El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-09

Live Stock.

| Denver is rapidly becoming the
central supply point for bulls.
F.P. Roe of Roswell, N. M, has de-
cided to erect a packing house IN Den
| yer.
Salt Lake City will place 4O, 600 sheep
on the Wasatch range this summer.
It is reported that herd of range
cattle recently sold at Tucson, Arlz.,
at SIT around, exclusive of calves
Stockman.
| The first shipment of 500 fat beeves
from Pecos Valley, Texas, recently on
their way to Los Angeles, CAL, Tor
slaughter was shipped.-Exchange.
| w. A. Colt of Manzanola, Colorado,
will market in all 10000 lambs this
spring. There are Mexicans fed on
CORP.
Along the border Arizona cattlemen
are still troubled with Mexican horse
better arrangements for the protection
of their herds.-Bisbee Orb.
The lack of rain is greatly felt in Rio
Arriba county, New Mexico, and lamb
are dying by the hundred. Between
the smallpox and the drought Rio
Arriba county is having hard time
Exchange.
| During April there were only 1853
cattle tagged at Kansas City for ex-
port, while in April of 1898 there were
1852 sent to the seabOard for this pur-
pose. In four months of 1899 only 4, lib
head, against 10.17 year ago.
A letter was recently received in
San Angelo, Texas from reliable
party in the Panhandle stating that
| the death rate of cattle last winter and
spring on some ranches in that section
was enormous, one company losing
over TO- 900 head.
| Bokholt s. Green of Valley county,
Montana, have sold their entire herd
of horses, 1,5OO in number, to Louis La
Gany of Willow Bunch, Canada, who
is said to have paid in the neighbor-
hood of $40, 600 for the outfit.-Stock-
growers Journal.
The largest cattle deal ever made in
the city of Temple was the purchase by
John Ely of Temple of ESQ head Of
feeders from ]. F. Bull of Cold waite.
| Consideration of the purchase 500, 600.
The herd of cattle will be kept until
fall before marketed
The Western Nebraska Stock Cow
ers' association will hold its next meet
ing Tuesday, May 9, at Alliance. 1t is
expected that there will be large at
tendance from all over the state. A
s'smoker'' by Alliance business men
will be given in honor OF the visiting
cattlemen.-EX.
It is reported that prices for stock
cattle in the southwest are about 10
per cent cheaper than they were q
month ago. 1t looks as if the Montana
and Dakota rsnchmen who held of be-
cause they could not afford to pay the
prices were acting on the square. says
the Chicago Drovers' Journal.-Ex.
The lambing season has commenced
in Colfsx county, N. M, and sheepmen
are somewhat discouraged over the
gloomy prospects. The dry, windy,
cold weather will kill many of the
lambs and the scarcity of new grass on
the range for them is another point
very Observation-Disclosures Stockman.
Montague F. Stevens of Socorro
county, New Mexico, manager of the
Shropshire Sheep company, some time
ago purchased the ranches formerly
owned by the Horse Springs Cattle
company. He Is now making prepsra-
tions to build reservoirs and dipping
tanks and put in q shearing machine
Exchange,
The council of the Choctaw nation
has passed an act which prohibits the
Introduction into the Choctaw nation
from any slate or surrounding nation
any cattle of any kind except during
the months of November and Decem-
Der, and then only to be kept in feed
pens and legal enclosures, and not to
be turned loose on the public range
Exchange.
The government sale of mules at
Chickamauga park last week was re-
markable success. Something over
300 animals were sold, netting in the
neigh borhood of $40. 900. Fully 10000 |
buyers, largely farmers from Georgia, |
Ala bams, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ar
kansas and Tennessee, were present
and were the largest purchasers
Reporter.
Exports of live cattle from the
United States for the past nine months
az compared with the nine similar pre-
cedipg months show loss of 80, 767
head. Foreigners are either consum-
ing q smaller quantity of American
beef or the supplies from Argentine
and Australia are doing the American
cattle trade some harm.-Midland
Stock Reporter.
An eastern hog cholera cure compa-
ny ha, evolved scheme to insure hogs
against cholera. According to q letter
by the insurance commission
er of Kansas recently the plan is for
the company to insure hogs for so cents
, head, providing a farmer has 400 or
upwards, and will use the company's
cholera cure from the birth of the
hogs. In case of loss by disease under
these conditions the company agrees to
make it good and offers to put up q
bond to carry out this agreement
Stockman.
The largest deal that has been con-
animated in Midland county for some