El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07
Live Stock.

T. B. Butong of Sonora, Sutton
county, has just put to feed at Ennis
5000 head of sheep from the Devil
river country .-Pecos Times.
Mr.. j. Baker of Cuero, sold to A. G.,
Kennedy of Beeville 1900 steers, q
and 80, Ct S19 and $3.50 per head,
spring delivery.-Pecos Times.
Eleven cars of cattle were shipped to
Terrell to be fattened for northern
markets. They were sent from west
Texas.-Pecos Times.
Col. w. G. Land will ship 30 carload 3
of cattle to Bakersfield, Cal, on the
Sth from Don Luis and other stations
on the A. & S. E.-Exchange.
The latest government report puts
the present cattle shortage throughout
the United States at ten million head,
and the shortage in Texas at half
million.-Ex.
F. B. Moore and r. H. Benton have
purchased large bunch of Mexican
caotle, which they will ship to Califor-
MIA from Don Luis, near Bisbee, about
the 1Oth.-Exchange.
On account of the heavy shipments of
cattle to the United States and long
continued dry weather the pastures of
the state of Tamaulipss are almost
stripped of even range cattle.-E<.
Many thousands of cattle will be
moved from the Terrazas ranch to Tex
as, soon. The purchasers, Cox & Kais-
err, will drive the cattle, instead of
shipping by rail to the United States
| Chihuahua Enterprise.
A stock farm of fine cattle is one of
the latest moves for Beeville. Messrs.
r
Klipsteiu, J. W. Cook and D. P.
Mitchell have formed company and
will stock the Burr pasture with fine
cattle. Mr.. Cook has gone to Kansas
to purchase the cattle. -Beeville Plea
yu1e.
We heard prominent stockman say,
few days ago, that he would not pur.
chase any more bulls in the north, but
buy Texas raised bulls. He gave as a
reason for this remark, that northern
bulls, on account of acclimatisation,
were practically useless for the first
season and quite frequently never be-
where he shipped in a car of Missouri
bulls one fall, fed them good during
the winter, and the next spring put
them in his herd with the result of an
average of five calves from each bull
Childress Index.
J. V. Vickers' carload of CCC calves
from the Graham county range took
prize at Denver stock show, fact
which is highly creditable to the com
pauy and to Arizona. Mrs. Adsir's
purebred Herefords won the first prize
from Tascosa, Texas, gained the second
prize, while Mr.. Vickers' lot captured
third award, silver medal. AS Mr..
VickerS remarked. ''this is better
than not being in it." The Chiricshua
Cattle company have been at great ex-
pense to breed up their herd and de-
serve the distinction given them.-Bis-
bee Orb.
A St. Joseph commission firm sends
out this circular to the trade: I'VE
extremely regret to witness the efforts
of cattlemen to unload cattle on &C
count of high-priced corn. Remember
that experience justities the conclusion
that high-priced corn fed to the right
kind of cattle yields better returns than
low-priced corn when cattle are plenti-
full. The loyal cattleman will pay no
attention to these amateur cattle feed
ers who get tired before their work is
half done, but will press right on and
mature his cattle. His reward this
year is as certain as anything can be-"
Denver StOckman.
The second com bination sale of Red
Polled cattle from Msquoketa, Iowa.
was held at the Union stock yards in
this city recently. The cattle offered
for sale were the two car loads, fifty
four head of Red Polled stock shipped
to this place q few days ago by j. @.
Murray, of Maquoketa, and his asso-
ciates, Messrs. A. Y. Sweesy, and Free
man Current. In the shipment we're
twenty four bulls and thirty heifers,
ck,,H
two and a half years to
being yearlings and under. Every
head is recorded in the American Red
POlled herd book. and they have every
Indication of the highest breed. Indeed
they were pronounced by competent
judges the finest and prettiest bunch
of cattle ever sold on the market
Forth Worth Register.
People want to know how cattle kill
out, and they usually have very indefin-
lite ideas about it. ;Average choice beef
steers, 81 200 to l ,400 pound weight,
cattle do better. At the Chicago fat
stock show in 1897 q fine Polled Angus
steer weighing 1,755 on foot dressed
69.97 per cent, netting 1,2l4 pounds Of
beef, and the next best steer, $40 |
pounds, averaged dressed 6S % percent
and produced 9l5 pounds of beef. The |
grand sweepstakes premium. |
however, was awarded |
to Shorthorn yearling, which weigh
ed 1.090 pounds on foot, dressed IS 16 |
per cent, and produced 943 pounds
dead weight. The carcass of the little |
yearling ShorthOrn steer was almost |
model, the meat being we'll marbled |
and evenly distributed and the carcass
free from unnecessary waste.-Nat.
Live Stock Reporter.
Free range for the grazing of stock is
nearly thing OF the past so far as re-