Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-10-06
OF INTEREST TO sTockMEN.
Shipping Mexican Cattle to Cuba in
Bond-Other Items.

Sonora Mexico mas suffered more than
usual this season from dry weather" says
DIR. l.. ]. Allen, of NogaIes. y. T, gov
eminent inspector at that point. who was
here yesterday visiting Colonel Albert
Dean. Grass" he says, has been poor all
summer and cattle are in only fair flesh.
Yet there will probably be more cattle
shipped from Nogales this fall than last.
As IL Cuban buyer. q. NJ Gather Is there
and says that he will ship 1000 cattle from
now TO the LIST OF January. They Will go
from Nog2les TO New orleans In bond and
from there to cuba. DR.. Allen thinks there
VIII be about l5,1d cattle imported at
year. This IS heavier than last year, but
it includes the Cuban shipments noted
above, which Were not had last season"
We in Miami county are suffering from
dry weather, said Harvey Morrell, of
FOntana, kas.. who was here yesterday
with cattle Many cattle are now coming
to market before their time owing 10 the
dry weather. Cattle and hogs are shorter
in the county than a year ago. and there
Will be fewer fed with US this winter than
last"
This has been = dry season with us"
said \. d. Bias. Of Ash Grove. Mo, who
was here yesterday with cattle and hogs.
Farmers have fewer cattle and hogs on
hand than this time last year. And as
pastures are poor and our corn crop only
fair and all feeding stock high. Green coun-
~ will feed fewer cattle this season than
last"
George Layher formerly stock agent for
the Wabash here, but now local agent for
the Big Four at Buffalo. y Y. was at
the yards yesterday visiting friends He
will remain over until Saturday.
This from the Chicago Drovers' Journal
pretty generally agrees with the trade
h.-G tn he's nj early
able cattle in the new West:
"A stockman. accompanied by his wife.
returned this week from an extended pleas
ure and business trip. They spent some
time in Colorado. and on the way home
visited Omaha. Kansas City and St Jo-
seph. He says that the tendency in the
corn belt is toward a marked shortage IN
marketable stock IL the near future, as
compared with other years. Farmers gen
orally have the average amount OF young
stock on hand but seem to have plenty OF
confidence in the future markets There
fore they will get stock good and ready
for market before letting it come forward;
lambs will be very large this month. after
which will follow a very material let-up in
supplies
The sheepmen of Wyoming must be pros
porous. from the way they are buying land
in that state. The Denver Stockman says:
Two most significant land deals of mon
ster size have recently been closed by the
Union Pacific in Wyoming. one was for
10000 acres in Uintd county to the Cinta
County Wool Growers Association. and
the other was for 10000 acres in Carbon
county 10 the Medicine Bow Sheep Assoc
citation. These lands are in sections of
railroad lands and as a matter of con-
venienCe the government land Will be con-
trolled by the same people. making enor-
nous tracts of land that Will be abso-
! lutely under the control of the associa-
| tions. and are being divided into winter,
spring and summer ranges. Only certain
| portions are grazed during certain seasons.
| and thus the range is given a chance to
| reCuperate and the flockS always have
| fresh pasturage when it is needed most.
| The associations Will enforce rules against
| overcrOwdirg and 4 perfect system of
| handling the range will be adopted. SO that
| the best results will be obtained