Carlsbad current., 1899-06-03


swell the bank account ut the sheep
men. both large and small, and repay
them for former years OF losses, anxiety
and hard. llftquitrd labor in less iay
ored Districts. Ia addition to the fact
that their losses during the winter
were 80 small as hardly 90 be- worthy
of mention, being less than ! per cent.
with the majority of the herds, the
lambng season has opened with the
brightest outlook one hundred per
cent is actually small average, and
with many docks It has reached 100
Twins ana triplets appear 10 have been
the rule 90 many ranges, especially
where sheep hud been placed on alfalfa
during the early spring.
The wool clip has been large aud the
product is clean and free from burrs.
N has already commenced coming iu,
aud the warehouses are rapidly illing
up
During the past six months II Is esti-
mated that fully 10000 sheep have been
driven from the Rio Grande county 90
,lp ppcus Valley ranges II is "A note
worthy tact that goo miles south Of the
valley the losses from exposure 90 fact
they e0ualed fully the loss noted in the
tWtrcme northern part Of the territory
During tha past three months o large
aumber OF sheep have ccne into south
western Texas across the Rio GRANGE
river some In the regular way, by pay
ment OF the import duty, and others
crossing the river In the dark Of the
moon These Mexican importatlons
have for many years been more or less
Of drawback to sheep breeders both
In the Rio Grande country aud IN the
pecos Valley. The animas are seper' /!
ally small and scrawney ana require !
three times the amount OF teed 10 pre-
pare them for market that Is necessary |
Tor the larger aud better nred sheep OF
Texas and New Mexico
The town ~ F1dy, which Is me cent, |
or OF the shtsp growing lntereets oI
the pecos valley, Is seriously consider
inc the aCyisabilty OF changing ils
maine 20 oCarlsbad," after a large IN in'
erai spflnE In the neighborhood, now
well known IA medical circles Tor us
curative properties, which strongly re-
ssmblV those of the great CarlHbau
epring IL Prussia after which u was
named nj
chicago markets this year Will with
ont doubt receive "A great many snip
ments of market lambs tattened Oh
the beet pulp from the sugar factory,
as "A large nun Ger OF sheepmen con
template going into the feeding busl
ness. IN TIT event of their doing 3d.
pecos Valley win become a warm com
petitor Of f'oyt Cillins, Colo, ~ the pro-
ductlon OF pring lambs \ low estl,
mate OF he number that VIII oe ied
bere thigtau IL i2OOO. Argus.
SHEEP OUTDOOR ~ rECos VALLEY,
gdltsr A. lerican sheep breeder
estimated that there are now
ever 100000 sheep on the open ranges
on tho pecos Valley and about l2OOO
more on the alfalfa pastures for when
che sheepmen pay - per acre ~
though lasl winter was particularly
sevrfe one Tor the valley, the loss of
ahepp did not amount 10 over one per
1eut aud In many localities even less
than thns. During last years run Of
lie bcet sugar factory here about oUuO
iamls we're fed on the pulp and 80
gureissful was the experiment that
.hls'year over 10000 head Will be ship
pel from the factOry's pens. The beet
51lp appears 20 impart a delicate nav
of 10 ne meat that renders II more
ualatahle than that OF corn ied AM
mails The pulp sells for % cents q
ton II A also a good cattle feed aud
inkls the place of cotton seed In the
Whitley as far as practicable. sheep 70
he south of Eddy iu the RIO Hrande
country wintefed as we'll as those on
the pecos. but the outlook for summer
10 hardly as bright, as the country Dor
daring on the Rio Grande is suffering
from lack OF water this season For
this reason many herds are being NOV
sd northward on the Pecos. The thi-
sago market will unqnesiionhbly calch
.ha wo.. clip OF the lecos river thls
yeaf. IA. t.gre have been several repre-
eentattxes oi Chicago houses ~ lhe
Peeos valley this seasoh' ~ IN
There Is net a single word OF
truth In elther Of the above communi-
cations. ln the first a.. ce this Is the
most severe season known 20 the old
eat sheep men. Mr. yrne, who came
here IN July. i2s6, says no season M
his recollection han ever approached
this In loss o. sheep men Instead OF
one per cent the loss viii average the
valley over about ten per cent Feed
water and weather this season seem
to have combined 10 diminish the bank
account OF the sheep man instead OF
loswell Il. VIII Matheson out OF
RtOO lost g7O. lleng Robb out OF
about 1850 lost $50. Jno Byrne, when
he dipped Dec. 1893, had 1881 This
sprng he sheared i,i7i lie had $500
avs and saved 200 lambs. Rarty \
Horton had about 5000. This spring
their total fock numbered LOO. This
a one per cent with vengeance NO
aock ln this territory ever produced
teo lambs 20 the 100 ews. Mr.. Craw
ford put 400 ews on Cue alfalfa
match and by pampering and high feed
raised about % per cent The
wool clip was about two-thirds Of the
usus. spring clip The losserihere we're
s,eater than either north or south
a b. l.. al