The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-07
Our Western PerambuIaior.
CAMP AT j. X. FISHERS,
Mnrrh 10 1891 [

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After spending the day III one of the
thickest OF the chaparral, on the east line
of DR.. CarOther's grant. we returned to
this camp, fully persuaded that our time
demanded immediate attention down the
line of the river, and after spending an
hour ut beautiful pool of water, we
started for our present camp. The cOun-
try is. comparatively open, aud thickly
set with the finest of grass, and well
suited Tor sheep or cattle. There are
thousands of acres covered with fine grass
awaiting the enterPrising stock man.
This section of country has lost in the
past few years many large tiOckS and
herds, but a new era Will soon dawn, as
the question of title has been thoroughly
settled, and the lands are now in the
hands Of enterprising men. A few seat
tered small stocks of cattle are now being
herGed TO drive to New Mexico. These
small stock will soon be gone, and large
ones will take their place. The severity
of our northern winters has fully opened
the eyes of stockmen, and they are now
looking, as they should have done many
years ago, to the vast grass lands of
the west, for large mOneyed OPP
shipping of cattle. The grass of this.
country, in its natural state, support
almost as many cattle per acre rs the
richest lands of the northwest, and the
winters are SO mild that the pasturage, or
the loss of stock will be comparatively
nothing. Stock raised in this county will
compare favorably with stock raised in
the northwest. Improved thoroughbred
and the high grades will soon be found
on all the larger stock ranches. w. S.
Carothers and Starlight will soon have
on their large rancho, in front and below
our present camp some ten thousand head
of cattle and a few thoroughbreds. These
men have had large experience in the
growth of stock and feel confident of sue
cess. The grading up of the common
stock of this country will largely in
I'm our eastern market. This fact alone
should stimulate the cattle men to do rs
most of our sheep growers have, TO at
once begin to grade up and in short
time they will find no difference or
discrimination in the market, between
Missouri, Kentucky, Kansas or Texas.
Stock raised on the musquite country
will be as much sought after from the
sweetness of the meat in the eastern mar
ket, as the better quality of beef from the
vast blue grass farms of Kentucky. just
as soon as cattle nom this section of Tex
as can be shipped without delay TO New
York or Chicago without the loss of flesh,
or fevering the animal so as te change the
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a steady demand will be in the above
market for Texas cattle. 1t is the richness
and purity Of the grass thaa gives flavor to
our meats and persons that and are IA
miliar with stockraising can nearly al
ways determine the section of country the
cattle is raised in by the flavor and taste
of the beef. Enough has already been
said, to attract the attention of stock men
to the western pareof this state. Large
pastures are found far below the antici-
pated crossing of the International rail-
road to Uvalde, distance OF nearly one
hundred miles. These pastures are on
either side of the Nuecis river, but the
south bank seems to possess better quail
ity of grass, and as the land on the south
side Is owned by only four or five men,
and ..can be eheaply leased, they are the
more sought out and stocked. The lands
belong to G.. A. Starlight, W. s. Carothers,
A. E. CarOthers and M. A. Taylor. The
lands belonging to A. 4. CarOthers and
NJ. A. Taylor are largely under fence and
part of their lands are leased, and the re-
will be open for leases. No sec
ton of the west, promises so much
for the future to stock men as this part of
Texas. Cattle if poor in the fall,
driven from the prairie counties, will get
fat by spring in the bottoms of the Nuecis.
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