon to South
Omaha by Powell brothers, have died
At Billings, Mont. So quick did they
go that it was impossible to bury them
Is fast as they died. No satisfactory
reason has yet been given as to the
cause of the wholesale deaths, but
chemists are Analysing the stomachs
and will undoubtedly be able to solve
the reason. The loss is estimated at
65, 900, which will fall upon the own
ers as no blame can be attached to the
company.-Denver Stockman.
Colorado lamb feeders appear to be |
between the devil and the deep sea.
Their first cutting of alfalfa was fair,
while their second cutting was unus-
Tor q third cutting. They will I'M
1oubtedly be able to buy grain in Kan
.as and Nebraska cheaper than last |
year, but where are they going to get |
The lambs? The Mexican owners have |
set their price 10y the head) SO high |
hat the feeders won't touch them, and |
he railroads refuse to restore the feed
ng in transit rate. They can hardly |
urn to cattle, because cattle, too, are
yournal-StOckman.
On the subject of successful sheep
Tipping Peter Jansen of Nebraska, who
9 a most practical sheepmsn and
'ioneer in wool growing in the west,
avs: "1'he great trouble in dipping
8 that people are not thorough enough.
They think little colder or weaker
will not make much difference, and if a
CIV sheep escape from the vat without
,eing thoroughly soaked and put un-
er three times, head and al, or if
hey are kept in one minute instead of
wO, 1t does not matter. The fact is
bat the secret of success in dipping
heep lies in these very items. You
d help with less loss than this opera
ion. "-Ex.
The number of sheep in Dawes coun-
nree years. Many small ranchers are
ecoming sheepmeD from small be-
inning. Some commenced that way
few years ago and are now independ-
ut. Others have small focks from
srge companies on shares, and the
erds are disappearing to give place to
ne bleat of the lamb. DIR. J. S. Ro-
line, the pion eer fiockmaster of Dawes
ounty, has decided to remove his {
YER 1000 acres of school land in SCOTS
tufts county, where he intends to
raze part of his sheep this winter 3
I'D in the future,-Ex.
Carlsbad, N. M, correspondence
ecos, Texas, Times: During the week
lie largest transfer of real estate was
osed that was ever made in the val
y. j. j. Hagerman purchased from
w. Tansill, receiver and general
ensger of the Pecos Irrigation and
Improvement company, what is known
the Northern Canal system, with all
le lands, water rights, leases and
anchises that appertain thereto. Mr..
agerman will at once put all these