Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-04-19
STOCK NOTES

j. We'll, a cattle buyer from Califor-
MIA, has been spending several weeks
in Grant county looking after some
purchases of stock cattle.
The Lyons & Campbell Cattle com.
pany OF Grant and Luna counties, will,
on or abou the 18th of May, make a
good shipment of cattle from Silver
City to their Colorado ranges.
One of the largest cattle and ranch
deals in a long time has just been
closed. Ryan brothers OF Leavenworth,
Kan, have sold to G. J. Hysham, of
wyoming, $4,000 head of cattle and
their 300 ,000-acre Arizona ranch prop
erty. This makes Nr. Hysham one of
the very largest range cattle and ranch
owners in the world.
The majority of the stock on the
ranges of southern New Mexico is
looking very good at the present time,
although In some places water is get
ting scarce. Most of the cattlemen
are feeling very good, however, owe
the condition in which their stock has
come through the winter. 1t is to be
hoped that the rainy season will com
mence early this year.. as it would be
of great benefit TO theLc.
Dell Holson, of Grant county, sold
all of his cattle to Joe We'll, of Califor.
MIA, at SIS per head. this years calf
crop thrown IN, cattle to be delivered
at Goshen, Cal, by Mr.. Holson, but the
buyer pays all the expenses, including
the freight charges. The seller stands
all losses above q certain per cent, w.
H. Jack also sells about 500 head on
substantially the same terms. The cat
tie are to be loaded out on the z2nd
inst.
The stock yards at Silver City have
recently been put in excellent shape by
the railroad officials in anticipation OF
heavy spring cattle shipments from
Silver City. Formerly the cattlemen
shipping from that town were unable
to secure sufficient water for their cat
tie while loading, but the company mas
dug a good well which has an exceed
ingly large flow of water and which
will be ample for all purposes. The
yards otherwise have been greatly re
paired, the cattle shippers using the
yards at Silver City in the future will
be sure of the best facilities to be OBJ
tanned in this section d the country.
Probably the largest wool shearing
bee that has eve occurred at one
place in the mountain states will be
pulled off within the next thirty days
at the shearing pens of Walter James
at Black Rock station in Willard coun-
ty, Utah, during which $50 men will be
employed. There will be 10 900 head
of sheep to clip, the fifty fiocks, owned
by as many individuals and companies
ranging in number from $500 to $4,000
head in each flock. From these will be
sheared more than 1000 900 pounds OF
wool, worth at least 1925, 900. Each
sheep ought to yield al average OF six
pounds of wool. In order to accom-
plish the task it will necessary tC
shear 1888 sheep daily.
The f%aithfulness of two shepherd
dogs who watched over the lifeless
body of their master during two weeks
of a great blizzard in western Wyo
ming is given as an incident of canine
integrity. HI. w. Moody, a herder fol
the Pacific sheep company, disappear
ed on the 18th of December and his
frozen body was found in a ravine
near Lost creek on the 10Th. The dogs
were keeping coyotes and other dogs
away from the body and were subsist
ing on the meat of sheep thai had sue
cumbed to the blizzard. While rela
tives of the herder took charge Of his
body, other humanitarians looked after
the two intelligent dogs and have
given them the best to be mad since
that time. The dogs were photograph
ed and were expressed to the family
of the deceased herder residing at De
catur, Ark.