Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-06
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- il much speculation aud talk
ia ,,,, about the range cattle market
|us' n',,',na summer. The contracting
ihc r'l Texas In now ut hand and
se'spn :" r, nervous and anxious 10
Gun snn,s what they may expect upon me
knv" market the coming season. me
pp,,, an" Of the trade Is entirely diiier.
Mis- from last year. Tho spccu-
ent "" settlement that was so con-
lsl' Nv last winter, aud tho very life
| 0,''' ,rad. IL now absent. Then cv-
o. tue ' nrrachcd and believed In high
cIyo"' he only difference being In tho
rnv, If the advance. There was
esWn,, 10 make n strong
s'sn'lni,,h beef market, scarcity and
NY "sired corn aud limited sup.
hMa ,ouvhness, and Its value nd
fsrneed more than for years. Prices
' y N beef animals were carried high
~ Nan ever before known In this
~, which with the speculative
o,'sn,ent lu ranch property, lent n
-, ,nue to the entire trade and en-
wa r.yas droyers 10 advance prices,
9'.shnld values firm. Yet even fun.
~ Y. these most favorable cireuin-
~ w.. nrIces were only carried last
a,n,st 10 $500 t,Sii.O0 Tor ycarling
0.ss bere i'm the west aud a.year olds
s,a,nsl.. Texas raisers are asking
~ nrIrcs ut home this scnson, aud
nwers want an advance OF - per
M delivered IN the West, which
NH nut them at Dodge and other
sn,s n SO "a $40 for yearlings aud
~ sll for two-year-olds. VIII the
n,ern trade pay this demand Is
anuesiion, The outlook of the beef
Moi il much less favorable than
!, war. Many more cattle nrc he
IA ibls season aud much moro lih.
stls Than last. Tho abundance and
N sanness of roughncss and corn, only
" ,he prico II wasin lSS2, all tending
Nj encourage and stimulate the feeding
y cattle and greatly increasing tn,
ppofwcf This applies To no par,ic'
~ section, but IL general and may b,
5dio br true of the entire country
m The Atlantic TO the Pacific ocean
yer before did the United States
u 80 much corn, hay and wheat as
year and the crops of nli kinds
n more universally good than iol
Inv day. With an ahund
n Of proycnder Of all kinds an,
high price OF all meat producing
Inals, there was everything I,
nalaIe the raising, careful hand
aud Iattening them this winter
nee we look for an unusual crop o
Arattle and hogs during 1889,
ha great shortage of all kinds o
ypnder and very rich prices tn
= nbel ofcattle marketed I'm the tire,
", tnarkets of the west last year
ngu Kansas City and ST. Louis
fhed IN increased of iT5, 900, wha
we expect this season with every
tfayorahlc TO feeding and fattcn
stceke But IL Is urge,
Texas men that the Lon
state has not the surplu
l. she used 10 have aud that tn
evil be much lighter than las
n, Admitting this, still the IN
ke in the west will offset nm,
Page In the supply from that sec
Texas no longer holds the pow
The grass cattle market that sh
10. aud IL losing sntlucnco ever,
The number oi cattle on tn
IRA rangas are Increasing con
" and rapidly. Kansas aud Col
LIN pare gathing steadily In thcl
Yer VI cattle, and New MeNie
ncl@scd her holdings In n mark
(gnt The past year. Even Arizon
(f,o unknown To the cattl
now boasts OF n number {
aud some large ones. We kno,
! mn ranch with $4,000. The Norll
|sVVV has gained even more wonde
than the West The increase /
slpts Of cattle from that sectio
.n.,asI The Chicago market last year ",
os'uw oVo, and may he expected to b
larger the coming season BE,
are already lower than n We,
hd may he expected to mrth,
Wearo not familiar with tt
/, bennAG lages that Western caffeine
anil think necessary To hay
do know that the beef mark,
NccE country will not support n
Nt TIE coming season. Henc,
----zusu saucc In range cattle this Sc
.A w be had at the cost OF percen
y s"'''' haasds CaV Price Current.