Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-14
FARMS AND RANCHES
The Cattle and Sheep Interests Of
Chaves County Are of Great
Importance,
LARGE MOVEMENTS OF STOCK
The Mild Winter Good for Cattle and Sheen
The Ranges Are In Splendid Con-
dition-Large Sales Are Be-
ing Made.
Roswell Register

There are several sheep buyers in the
neighborhood.
G. A. Beckett sold his sheep, 2,287
head, for $6,327. He sold his ranch to
w. F. Daugherty, of Carlsbad, for $3.50.
AN the sheep men on the pains are
feeding their old ewes and weak lambs.
They say they are worth too much to
let them die.
Halburt Bros. returned Thursday of
last week from the Penasco, where they
received the sheep they bought of
O'Neal g. Beckett.
L. S. McGun reached home Monday
morning. The firm of McGuin & Yea
ger now have 1000 very fine selected
Sheep.
Scarcely day passes that wagons do
not come in from or leave for the noun
tain towns west of Roswell. They bring
wool hides and pelts, and return with
merchandise for the merchants
Andrew Rasmussen and son were up
THE Penlasco the first of the week re-
celving some stock cattle which had
been purchased of Johnson Bros
Messrs. Coles, Harshey and Johnson
have met with another mishap unto
their flock The sheep drfted during
the night splitting up and losing some
seventy-five
R. L, Turner, the sheep buyer from
Lincoln, Neb., has engaged fifteen cars
for next Tuesday to ship a lot of sheep
from this place to his home. He is out
skirmishing for more sheep, and may
want more cars.
Jaffa & Prayer received a car load Of
cows Wednesday, bought of David Nc
Cullough. Of Fayette, Mo. There are
twen'ty-one cows, one Holstefn, three
s1orthorns, and the remainder Jerseys,
and six calves
w. M. Atkinson, manager of the Milne
Land and Cattle Company, informed
the Register ON Tuesday that at that
date he had thirty-two fine grade
Whiteface calves, all live, frisky speci-
mems, in the best of condition.
G. w. O'Neal and George A. Beckett,
the Penasco sheep growers, who sold
their sheep to Halbert Bros. of Wyo-
ming recently, were in town last Friday
and closed the deal. Mr.. O'Neal sold
$3.50 head and Mr.. Beckett about 1900.
G. w. O'Neal sold his sheep at s2.75
all around.
J H Da,-iat, o. TIE fll1r Of Sutherland
& Devine, sheep growers. says the mild
winter has been good for sheep, and
that there is green grass in many places
on the range now If the weather con-
tinues mild there will be good crop Of
young weeds for the sheep In short
time. The firm has its sheep at Twin
Buttes, about thirty-five miles south
west from town.
Fort Collins Courier (Timnath) Ben
jamln Preston returned from New Mex
leo Saturday with 700 lambs, and will
make another trip at once for more. He
has been doing his share Of the sheep
business, having furnished a large
number OF those fed last year. He will
put about 5000 in his own yards, now
having 100.
C. w. Haynes returned last Saturday
from his stock ranch up the river,
where he has had a force Of men work.
ing ON his dam and canal. He now has
both in excellent shape, and will be
able to put his ranch in fine condition
He has 1000 acres under fence, and can
irrigate vt, which makes 1t more val
liable than ever.
l.. H. HallIam is still running his feed
grinding min at Seay, Gin & Co.'s ware
house. He is using for power the gaso-
line engine that formerly belonged to
Capt. D. H. Clark, and 1t works in
very satisfactory manner, having de-
veloped over five se-power The mill
grinds about $4,000 pounds Of corn in
ten-hour run.
The outlook for stockmen was never
BETTER. The sheep men will raise good
crop of lambs and the wool clip Will be
heavy. The COW men will have large
crop of calves, and will have fat cattle
earlier than usual for the Kansas City
market. The Pecos Valley & Northeast
ern Railway Company will erect shear
ing pens and dipping watts at Portales
and the sheep men are invited to shear
here. There is a bank here and they
cam get what money they may need.
and Portales will have plenty OF wool
buyers and mutton buyers on hand to
make purchases. The railroad company
has plenty Of water to accommodate all.