The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-05-10
orr REEF SUPPLY.
T,he Great Cattle Busaness Of Texsss HIN
uoss. Missour1 ard other ssssaes'

II r.,,. S5v-.st CATTLE suszness OF Texass t1ia-
4 ross. Bzissuura ard elmer assstes'
\ That Texas is one of the largest catt le'
4 producing quarters Of the civilizsd word
none who have seen her almost Countless
herds can deny not even when the cat"
/ tie produce of Texas shall be compared
\ with the vast herds that roam the stsppes
4 of Russia or those that wander on the
great stations of Australia. Still, bound.
less as the production of beet may appear
to be in Texas, the quality is 30 inditter>
ent that other states of the union, though
i numerically tar inferior, are, in point OF
wealth derived from cattle growing,
greatly In advance of Texas. Probably
the cattle interests of the stste OF lib
nois represent the largest capital and the
richest revenues derived from this branch
of industry. While other states have
certain ssaBons of the year during which
their trade in cattle is active, Illinois
from the LIST of January to the 31Bt OF
/ December ships from her broad prairies
and from her numerous feeding farms.
Not alone lie the feeding interest closely
and diligently attended TO in Illinois,
but the rearing of calves is steadily car
ried ON. Corn-fed steers are always to
be found on the great cattle markets OF
the state, and such herds invariably COM
uand the highest prices. and when sold
on net weight obtain the most Liberal al
lowance. Kentucky as best producing
region can justly lay claim to some OF
the very finest and best bred herds that
can be found she might, without tear,
challenge the British Isles and Canada
tor high bred stock, from whense are
drawn those animals purchased for the
PURPOSE of improving the blood of the
herds of the western states and territOrs
les. During the summer months, when
the pastures are rich in blue grass, the
herds of Kentucky are at large, and from
the early days of August up to tine end
of October Or the middle of November,
should the weather continue mild, the
grass-fed herds of Kentucky arrive on
the eastern markets. Their beef is very
wholesome, being light, nutritious and
full of Juice, most suited for invalids and
children. The carcasses do not inwardly
contain tie most proportion of tat as do
those of beeves tcornsfed; stillth adipose
matter is generally spread throughout
! the muscle, and the color snd flavor of
Kentucky beef are excellent. SEINE few
feeders there are in kentucky who use
corn, and who ship off their herds all
through the winter and spring. Ohio rs
as cattle state ranks next TO Kentucky,
save that sine can not boast of as much
excellence OF blood as her sister state en-
Joys.
In Ohio; where the blue grass Rourishes,
the herds are pastpred /; while in other
sections of the state corn feeding is the
rule. Ohio steers come TO market most
freely from the lat of August to the end
of February. Their quality is go I'd,
sometimes even superior. Where the
blue grass foufishes in Virginia the
practice observed is the same as in the
states heretofore named, save that less
corn is fed than in Ohio, and that in the
/ mountain Districts the cattle of Viz
ginia are small and apt to be serubby.
Virginia cattle are shipped for the east
all Through the wear, and are in prime
condition occasionally rather than in
variably. Missouri is rapidly becoming
q great cattle center. About mid-winter
Missouri steers are at their best. AT
other seasons of the year the herds from
Missouri are coarse and light in flesh.
Toward the end of the summer is the
time of the heaviest run OF grass fed
Missouri esttle. The quality is inferior
and the carcasses dress to slight advan
tage. The great markets of New York
city and that at Brighton, close to Boss
ton, are supplied from ALBANY and Phil
aeeiphia, as the Two nearest points for
rest and iced and water for the herds
arriving from the west. Deposit is a
great resting station ON the Efie rail-
road. The western markets for east
bound herds are East st. Louis and
Chicago, bothin Illinois. Cincinnati and \
Pittabnrg are also great cattle points of
union. To these places resort the eastern
shippers, and buy of the dealers or
owners, as the case may be, the herds
they need for their eastern trade. The