El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-26
Live Stock.


Davis Jones of the Bismarck farm,
near San Angelo, sold last week two
registered Hereford calves of mis- Own
ra sing, to Charles Collyns for $3.50 a
head.-Ozona Texas Courier.
New Mexico is turning out some
feeders from the northern par. of that
territory this season that compare fav-
Orably with best. The feed on the
range there is reported 10 be the finest
seen in long time and the cattle have
been thriving in Representatives,
StOckmau.
The scarcity of cattle is no joke by
any means, and we would not be at all
surprised to see beef get In to the seen
notch by next season. Just how long
it will take to make up the shortage
cannot be told, but for few years st
least the stock industry will be a hum
mer.-Sioux City Journal
| At the ST. Louis fair, to be held in
October, one of the novelties will be a
cowboy contest or tournament. The
premiums will amount to So, 600 and
the best man with the rope will be able
to go away with 81 900 in his sack.
The railroads will furnish free trans
portation to the contestants.
Breeders of sheep should carefully
select for sale at least 10 per cent of
their older sheep every year, and re-
| tain the same proportion of the eve
lam BIS; and should be cautious lest
there be too much imbreeding. Keep
up the infusion OF young blood. and this
will steadily enhance the value of the
dock.-Ex.
L. G. Farr. at present CITY marshal
of Logan, Utah, will on October l,
RI ta R0
the management of 4O,O0O-acre ranch
recently purchased by his brosher-in-
law, Moses Thatcher. The land will
be stocked with 1000 heifers, and it is
intend ed to build up herd of 25, 900
head of cattle.
The Denver health board has in
structed it's inspectors tOtest
every cow in the city
with the tuberculin test to see if tuber-
cuIosis exists. This means that the
"blanket" test don't go. Every
The state veterinarian will follow out
the same rule wherever he can.
The Alamogordo, N. NJ, Sheep COM
pany has filed incorporation papers in
the Office of the territorial secretary.
divided icto 400 shares. The incorpo-
ratnrs and directors are Arthur M.
Blackwell, Joseph M. Cunningham
Lss Vegas, and Lucius F. Churchill
of PuertY de Luna.-Alamogordo
News.
G. E. Hartley,of Springer New Mex
leo, recently bought l6, 500 head of
LAMBS, ewes and wethers. OF these he
old 5000 head TO Scott & Purvis, Of
Bent county, Colorado; 1,200 head to
Robert Lowe and j, 500 head to Alex
I'd
Sl.40 and 81 60 for lambs to 1925 and
81 so for ewes and wethers.-Ex.
J. M Holt of Miles City, Mont, vice
pre- ident of National Live Stock asso-
citation, has bought the entire herd of
Pierre Wllbaux cows and Calves less
than 5000 COWS with calves at foot,
for about $4,000. These are
all high-bred Shorthorn stock
and dealers say the large
price Is warranted by the superior
quality. Mr.. Wilbsux will devote his
Elk.
When the English cablegrams, this
week, quote best American steers at
11f(6123c. as against HOBO. q year
ago, it does not appear that the pack
ers are selling their product cheaper
in England and raising the price here,
in order to corral the trade and to
make the home consumer make up
loss. Such was one of the silly state
ments advanced by the sensational
journals when the high priced beef
question wac started few weeks ago.
Farm and Ranch.
Action was taken by the state veteri
nary sanitary board yesterday after
noon which will permit the imporua-
ton of cattle from Mexico into Colo
E-l1
passed: 1.-THE Colorado veterinary
board hereby agrees to allow Mexican
cattle to come into ana through Colo
radc after September 25 for the bal
ance of this season, provided they are
accompanied with United States gov
ernment bill of health and pass exemi-
nation by our inspectors and are ap-
parently free from ticks (boophilus
BUvis."O
The Colorado state board of health
is. considering the edvisability of
quarantining against persons afflicted
with consumption, who come to that
thorities have already taken stringent
measures to prevent the spread of the
tuberculosis, and Colorado will prob
ably follow in attempting to regulate
the disease. In former years consump-
ton contracted in Colorado was un-
known. Now physicians state that
there are two deaths every day in the
city of Denver from consumption con-
trscted in the state.-Larsmie
Boomerang.
While the Denver cattle market is
not yet handling as much cattle per
year as Kansas City. it is rapidly get
ting name among the big feeders for
handling the choicest cattle that are
fed. The feeders that are sold now on
the Denver market are the kind that
make money for the buyers aud the
buyers are finding it out. The feeders