El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-03
Live Stock.


Shipments of cattle FIR m the Double
Circle ranch will soon be made iron
Geronimo.
During the week, ending May q
800 carloads OF cattle came out OF the
Pecos vsssel by the "Cattle Iral
route. denver Stockman.
The cattle and range formerly owned
by the Washington Cattle company ii
Cochise county Arizona have been Pur
chased by Ho1. w. F. Nichols OF VIII
cox.-Ex.
Five hundred cattle cars have beer
ordered for Tucson, Arizona. shlpmentl
this spring, upon which the estimate o.
a15,OOO head shipment for the season II
based. Eek.
A Prescott exchange says: Severa
big cattle deals are reported TO nave
been made in the past few days Inc
parties will ship the cattle about the
10th of next month.
Up to this morning 14,629 head OF
cattle had been shipped from WILCOX
since April 20. This springs chip
ments promise to be CONSIDERABLY
heavier than those of last year.
New cotton seed oil mills are being
built all over the cotton belt OF Texas,
and larger proportion OF the cattle
fit to 90 on feed can be provided Tor
next fall than ever before.-Texas
Stock & Farm Journal.
LIANT bling is about over with. The
sheep men are not any too vel! pleased
with results, most OF them having rals-
ed q small percentage. About oo per
cent will catch the most of them
Roswell N. M. Register.
e., rof Ia n m W
fled articles of incorporation yester-
day. TIE incorporators are, Q. Z.
Leitch, George Eldredge and Edward
Butt, Sr. A capital stock OF S35, 900 is
authorized, divided into shares OF SlOO,
par value.
The cattle shipments from the Mid
land Stock yards since last Saturday
number 10000 head. That shows we
are still doing business. The number
shipped during the previous week was
still larger and the shipping season
has hardly begun.
Mr.. c. D. Hill, of Mckinney, Texas,
fed about 2lO0 cattle the past season
and marketed them at a range OF "a ~
to 1925, the average being about "a 10,
ana the highest in his experience as
feeder. For 4 bunch of 2-year-olds he
got .25 earlier in the season.
Last winter there was heavy loss in
rage horses. From some sections 1t
is reported that horses died by the
thousands They were regarded by
many as worthless. Since spring came
there has suddenly developed q sur
prising demand for range horses.
Two prominent shippers of Texas,
j. j. Hittson, of Abilene, and L. j.
Croggin, of Merkel, are credited with
nf
in the Mormon colonies near Casas
Grandes, Mex, for shipment to the
Panhandle and the Pecos valley.
new kind of cattle feed which is
being introduced into the Salt River
valley is s'TeOcinte.' This luxurisnt
grass grows to height of fifteen feet
and mas been found an excellent feed.
1. is said that the hotter the climate
the more favorable are the conditions
for the Teo:inte.-Republi
Sheepmen are rather discouraged
over the low prices and with the thou
sands of tons that had been held over
awaiting higher prices 1t Will be an
u phil job to get toe price any higher
than it is al present. One result will
be freer offerings of lambs next fall
for the feed lot.
The cattlemen of Grant county near
Mexico have formed a ranger force OF
their own and are making it warm for !
cattle thieves in that section. George |
Scar borough is the captain OF the little
force and he has already during the
past three months arrested seven
thieves and has recovered quite num-
Der of stolen cattle.
T. L. Blackmon, who represents the
Home Land and Cattle Company, once
Of no mt "a n n
try, which handled from 100000 to
300, 900 cattle during ten years of the
best part of it's existe nee and shipped |
23 900 head in 1898. said that the COM |
pany would probably took up again ]
soon.
The best horse breeders usually are |
10 en- of God sense, good judgment and |
having good taste they know how to
select their stock for ju dicious mating.
Such men know good horse when
they see one, and care for their horse |
bands because they love the business. |
Thus the business pays the BREEDER
Montana Stock Growers Journal.
Mr.. Lee Keyser of the firm of Cox &
Keyser was e visitor at the stock yards |
in Denver recently. Mr.. Keyser |
has been south all the wiz + and is |
home now trying to renew his acquaint-
ance with his family. He has about |
20, GOD Mexican cattle to move north |
this season and will have several thou
sand on pasture around La Junta. Mr.. |
Keyser has about the best quality of
Mexican cattle that have been north |
lately They are bred in the noun
tains of Chihuahua and are as good ss
the best Texans. He is offering them |
a. prices that ought to sell them to any
one looking for good cattle, S15@16 for |
yearlings and S17 5O(618 for 2s. He
will probably have lot more of them |
here later. denver Stockmap.
Elegance. neatness. Ruby barber |
shop. Hair cutting 15c. shaving 1Oc. |
8 first class ~hite BARRIERS at work.