El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-30
Live Stock.

The government bought two cars of
horses at San Angelo, Tex.-Ex.
The sheep business in Uvalde coun-
ty, Tex, is proving to be profits ble.-
At Victoria, Tex. Will Stoner and
Frank AlOnzo shipped ten cars of beeves
to Havana, Cuba, via New Orleans.-Ex.
w. D. Christian of San Angelo has
sold to Sol Mayer of Sonora 1000 two
and three-year-old steers at private
terms.
Three hundred and fifty head of
horses will be bought at San Antonio
to be used In the Philippines.-Den
son Herald.
L. G. Beverly has finished receiving
the McElroy steers and branding them
at Panhandle City, Texas. There were
1150 head of them.-Ex.
Steer buyers are reported to be nu-
merous in Stonewall county, Texas, and
yearlings are bringing $40 and two
year-olds $25 to $3.50.
IN. aud Ricardo Gonzales. of Union
county, New Mexico dipped and shear
ed 9, 900 head of their sheep at Springer
and marketed the wool there.-Ex.
Parties in Hillsboro have bought
fifty horses for the use of the cavalry
in the Philippines. An officer will be
there to receive them.-Sherman Re-
gister.
The Greenwood County (Ksnsas)
Live Stock Protective association, re-
presenting 40. 900 head of cattle, has
entered protest against the abolish
ment of the feed-in-trarsit rate.-Ex.
Nearly 1000, 600 pounds of wool was
shipped from Custer county, Montana,
this year. Terry shipping 46O,13
pounds; Rosebud. 346, $50. Forsyth,
3O1 ,543, and Miles City $685. Con-
siderable Custer county wool was
which is not included in the above
figures.-Denver Stockman.
Those who have tried it recommend
that bulls be made to do a moderate
taught to work in single harness, and
may be made quite serviceable in haul
ing around on the farm. This work
keeps them in better health than
idleness would, takes much of the rss-
cality out of them and in no way in
jures them.-Ex.
Cattle In Kansas are dying OF warts,
an unusual occurrence. They become
literally covered with these unsightly
excrescences, and fall away in flesh
and finally succumb. Others have their
eyes destroyed, or obstructed, become
blind and die. Some think the peculiar
examination have been sent to the De-
partment at Washington.-Ex.
The Presoott Courier says 1t seems
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that sheep will gradually crowd cattle
off the ranges and that northern Ariz-
ona 1T least, is destined to become
great sheep country. This 10 about
what this journal said week or two
ago; If It Is desired to stay the progress
of the hocks, it Is time that the neces-
ssry steps were taken in that direction.
Vicious bulls should be abolished,
they are not only dangerous as long as
they live, but their sins crop out In
their progeny for generations. The
only sure cure for the unruly pugna-
cious bull Is bullet just where lines
Gross from each horn to the eye of the
opposite side. Use good round shot,
drac6ms Of F. F. powder. Cattle
breeders don't give the matter of q
bulls disposition enough considers
tion.-F'arm and Ranch.
The prairie dogs In Texas are being
destroyed by means of q new device
for catching them, which has been
adopted by a large number of the
ranchmen and farmers. On one large
ranch over 1900 were captured and
killed last week. The trap ia placed
over the animals mound, and makes it
prisoner when it energies from the
hole. This pest has been destroying
over so per cent of the growing crops
and grass in Texas annuslly.-Denver
Stockmau.
Colorado lamb feeders are very much
worked up about the attitude of the
railroads from the feeding section.
Many have cast about and found other
places to fatten their sheep, where
they will be Independent of the double
tariff. Unless some agreement is
reached pretty soon the number of
New Mexican lambs purchased will be
small. At present prices 1902. 4O)
prospective feeders do not feel that
they would be justified in taking long
chances with the future.
Drovers' Journal.
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