The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-09
LIVE STOCK.

The Northwest Texas Norman
Horse company this week sold to
Thos. G. Sterrett & Sons 500 mares
two years old and over. These mares
will be put on the Messrs. Sterrett's
Deep Greek ranch. Mr.. Bryce Sterrett
is now in Illinois buying up young
Norman stations to cross with the
mares.-Albany News.
Mr.. Jim Upton returned from abb
lene and Colorado City via Sweet
water, last Monday. While in Col
orado Mr.. Upton closed a trade with
Mr.. Tom Jordan for about 600 head of
good stock cattle, valued at $4,000,
giving in part payment his interest in
the brick stable built by Putnam 81
Hicks. Mr.. Upton will put these cat
tie on his Crows Nest range imme-
diately. Three hundred of them will
be delivered to him out of pasture
next week. This is an exceptionally
good trade for Mr.. Upton.-Tom
Green Times-Entcrprise.
Mr.. d. H. Reagan, who has been for
several months in Dodge City, Kansas,
with his herd $500 cattle, on a
"scaley" market, recently sold $500
head of steer ones at $3.50 and at once
bought again at $13.25, though what
number he got at that price edid not
learn. He wrote Mr.. Coffin on the
9th that he would pasture about 1,1OO
heifer ones in the Indian Territory till
next year or a good market turned up.
He also wired Mr.. Coffin on WedneS-
day that he would leave at once for
New York.-Cuero Bulletin.
Texas Live Stock journal: The
time is coming very soon when Texas
horsemen will run their stocks entirely
under fence, with the purpose of pro-
dCcing marketable stock very much
more valuable than the animals usual
ly sold from the average range stock
of the country. The principal reason
for this is the increased demand fol
the better animals and the decrease
in value of the small stock. This diff.
ference is sufficient to pay the increas'
ed expenditures of fencing and feed
ing during winter, use OF stations
and increased expense for labor, then
leaving handsome margin for profit
Mr.. j. N. Choate returned Institutes
day from the range of the Cheyenne
and Arrapahoe Cattle Co., in the In
dian Territory. He accompanied
thither the Choate & Borum cattle
which are to be wintered on that
ra .ge. Choate says that the G. & A
Cattle company have got an enviably
soft thing. They have a splendid
range, an abundance of water, anC
everything needed for the growth Of
cattle. The company own about %,
600 head of cattle and are holding sew
eral thousand head for other parties
The land of the range is leased at al
annual rental of two cents per acre
Dodge City Times
A gentleman writing from Albany
(Tex.), says: Last November W.
shipped eight Norman FLIES from thu
pastures of McLane comfy. Illinois
to this point. These were put on mes
quite grass and fed nothing but two
quarts of oats to the animal per day
until the Goth of February, winterin@
strong. From that time to the presen
they have had only grass and they ar,
all in as good order as they were il
Illinois last year, eating grass tina
grew on land worth $50 per acre
Three of them are two years old anC
five are three years old last spring, anC
four out of the five three-year-olds ar,
raising fine colts. Part of these mare.
are imported from France and thu
others bred in Illinois. Our expert
ence prompts us so say this is as gooC
d country to raise in as we know of
The heat of July and August does no
affect them any more than in Illineis
and there are less flies and mosquitoe
to bother them than in the north.