The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-04
CONDITIONS ARE UNfAyORABLE
RANGES HAVE DRIED UP AND THE
Loss OF STOCK GREAT.
worst Drouth Known for Mnns
Years In All of Colorado ana
Western Texas.

The National Live stock association Oh
Denver, Col. in their bulletin No. 10 OF June
p. says OF range conditions:
Conditions affecting live stock on the range
and ranches Of the West turing the paSt sN
months have been extremely unfsvcrapie fpi-
loving tie unusually severs winter came
cold and unseasonable spfing. cold DRY "inus
ate up the moisture from the SHOWS as rapiu 10,
" as IL melted ard IN soihs1, ,t snI' ~, cen.
fresh grass has vet appeafed. Whiie lu, ~ ~.
sen was unusually late in the ~ , i.n~Sa,
taiing In Montana. Idaho, utan, Nso il'...,e
and the Dakotas. and wniie there Me' M
drouth reported IN this section ehily ,tan.ant
season. there has recently been suineleHs
rains In greater portions OF tnese ~, sa'. 70.
guarantee plenty of feed, though .ie ,se
country lying south OF line urawh ilosi
Los Angeles Cal. through Central NeSaufs
and Utah and close TO the noitAcfh ~. 90
Colorado through Rawlins. Nyo.' anu tnsss
southwest taking IN all OF Cooraco sno
Western Texas to- the quiz. mas peei su nts
ing from the worst dF0uth known ~ W,
Colorado ard Southern utah anu aii az ot
Arizona and New Mexico nave oeen a' sIrca
co mpleteiv without moisture or raiaiall siuee
March To make matters worfe. theFe hae
been constant cold dry Winds. when zeal.
Gated the GROUND aud what little grauus
there wac has been badly covered oy ar iitas
sands In mountain districts colui'lon0
aye been somewhat better. but the con,
tnued cold nights far into June mas ea ~
helped conditions. In the eNtrnlhe ~
plenty Of rainfall is reported %h le ~ e ene
corn states of the Mississippi Valleys au eS
cess Of moisture has been the rule. Nhile
these conditions have Insured an abuinuansss
of hav and pBsturage. 1t has ID a lev lihi le
sections endangered the corn CRUZ W va
siderable extent ~
The estimoted winter loss Of stock. inclua-
ing the carly spring loss Of per ceht' In1u
In a former bulletin. has not hean materially
ri,aueed nv later returns information from
MI sections of the West showing the losse'
TO have varied from . to 10 per cent. . PEI
cent being considered conservative e.u,
mate Of the whole Some indication oil "a
number of losses may be derived from az
tbente reports that las, 300 hides haze beer
received at victoria Texas; li,eVo AT l,ioe, IA
Kan; 5000 al Las Vegas New Mexico. anu
ctcO al Panhandle. Texas. during the past
six weeks ;, - s
An sections report light calf CROP ana
considerable loss, owing 10 the cold nights
and the moor conditions of the COWS. IN
oklahoma Indian Territory, New Mexico
and Southeastern Colorado the losses from
this cause reached as high as . per cent
The spring movement Of cattle mas been
lighter than usual. The movement from th@
South was late starting aud the bulk OF ne
movement that way showing an increase over
last season Of fully 80 per cent. but falling
off in the Missouri valley States Of fully so
uer cent This movement. however IL fullv
"a uer cent below that for many years prior
TO 1898 Prizes have RANGED lower than
wear aEo on this class Of cattle The drouth
In Inc south and rather crowded ranges in
duced more liberal selling on the close of the
season al the cattle moving consisted OF
ycarl.nps and few 2-vear-olds. there being
nothing in sight above those ages
Tba movement from the West from rerv
liaht This was due to two causes In the
first place there were less cattle In the
country moved and ir the second. the scar
CITY of cattle on the Pacific coast has mad
such a strong demand at home that not only
are the cattle on the coast remaining at home
this senscn but the demand is drawing On
the supplies In Montana. Idaho and Utah. The
result has been a strong demand for this
class OF cattle At prices rather higher than
n year ago and the outlook for the fall is not
considered good for ANYTHING like an average
run The eupply Of feeders for the fall WI
como from Colorado Utah and the Panhandle
of Texas There will he few feeders from
New Mexico ard . few FROM wyoming, but
the first named SECTIONS viii supply the big
end of the demand
Reports from Northern ranges are 10 the
effect that grass int cattle viii be late IN
moving and viii be fewer IN numbers than
IN previous wears. Estimates OF the de'rease
IN supnly vory from 40 to so per cent. In
Eastern Colorado. Western knusaq and Ne
hrnska. there are more Young cattle grazing
thHr year ago. but few OF them are e.
bcc'ed TO be ~ for beef but will rather 70 10
market as feeders All sections report almost
no steers abovr the age nj 2 Years. and ths
bulk Of the feeders are eXpe'ted to be young
cattle,