Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-01-21
TOWN OF CLAYTON.
Growth Of Business In That Town and
Vicinity Remarkable.
SHEEP AND CATTLE.

Union county sheep and cattle are
doing well this winter, the weather
being open and the ranges in good
grass, says the Denver News, in an
article written from Clayton, N. M,
dated January is.
The county now has in the neigh.
borhood of 500 600 sheep and Clayton
will ship this year in excess of 2,O00,-
coo pounds of wool, with average five.
pound heeces.
Last years feeding shipments mum
bered Go, 900 head of wethers and 80
600 head of lambs, going chiefly to
Colorado and Nebraska f|attening pens.
M. H~erstein, of Clayton, is fattening
at Lamar, Colo, $500 wethers and
$500 lambs from Union county ranges
and will market the wethers at 100
pounds and the lambs at 20 pounds, the
latter averaging AZ pounds when
placed on ~fattening feed. Mr.. Her
stein is feeding alfalfa and sugar
beets. topping off with corn.
Mr.. Herstein, who will contract for
nearly one-half of Union county's wool
clip this season, urges through the
Rocky Mountain News upon the sheep
men of the county the growing ad.
visibility OF alfalfa planting for win.
ter feeding purposes.
Generally speaking, winter range
conditions are exceptionally favorable
incidental storm stress. winter sheep
loss would be practically unknown to
Union county ranges.
Sheep here are annually adding to
their excellent blood strains, 1000
more fine rams-Rambouilet and
Shropshire-coming into the county
last year. This superb grading i'm
p~ortation is to be fully equalled this
season.
r. w. lsaacs, a Clayton windmill
and pump man, reports largely in
creased sales, Clustered in the vicini-
ty of Clayton there are now over 100
windmills drawing water for stock
and irrigation purposes, while new
wells are constantly going down and
new windmills eve going up.
Such, indeed, is the local growth of
the windmill well that Mr.. Isaacs has
established a Clayton mandatory
of piping, casing, tanks, etc, and in the
/, spring will erect a new and commodi.
Gus building,
Artesian water is being drilled for
with every prospect of striking an
abundant supply at comparatively
shallow depths, the Colorado &
Southern railroad leading off in this
important direction with a big well
drilling plant at Clayton.
The Clayton public schools, directed
by Prof. F. E. Carnes, are attaining
noted degrees of efficiency.
County finances are in excellen
condition, and under the lately in
stalled county officials public business
in Clayton and county seat in all 1T
aspects is promising. Mercantile an,
professional Clayton men unite in say
ing that last year was EXCEPTIONAL.
prosperous, even for Clayton an,
Union county.
Clayton is steadily and substantial,
building, both in business blocks an
residences, the latest illustration be
ing the erection by DR.. Samuel
North of a stone and pressed brio
block to cost $1,000 and to include
commodious and deliberately equippe
opera house,
A pertinent evidence of Clayto
progress and prosperity is found in tn
fact that the First National bank of tn
city now counts 1892, 289 in resource
as against SOS, 721 on January l, 100.
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