Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-09
CONDITIONS OF STOCK
ON THE RANGES.

few aged steers and not great many
twos."
w. B. Tnllls. Quanah. Tex: Losses
nominal up to date u'ebruary 1O), but
cattle are poor. Feed will be short I'M
less spring comes very early. In the
territory including about seventy-iive
miles around Quanah, there are 10 per
cent. less steers and 20 per cent. less
stock cattle than last year."
NV Mexico.
Reports indicate general winter
loss OF about 2E per cent.-very little
above the average. Northeastern por-
ton seemed to get the worst storms.
Grass is starting early and no further
lossess anticipated. Reports indicate
II shortage of 10 per cent, of three-year-
old steers and over s per cent. less
twos than n year ago.
! j. l.. Stuyycsant. Folsom: mo loss
as yet. Cattle all on pasture and look
very well, considering the very cold
weather we have had. None for sale
| in spring. a few less than last year
on range.
II. l.. Robertson. Eddy: Loss l per
cent. There are about rs many cattle
\ in Gains county, Texas, and Eddy
county, New Mexico, as heretofore,
but not nearly so many two-year-old
steers as formerly
Arzsnl.
! 1t has been good winter and the
losses are about minimum. What
! losses are reported come from n rev
small districts, where feed was short.
Prospects for early feed are good.
| There is n scarcity of 16 per cent. of
old steers reported, together with ay-
crage mortality of per cent.
! Idaho.
| As Il rule. stock has wintered fairly
well. Losses about -. per cent Sheep
have also wintcrcd we'll and there is
plenty of hay to last through to EraSs.
| Everything but horses Were on feed.
1 All report scarcity of old steers.
Utah.
! The winter was not unusually severe
on cattle, and where the cattle and
sheep were In good condition there has
been the minimum loss. Sheep loss
heavy in some sections. Majority of
reports show fewer cattle and sheep
on feed than year ago. Cattle are
reported 10 to 10 cents higher than a
year ago. and muttons % cents higher
on better grades. Reports indicate
scarcity of thrc-year-old steers. but
more twos and yearlings. Very few
for sale in the spring. ON the whole.
the winter has been remarkably good
for stock.
Wyoming.
Reports very conflicting. but all
agree that up to date losses have been
above the average. probably as high as
| 10 per cent. Some sections report cat
tie very weak and feed scarce, while
others report all cattle being cared for,
but fears of losses In March. Sheep
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| probably IL per cent. to date. All
grades of cattle are scarce.
! a. A. Spaugh, Manrillc: Stock have
wintcred first rate so far. Losses so
/ far less than Il quarter of l per cent.
| No cattle for sale here. Everyone
wants to buy native cattle. But few
cattle here for this reason and less
| feeders"
Tim Kinney. Rock Springs: II feel
safe in saying there will be no loss be-
tween Rawlins and Green river.
Through the Bitter Creek valley snow
is light and exposed"
b. B. Brooks x Co., Casper, Wyo.,
Gold weather has shrunk stock, but
with an average spring losses will be
j light"
| With the exception of the open range
along the eastern side of the state,
most of the cattle have been in pastures
! and have been fed all winter. The re-
suit is that losses have been much light.
er than could have been expected. The
heaviest losses reported come from the
! open range, where the cattle were
brought in late and have been allowed
| to rustic for themselves all winter.
! From these sections losses reported av-
eragc from five to ten per cent. In
few cases they have been heavier, some
cases being reported where cattle froZe
to death on full feed and under cover.
| Where the cattle are not on feed. they
are in very weak condition and heavier
losses are feared before grass comes.
No shortage is reported in any class and
| there will be good offerings of cattle in
the spring.
| A. n. Parish. Lamar reports: Range
losses are heavy; eight to ten per cent.
of the cattle are dead. Those that are
| feeding have plenty of feed, but the
range is in bad shape. No shortage of
cattle"
! J. p. Dickinson. Hugo: "Stock win
tering well. No losses SO far. We have
| splendid grass. and If the weather ever
gets warm will get through all right.
Everybody feeding
Gordon NJ. Fothergill. Fort Collins:
Losses as yet not heavy, but if bad
weather continues there will be many.
Feed is getting scarce"
|! Il. NJ. Gale. Greeley: "All range feed
is under SNOW, ana the loss on stock
which is not being fed will be heavy.
| Hay is high and scarce"
NJ. A. Mahany, Fairplay: "Stock
| winteriug badly. Too early to tell
what loss will be. We expect big losses
in April and May. Cattle on the range
are poorer now than they usually are
in April"
e. w. Roberts. Livermorc: mo loss to
speak of yet The reported losses have
been exaggerated. Owing to short hay
crop. cattle on feed are being shipped
to market There is no shortage"