River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-07-14

bring the yield up to more than 3OO,-
900 pounds. Owing to the conditions re-
ferred to in the foregoing, the clip in
the northern part of Arizona will be
later than usual this year, because the
owners of the fiocks prefer to await
late clip rather than risk the loss
of the lambs.
Prices for wool in Arizona this year
ranged around the prices of last
year. Agents paid on the ground be-
tween 20 and % cents for the clip
Of 80 per cent. of the sheep shorn in
the Salt River valley. The buyers
that were in the field were representa-
tives of Dewey, Gold G Co., of Bos-
ton; Brown & Adams, of Boston, and
Salter Brothers, representing various
houses in Boston. Workers were
scarce, and wages were high. Clip
pers that formerly received from SIS
to $40 per month now receive from
$35 to 800 per month, and most OF
these laborers are Mexicans.
Goat raising in Arizona has proved
profitable, and this years prices, paid
est ever recorded. For kid mohair, r.
Edmundson of Yarnell received so
cents per pound, and this was paid for
the grade known as No. 2. This sale
was made through the National Mo-
hair Growers association, organized
recently in opposition to the wool
combine. The new association has an
agency and warehouse in Boston. and
lost no time in getting into the Ari-
IONA field.
The shipment netted Edmundson 46
cents a pound after paying transpor-
| tation charges and association ex-
penses. Not only is the goat proving
profitable from the sale of the hair,
but recently Arizona goat mutton sold
in the Kansas City market for $6.25
the hundred.
Owing to the warm climate in this
territory, lambs come into the mar
ket at very early season, which gives
the f1ocks additional advantage over
other parts of the country. One ship
ment of lambs was made from the
Salt River farms by J. A. Pitts of Ash
| L
| signment consisted of four double car
loads of spring lambs, which were sent
! to Kansas City. This was the first
attempt ever made in Arizona to ship
the lambs so that they might arrive in
Kansas City before Easter While this
shipment was made in the nature of
an experiment it proved profitable,
and next year it is probable that Ari-
IONA lambs will find ready early sale
in Kansas City stock yards. The
lambs sold were raised on Pitts farm
and fed on hay raised on his farm, in
stead of leaving the lambkins on the
ranges.
The shepherds in Arizona have to
contend with the wild animals to an
extent greater than is necessary in
any other part of the country. For
protection against coyotes, dogs which
ere often half-breeds between the col
re- and the coyote are used with great
success. The forest department and
thu local officers distribute poison to
Kill off the coyotes &nd this method
las proved effectual in many cases.
As an instance of the number of
Wild animals that have to be guarded
against in Arizona it is pointed out
that at recent hide day" in Tomb
stone, the capital of Cochise county,
which is the most densely populated
county in the territory. bounties were
paid in one day on 500 .pelts of anil
mails of prey. About $4,000 is paid out
annually by Cochise county for boun-
ties On The pelts of coyotes, bob cats,
wolves, lobos, mountain lions, bears
and skunks. 1t may also be cited
that one night recently lynx got into
a corral owned by Charles Sands in
the vicinity of Douglas, in Cochise
county, and killed 81 goats. The same
man reports that altogether 200 goats
and kids were killed by lynx and bob
cats this season.
ALOYSIUS COLL.