The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-06-08
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Live Stock Conditions.


of the St. Joseph Stock Yards
Company, while here last week,
said that he had just come from
Arizona to San Angelo and that
he had recently been travelling all
over the western part of the
United States and had found con-
ditlons in the live stock business
to be extremely prosperous all
over the west. Everywhere the
cattle and sheep aud other stock
are fat, said Mr.. Kerr, and the
stockmen are all feeling highly
gratified over the. splendid ccndi-
tions in their business.
Why" said Mr. Kerr, "they
had more rain the past winter in
Arizona than you had here in
Texas, and you know that is say
ing lot. They had regular floods
IN Arizona and the result ls that
this year they had the latest
sheep they have ever had there
and they have now got the finest
range, the finest grass and weeds
they have ever had in the history
of the territory. California,
Nevada, New Mexico, Idaho, all
the western states are faring
equally as well. Why in New
Mexico this year they had grass
muttons to 90 to market for the
first time on record. AS rule,
New Mexico sheep never get fat
enough on the range to go to
market. They have to be taken
to Colorado feed lots and fattened
for the market, but this spring
they had a few sheep to get fat
enough on grass to go direct to
market.
They are shipping 500 car
loads of muttons from Arizona to
eastern markets this spring. The
shipping season is month late
there owing to the heavy rains
and they have about concluded
their shipments by this time
california and Nevada NUT
tons have been going to eastern
markets this year for the first
time in many years, if such has
ever been the case before. The
sheepmen out there found that
they could send their stuff to the
east and even with the heavy
freight rates get better profits
than by taking them to Frisco
and the western markets.
1.-THE lamb crop all through the
West has been u tremendous
heavy one. New Mexico had a
whopping big lamb crop this year,
Idaho and all the other Western
markets had big lamb crops.
There will be a tremendous lot of
northern and western lambs ship
ped to market this year. Why, /
have friend out in Idaho who
will ship 10000 lambs this spring.
He has the Wood Livestock Com
pany, Spencer, Idaho, one of the
biggest outfits in the west, prob
ably the largest. They had a
lamb crop this spring of 10000
and will send three-fourths to
market along in August when
they are good and fat. They will
fatten on the mountain feed there
and will be in fine shape by
August. They will get S2.75 to
SD a head for these lambs, net,
and that will pay them we'll, you
may be sure,
"Why can't the Texas sheep.
men get such prices for their
lam bs?"
"Well, for one thing, the Texas
sheep are all better graded sheer
than those northern sheep and
are raised for their wool growing
qualities while the Idaho sheer
are coarse wool sheep, esteemed
for the mutton qualities. They
have Cotswolds, Lincolns' anc
Shropshires instead of the Merinc
grades you have down here. Then
too, you can't get sheep fat il
Texas in August, the time wher
those northern lambs will go OF
the market. Texas sheep are fat
ter now than they will be by
August.
"There were immense ship
ments of New Mexico sheep which
had been fattened in Colorado
feed pens last year, This yea
the New Mexico sheepmen ar,
holding their sheep so high the,
are soaring off the feeders. Blu
if Kansas and Nebraska make
big corn crop, as it seems nov
that they will, there will be jus
as many sheep fed in Colorado a
ever.
"You know Colorado peopl
pride themselves on the climat
and they say that with Colorado
climate and Kansas corn they cal
produce the finest and fattes
sheep on earth, but l think it
mostly Kansas corn.