The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-16
LIVE STOCK,

of the Texas cattle trade: All range cattle are
branded with the private mark Of the owner
| This is chiefly done while they arc calves the
| ownership of the young animal being deter
mined by the brand given Its mother In Texas
1t was once legitimate and universal practice
| to capture any animal unmarked and aiilX your
own brand to 1t no matter to whose herd /,
| really belonged, so long as II was one year old
and unbranded. During the year just follow
Ing the breakup of the war, branding "Mayer.
icks,' as these young unmarked animals were
| termed, was the most profitable business cat.
tie. man could follow Their attention was
chiefly directed to females, which were
found in great abundance, ranging from / to
8 years old, The queer title then bestowed upon
| these unbranded animals still cllngs TO them,
| II Is derived from an old Frenchman named
Mauviic, who began stock-raising in that sec.
uon win very few head of cattle, and in a re.
marEably short space OF time had secured an
enormously large h,Id. 1t WAS finally discoy-
cred that he actually branded fifty head for each
COW he owned.
During the war it was very clearly demonstla.
yea mat chicago was rapidly b coming the cat.
Tie depot for the food supply of the entire conn.
Try, and while many ranchmen had nerlected
iher stock, The Effect of war on cattle interests
IN lhe north was Just the reverse of what il was
III iexas, Tor at us close the bullock-a select
one, matured ana worth s5 or GO in Texas-was
worm III northern markets more than ten times
mat amount This vast difference afforded a
tempting field for the cattle speculator. Dnripg
Inc winter and spring of 1865 ard 1866 large
nerds nerds OF natives were gathered In
north sH tbcp ff oIowi@y to being driven
lively stated that over 100000 head of cattle
crossed Fed river in 1866 to be driven thromgh
me indian territory en- route to a railway whi9L
might convey them to Chicago. With the d ri
arrival OF these grass cattle at northern mar a.,
there was a marked decline on all kinds i no
yves, wniIe many farmers and cattle 5no, na
VINO began 10 lose money by this inau Of ,,,u
anu enormous supply, raised y vi u nc"
80, THE CRY OF SPANISH FL .,r,
which gave the Texas cattle ira ~ \, LI'
SCI lqr me time being althou .,b il wsseventnai.
,nal nme N southwest IN Missouri was hipb'
ihat tnrn,d thc 90, lent but the compulsi0n
the dead lines ot " tie herds westward beyond
the sdaptahiIi, western Kansas, demonstrated
Ing and lor = of that county for cattle grow
miner lev aided markets which supplied The
food NJ dtories with stock cattle, us well rs the
Tor -dlkets of the east with suitable animals,
~" slaughter. In reference to Spanish fever,
5SSas, III her cattle raising, has passed through a
oval ordeal on this score. Not content with
charging that Texas cattle ireil.hted the atmos.
phere OF the north with infectious fevers public
prejudice asserted that blooded cattle sent 10
Texas became infected with contagion. This is
not true. Cattle, like human beings, changing
radically from one locality 10 another with
equally violent change Of diet, necessarily IN.
dergo changes In process of acClmalion The
blooded animal afflicted in Texas invariably
suffers from disease similar to dry murrnin
ana II has been demonstrated beyond question
that administering Alternatives whether as
mt dlcint or in food alloviates all trouble OF
this character and that the climate of Texas Is
as suitable for growing fine catlle as France OIL
spain. IL has also been demonstrated absolutely
that where Texas cattle are brought north fol
grazing, no contagion can be spread, provided
the cattle can be kept on separate ranges, for the
reason that all there Is in this incubation mat
Ter is that the tender portion OF the foot becomes
sore discharges virus which is communicated
to the grasses, and thus to the stomach of The
northern herds. This is scientifically and pruo
tcally all there is about the matter. Absolute
separation prevents all such trouble.
Although cattle We're driven from Texas L
Chicago as early as 1852, there was no oonsidera
BILE driving done to the north until after Nh,
war, at the close of which May Texans turned
their attention 10 gathering together their i'm
mense nerds, which had been neglected fol
four years
The first market of any stability was estNb
llshed at Abilene, Kansas. IN 1867. This hel,
the lead about two or three years Then fol
lowed In close connection Wichita Great Bend
, Ellsworth and other towns on the western edg
OF the agricultural settlement of Kansas. In tn
meantime large Strengthening establishment
, were established at Kansas City, and banks In
stantly came forward with all the financial &C
commodauon needed. Every thing ran smooth
~ IN the cattle trade until the financial panic Q
1913, when troubles began again. but these wer
OF short duration. The great southwestern sys
tenn of railways had penetrated Texas, and q
,, rect outlet for all cattle intended for beef wa
had to Chicago. This means Of moving cattl
from the great southwest is about the only on
employed, but few exclusively beef droyes bsin
0 driven over the old trails. The few beeye
! which start north with mixed herds are mos,l
stopped on lines of railway leading 10 Chlcag
at points In southern Kansas, while the s,oc
l cattle 90 on TO different upcountry ranges.
r TODAY QUOTATIONS.
0 BHHr CArrLE-Butchers stock, grass fed, 81.
corn fed, 8.
. BARREN cows--Fat SA@3ii cdn.s.
6HIPPING-ig4A cents.
STcCK-Per head, Sl24S20
/ Mich Cows-With calves, s25@sin
Hoes-Corn.fed, &c. gross timber fat
I stock. S@pSk.
T sHEErSMutton, shGi cents; stock, per hca,
s2.00@a2 80.
HoRsEs--Extra nne per span, s3OOae5oo fame
! harness, Sl50@S2OG livery harness, S6dSsi,
farm, s50@sl25 ponies, sl5GsssO
I MuLEs-.Exua heavy Sl25@a2Oo; medium ESQ,
sl00 small SS0@6n.
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