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SHKMt* AMD CATTLEThey are Reported Doing Nicely Throughout tiie Territory.MJilia run, of the put few days, has been hailed with uellght by the stock-men throughout the country The Tarrntory baa not Buffered on account ot drought, but some of the neighboring Stales have. In parts of Kansas aod Colorado, rain has not fallen for weeks, and the grass is almost too dry to afford ufilcienl nourishment to the cattle browsing thereon.Capt. J. 6. Clancy who owns a large sheep ranch at K! i lame (iordo, in con* vernation yesterday with A Uazkttk re-porter, on the subject said:“The country near my ranch has not suffurod auy for want of raiu. **u the contrary, there baa boon an abundance of iL The wool this year weighs much lighter than it did last year on account of the heavy rains.’’“How does the rain effect the weight of woolP”“Well, ruin washes the oil and dirt out of the wool, and const quenlly it dans not weigh as heavy as if the dirt remained“Then wool raisers did not do as well this year as they did last seasonP“Yus they did; at loast 1 did. The washed wool commanded u bettor price than the dirty wool of last s ason, and the yield of this year wta in cxcoss of the previous year. 1 only got 1CJ cents a pound fur my crop of wool last year, and ihiB year 1 got tlurteun cents 1 sold my entire clip of wool 67,871 lbs., the other day to Gross, Blackwell Co., at thirteen cents a pnuud.”How are sheep thriving?”They aro doing well, the spring has been very favorable. The losses thus fur have only boen about ten per cent The lambs too. are doing nicely, fully eighty live per cont dropped are alivo.” “The sheep owners liayo no reason to complain PNo, contrary to tho general opinion, those who have good sheep are now earning good interest on their investments.Mr. Crockett’s clip amounted this spring to 30.000 pounds and John Lie Olevara’s to 24,000 pounds. I mention these two gentlemen because they are largo sheep owners. We have no cause for complaint. The grass has been good all the year, but the rain has i: proved it. In this portion of the country, there have been some few complaints made, but tho country generally has had good grass.“How are the cattle in your section?'' They are thriving and there is ue disease among them to speak of.Mr. Sam Doss, a prominent cattle owner from Fort Sumner, whuu askod bp tho reporter how the cattle were thriving at Fort Sumner, said:•‘They are doing well. The grass was belter than usual this spring, a loast it was for lifty miles around For Sumner, but I believe the want of rain has been felt further south. The calves this year were as good os last year, if net bolter. In tact, a great manj people olaim, that they bavo branded moro calves this year iban over before.Is there auy disease among the cattle?”“Not among the cattle in the territory, but the Texas cattle are quarantined on account of a disease known as Texas lover, that is prevalent in some seclioua aiuoug them.uo you think the disease would haye any serious effect on the cattle in the territory, if transmitted among them?” Well, agronimany have diod from tho disease in Koulborn Texas, but I do not kaow whether it would cause any great ba^oc among tho cattle here, on account of the great alliiudo in this territory. It certainly would not have as great an effect on them here as ii would in the south and east.Mr. L. D. Coggins, manager of the New Eugland Live Stock company at Fort Surnuor, said in reference to tho ubjuct:“That althergh some of the cattle in Southern Texas wero dying from fever, there was very little probability of its breaking out in the territory. The quarantine law is too strict. The cattle n the territory are thriving but prices are low,”“Why are prices low?“un account of the quarantine in Texas. They want to soli aud cannot. Thon again they have held tbeir cows for so long that they aro now overstocked with them and tho ranges are overrun. ”VsuocHGconChiCoiDeiNo:KtXSIUnWeHMaGo.NaBuCoiExFeiCoSicTo:Fqui I-HIFaiCoW«nglt;5
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Las Vegas Daily Gazette
Las Vegas, New Mexico, US
Tue, Jun 30, 1885
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