Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-03-08
STOCK NOTES

Auhry Gist of the Guadalur. Mount
aims Eddy county .hippod l.'uo
pounds OF mohair from Carlsbad.
George VI. slaughter lrit Roswell for
Chihuahua to visit Governor Ahumada
In reference TO the fair aud live stock
show and sale 90 be- held There the
coming fail.
". G. Hyde. C. W. Hyde and VI =
Hyde. ol near Three Rivers Otcru
county. have sold their entire herd 81
500 Graded cattle aud Will Eo into The
sheep business.
D. J Gagcrmau. OF South Springs,
Chavcs county, has purchased twenty
nine head 1i prize Shorthoru stock
from H. T. Groom of the Texas Pan.
handle The price paid was $4,000.
5 r. Biting. OF Carlsbad, represent
ing various Pecos Valley cattle outfits.
last week sold 5000 and "ycarolds
to - G. Ash ana Carson Williams. of
Pierre. :. d.. and T.. 4 Allen, ~ Kan.
sns city.
George Crcsaman. Of Colorado has
been JOB New Mcyico buying strc.s.
yoarlin tWus and thrc's. to Dec de-
liyo,Dd IN May Hc says prices are
about tho same as last year and cattle
are lu guod condition.
oscar Hyde. Cd Three Rivers, Otero
county sui4 his White Mountain ranch
and has entire stock ui cattle rccolV-
iuE therefor 1000 head oi sheep which
he Will range on ESQ OsCUra rancn he
recently bought from G. a. Hyde and
Bud Smith.
4 shipper from southwest Missouri
shipped tWouty-throc head OF dead
hoes into Kansas city on the 18th. The
stock a.cgt and employees about the
yards were puzzled over the arrivals
until they were told that local soap
manufacturer had contracted Tor them
at SLID per est. Tor every hog.
william Chlarcs5. Of san Angelo
Texas. bought uf y 3, Wilson. what is
known as the Howard Well ranch In
Crochctt county. u embraces l2uUU
acres. 900 acres being decided Land
the balance being school and railroad
lands. IupC are A0op cattle. 10000
sheep nearly zoo horses and mules
ana q bunch of goats. This property
adjolns the StribIn- ranch which MIR
Childrcss also owns.
\ decision uf considerable import
ancc To cattle commission alcts hts
been MADE by the Kansas Citg court of
appeals The court decides that the
commission dealers cannot hc com
PEELED to pay for stolen cattle which
tncy may have sold. Hundreds of cat
tie are sold at the stock yards aunu-
ally. when the commission men have
no means of ascertaining chat the cat
tie offered 20 them for sane are stolen.
il Is a presumption that tho cattle he.
long To the men shipping them. Cndcr
this decision the commission men are
not liable tor the sale of stolen cattle.
This revorses the general practice at
the stock yards. For years tnc pur-
chasore of stock have pCVu compelling
the commission men to make good
such losses Denver Record stock
man.
In Lincoln and several other coun-
ties a number OF Cattlcmen are going
into the sheep business after disUOSiug
of their cattle. 1nis has given rise TO
the impression that the sheep men are
CrOWding the Cattlcmcn from the
range. The fact Us that sheep raising
and goat raising are better adapted TO
certain sections of New Mexico and
therefore more profitable and that OK
plains why cattle ranges In Lincoln,
Guadalupe. Union and other counties
are IN many instances turned into
sheep and goat ranges. As to the cat
tie industry being wiped out Of exist
cncc in New Mexico there need be no
fear, although the tendency AT present
runs TO high grade stock Kept in fenced
pastures rPthor than To leaving low
grade cattle roam at will winter and
summer on the public range.
The Riverside Hereford Cattle com
pany sord their ranch and herd of reg
istegod Hrrcfords al Ashland, Ncb.,
recently 10 George a. Kicker, a banker
of Quincy. ~. for StN1 uOu. This
transfer included -Ou head OF regis.
tered stock ana the stock alone was
estimated In the deal as worth $500.
GOO The herd is headed by Admiral
and Thickset, the latter costing $500.
The ranch consists of 3,7uo acres OF
good river bottom land. The head.
quarters OF Riverside Hereford Cattle
company viii hereafter pe at Bolton,
Mo- where they still own 2o0o acres
and 500 head of registered stock. This
same company has a ranch in Ola Mex
leo Of POO 600 acres. with i20 600 head
of select native COWS beside l2u0p ma
tive and other COWS Anuut 500 regis
tered bulls have been placed on this
ranch within the past year