El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-20
Live Stock.


More sheep and better sheep would
prove profitable for many farmers IN
this sectiop.-Ex.
Allen county, Kansas, has 1917 dogs
and only 325 sheep-not enough mutton
to feed the dogs week.-Denver
Stockman.
Wool has advanced in price equally
with mutton, and the sheep grower Is
without apparent cause Tor KICKS
Stockman's Journal.
Stockmen of Sundance, S. D., at a
recent meeting decided to pay bounty
of 81 head on every wolf killed on a
DESIGNATED territory contiguous TO sun
dance. Herald.
REQUIRES less capital and time to
get a good start in goat, sheep and hog
raising tina, 1T does for cattle, and II
properly managed they will soon fur-
nish capital enough to add the cattle
to the farm.-Denver Stock journal.
Waxahachie, Texas, dealers are hav-
ing great success in buying large mules
for shipment. It Ia more than nkeiy
that many of these animals Will 90
service with Uncle Sans army In the
Philippines.-Ex.
w, G. Hamilton, manager OF the Ros-
we'll, N. NJ, Land an6'Water company.
has sold to the Roswell Sheep company
2l2O acres of land in the valley OF the
Pecos river and nearly due east OF Kos
we'll. The land is to be fenced and ar
tesisn wells drilled.-Ex.
The western third of Kansas has
been totally abandoned by the farmer
and given over to the cattlemen. In
stead of the farms which real estate
boomers induced inexperienced men to
open up and improve, now there are
large barb wire pastures, w1ndmlils
and lowing herds.-Farm and Ranch.
They are breeding hornless Short
horn cattle in Iowa. This freak orlgi-
mated from Shorthorn COW with very
imperfect horns who brought twin
heifer calves both entirely hornless.
From. these were obtained hornless
specimens of both sexes. Now the
calves are per cent hornless. -Ch1-
cago Drovers' Journal.
AS an indication of the drift of pub
lie opinion on the subject of table
meats, we note the fact that on one day
last week well-fed New Mexican lambs
sold at Chicago for $500 per hundred
pounds. The sam9 day choice fat hogs
were quoted at 3.45 to 1919. The
mutton sheep is in high favor and it's
popularity is growing.-Denver Stock
man.
In the great cattle pastures along
the South Canadian river in Cleveland
and Pottawatomie counties, Oklahoma,
and across the line in the Chickasaw
nation files are swarming on the cattle
as never before known. Dead cattle
are found daily in every herd literally
worried to death by hordes OF small
at, -h;oh ,%ioo lil>o boos -Sharman
Register.
It is reported that a $40. 900, 900 syn
dictate has been formed for the purpose
of securing monopoly OF the cattle
business in Texas by buying up cattle
and ranches enough to enable the COM
pany to set the pegs for the entire bus
mess. This will enable the concern to
dispense with large number of cow
boys branches and their equipments
lower the price of cattle In first
hands and raise the prices to consum-
ers or packers.-Ex.
The theory advanced by most OF the
stockmen in this country that the late
fall rains injured the grass on the
ranges has been thoroughly exploded
this season. Last fall there was no
rain to speak of and the grass was sup
posed to have matured properly. but as
q matter of fact the grass seems to be
as void of nutriment as old chat. There
is plenty of old grass on the range but
stock of all kinds are very poor and
City Independent.
One of the largest deals in cattle
made in Denton county, Texas, in q
long time was consummated this week,
r. N. Mounts transferring to Lige Rey
nolds of Dallas county 800 head of
steers, stock cattle and yearlings. The
price paid is not given out, but is
known to have been somewhere be-
tween $40, 900 and S25, 900. Mr.. Mounts
sold all his holdings in the deal except
about 400 head, which he retained
Dallas News.
So far this season Arizona has ship
ped through the Denver Union Stock
yards, %, 800 head of cattle. The
yards received far more cattle from
Arizona than from any other state or
territory. There was big. shortage
Der received. This is attributed
largely to the heavy demand OF the
Pacific coast states and Alaska. A riz-
ona has shipped large mum Der of
cattle to California this season.
Tom bstone Prospector.
The shipments from Wilcox have
passed the 80, GOO mark: having reached
30, 69S during the past week. Last
year the total shipments for the year
reached above $1,000. This number
ed all other shipping points by 10, 900
head. The spring shipments having
now amounted to the number quoted
above, it Is safe to predict that Wilcox
will lead all other points by much |
anger mum Der than last year. No bet
,er credential could be published of
Sulphur Spring Valley as a cattle
One hundred and thirty thousand |
cattle shave been shipped from all |
points on the sPecos Valley Railway |