The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-08
LIVE sTOCK

An old cattle-bree Ter writes to the Breed.
ers' Gazette, giving his theory of the Texas
fever. He says:
The time of year is now approaching
when the Texas cattle fever should be
guarded against and having more than half
a century ago witnessed the disease in PEN
dleton county, Virginia lit was taken from
gull cattle driven there in the spring sea-
SOM, and having seen it in numerous places
since, both east and west, | will say that
never saw a case that was not accompanied
| by ticks. Most OF the Texas cattle brought
up here in May or June are covered with
large ticks. They drop Off aud breed in.
Vulnerable small ticks. In abont forty
days these ascend the heritage, frequently
gathering in knots about the size of a pea
When cattle range over the ground and
brush them of, they adhere , the legs, as
cend to the belly and TANKS, enter into the
skin and vaccinate them. II the cattle thus
inoculated live they are exempt from the
disease as smallpox patient is exempt
from future attacks of that malady. None
OF our domestic cattle can propagate the
disease, as the ticks can not become i'm
pregnated and hatch before cold weather
comes on. About the ith of July, think,
in 1862 or 1868, | was in Sangamon and
Champaign county, Illinois, on the trail of
the Texas cattle, and | found innumerable
llttle ticks. | warned persons not to allow
their cattle to range On the trail, but was
treated as you will treat this, laughed and
Jeered at. ! had been at home bet few
days when | heard, aS | expected, that the
d sease had broken out in those places in
the most disastrous manner The cover.
nor OF ONO appointed commissioners to in
Vestlgaie the disease. They went around
With their Thermometers, but they might
AZ well nave used their Ii gers aud when
they reported we knew about as much as
we did before, gave one of them my the
DRY he said they laughed at it, and Woul |
not pay aly attention to il. The mes, an |
mix OF the affected animals are pert ct !.
Reality calf may suck Texas f,yere |
COW until she dies, and then suck az 9th ,r
one until she dies, and show no bad fec !
from It, The wolves and dogs that liy d
o. the dead carcasses in Champaign q d
Sangfmon counties got most helpessly f,t.
Now for a remedy: Sweet milk and whisky,
Now for preventive Saturate tue cattle
when curried, with petroleum or any other
Eminent that will Kill the ticks. If a graz
'et hnds symptoms OF this disease and
young ticks, ship them at once, as the flesh
is good. ''
Our Canadian and New England friends
| need not fear 1t, as the season in which the
disease would appear there will be worth
ten times as much as any losses they NAV
suffer from this misnamed cattle fever.
Northeastern Mexico is reported to he all
agog over what ii considers serious dan
ger to the cattle trade of that section of our
sister republic. 1t appears that cattle buy
ers from this country have recently
swarmed into the northern states OF Mex
ico buying cattle at less than half the ruI-
ing rates of the north. Many thousand
head have been driven across the Rio
Gfande into Texas to restock the large
ranches of that state. A greater impetus
than ever has been given to this industry
now that the supreme court of the United
States has decided that such importations
can be made duty free.
TODAY QUOTATIONS..
BHnr OArTLE-Butchers STOCK, grass fed, &c:
corn fed, sc ~
BARREN Cows-Fat cents,
SHIPPING-5a cents.
STCCK-Per head, Sl5dS2O,
MICH Cows-With calves s35t026O,
R0ds-Corn-fed, Axe. gross; timber fat, 4;
stOck. 86DSk.
sIEEn-Mutton, 4@4h CENTS stock, per head;
s200@oSs 90.
HoRsEs--Extrs hne, per span, s3oO@eSoo fancy
harness, 3150@S200; livery harness. S75dlsl76:
farm S50G8l25: ponies, S2SDS5O
MuLEs-Extra heavy Sl25@a2O0 medium $500
| 100 small ASO@bO