San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-04-28
Superior Stock IN Hays County.

The questions ura vfteu asked by i'm !
nigr,n,, from 0ther states, tlAavs yUu
hau .slock, iuj lsxssYp . 'aArs txr,nsIs
,mprvvihB the brueds Ot thcir hvrscs aud
ca.,e Y'.N"iss " pruitabls 10 rs,se suoh
iu Yexas. aud dO ILuy stund the climate
wsli?n Tue wrster regrets that he eam.
not sansvern iuliya these in.orrOgs tories,
not having had,sutGGiont tiwe tor iuves-
tiyatuUu, bus 10 may be said that days
county u doing as much ~ iauy portivn
ot TEXAS to elevate thee stsuuard Of
stock raising. loBy. politsness ofs Me, na
WeAlc tlcaBs.lwhU isihilnse!t tS,nowhit
or azihiloier tor an UiuAteur sud u kss
observation E0fi stock itsius lneut 6a1
NlsseUs, the uskesl Jbi soms'stoek rais-f
ers ID shis. sieisisy ste siseugsziii, sf9i
hM Outd&sll ;anI Sxcsllent farmer,
has shirty % iUrtg' head oh Durhum'cowa
coalinkV dsstenda ant trom regular thors
oughbrsdsi iui kouthcky. Several that
were br0Nshs n snicalves to Texas havel
done semssk xbiy we'll and become ane
cstsie. Iilllkeawhe6 younavO born aad
raisediui YslAs,S bloUdeu stock ass per-
fectiy ihasuyao n\villlanir tiood, - near
NlouttuinIrCit,, has u sslection Of iuc
stock tnd Is iihprOviAxT his Eotl,sr euttle
nsi ftSf Nv 1imc aud means permit. fTom
and De. .Sha .LsuatUh ha.e verylv aluabls
thorough sbreds.sislos = s.0di biu
"A good DGrham Gov, In this essslty
'isW0rth from $75tO $lbU.hel h aeesns
pile to pay for one COW, but whom
Dur ham cult briuas ttO tUi Nv, the cos,
of'ths COW is'quickly' Irelarued ~ The
owner, aud he has ithe'MothefIGOw still
lett, worth hall .doseu Of the common
stock. iigt,u9 s.dt 90 .Hdi sldissd.i y ~
sCsL iMcGehes, southolot town, sbsA
Dufhan III stock, 90 Most Of the 'aippemen.
toned persons have kept ordinsry cattle
and fe'Soh tinced il pays to change the
blOodk a Captain i'ueuer, the inevohaut,
has ~ asplendid' COW and cult Mrs. Csp-
tain Martin has recently bought Dur
ham c0w. I'fepe'tlttlea ihoide.ts show
that escE private citizens consider itis
privilege to keep superior auimsls for
amily use. ,IBucas lMoGehes, living ten
miles dOwn the river, has nuHbeF OF
Jersey cattle, several OF which he sold
recently in- S1n AutOuiol u remuuera
tive prices! Mr.. Wilhitc, M 'ehtsrpris.
ing farmer, also, Alex Smith. rwo miles
abo,e ths s6urce ot the Nan Maycos
river, has II No. l mnle Durham. which
has gnined erent credit in this part OF
Texas. Il. Ka Hawkins, on the Gay
place, Eve miles beyond Mountain City,
hns IL noble horse named Rebel, that
has made the best race iu Texas. He
wasl ruised near Sen Marcos! Judge
Cook, ~ considerable property owner
her.. has. Durham cows, aud one Ayr
shire COW. His grand horse Knight
of Anders0r, !" isirom rnre race stock
and attracts universal attention. We
hspr that Judge Cook is much interest
ed ia improved stock and will SOONER 'or
later bring out satisfactory results. NOV
Tom Martin. residing ut Kyle. his q
swift horse : Project, Which, y 10 sud, I,
he backs against any, horse iD, Texas, at
a distance Of 500 yards Tor 5000.
Dr.. Blakeni Jre Has two blooded mares,
also, iue colt. Mr.. Fouiquerenu is
cultiyatiug Durham aud Jersey osttlc.
Mr.s Shire IN ruising graded stock. partlcs
ulariy QUE hat and twp.thirds graded
hUrscs,
1t has been said formerly that Dur.
ham cattle do uot hold their own tqual'
Is with Texas stock, with the same care
this has been prOyen tU be q mistake, us
scores Of rai.ers know, tor they always
come out aheaa ID spring-an induce.
ment tolarlhers 70 os.'er 'ne'a III. ,S'"'n ,,o
DIV CocfeLhm IN .own' Ivy un, ,,.;T ~
years iola, taptco9paasS 'asola"'S W."
any cY9 ~ rls s'he' Ls..,,.
But further enunieratlon or comment
are unnecessarily Hays county iscome"s
out noSlysiu nosanceel s'ock tais.ng.
Tlhy dit pays toritfe II gsuch catlif
wheH young .acclipate eps,iy. ana WIN
reasonable care are Marcy and iopg
lived: Y'''" s"7. ~. -"
L. q hardly necessary 10, refer M toiss
well known TACT that me, pest MsIny
slieepnre beng successi.uily Lm'r0oueSa W.
extensively INTO Texas npcks, ana snelI
wool IL equal TO any intne niaskeIs.
Sheep mEhs DO proni,e'y n:n1 mose
WIFI unJ 'Ss ,ass;n,s comn,rs f.yorably with,
those Of cotton raising, over which the
majority ofinr,nera IRE perhsps working
to, hard and exclusively, to'the Neglect
Of other INTERESTS. ~ ss.,I 5aiih q p
7 AFte iinproyed -:Wiae tnere Sfe iipy
auap,ify y psIk,pp{sspSa YnsSoS.. YsnS "'.
or nssen p ssu nsfos,I .nv
,shse sheso anu R,nn, ~, ~ SO possds l. ie.,,
on"nt ""s,t ve;sSt II II shousht- Il a. the
nro;ect Of stock rsirips viii yet psoye 10.
equal any other venture 10 the iarmios
line. IT." ~ si.'l '