Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-04


NORTHERN MEXICO.
Fnited States Consul Sutton, in a
M and elaborate report dated Mat
bras. April 10, 1888, says OF North
Mexico:
Roughly speaking, a line drawn
4 Quay nas, on the Gulf of Cali
Sio, to Tampico, on the Gulf of
kico. represents the chief cattle
he of Northern Mexico. From t is
Irmous territory deduct one-third
mountains, deserts and tillable
b, and the remaining twc-thirds is
ling land. Over all this territory,
livery extreme of climate, from the
b, cold air of the high plateau to the
hot lands of the coas of Tamau-
Is, range the hardy progenitors Of
Texas cattle-long-horned, large
ed, gaunt, immense beasts /; they
simply frames upon which the
bet grasses of Kansas and the West
make fine beef. Their greatest
ue, however, is not for themselves
be, Desce dants of the fine stock
ught from Spain by the Spanish
queters, nature has adapted them,
ough generations of neglect, to their
dlile. They are hardy /; they are
and while their rating rs TO class
~, yaihe good blood or the past
hsnions is still there. AS | have
they themselves will make good
when fattened on the Western
In; but crossed with the improved
sffom the East or from Europe,
Or two crosses brings them far
ve what the same would do for the
mary class of cattle in the United
e. Not only do they come up to a
grade ofstOck much more rapidly
the ordinary American cattle,
!hey still retain their great frames,
DARK red color of the meat, and
with great rapidity. They are
the Western stockmen admir-
ycall good rustlers' They still
70 their wildness, and hence do not
lamely around water holes eating
short, poor grass, as do the Ameri-
sock, getting thin and weak. to
ID the first great storm. They
''ply rapidly, stay out In the good
and brush, have large frames,
Fnrapidly, and make the best grass
beef that goes East. No wonder
stockmen of our plains are anxious
ct them.
lis portion of Northern NJ xico
I'd include the states of So. .rA,
ennahua. Coahuila, Nuevo Leu,
iamanlipas and por ions of other
Is, la this territory are on u rea-
Eoie estimate and from latest data
iable, an area of 100000 square
ana about a million of innabi-
&. vi this territory probably two
Is suitable, and more or less used
ue raising OF cattle, horses, goats,
and mules. / can only rough
tinate the number of live animals
ols territory. In Texas, with an
esa ~ - 900 square miles there were
~ about 7,500,000 such animals.
ueo as follows: Neat cattle, 1000, :
nofses 500 600; mules and asses,
sssheep, 2,50O,000. In this por-
!" Northern Mexico, with an area
o"Voo square miles, there may
~ something like 100000 ami
shd which estimate AS being
n Ssu about as follows: Goats q
v asd neat cattle, 100000; horses,
0N iVo; sheep, 100000 and mules
Ia. ne difiiculy of obtaining reliable
,o.'cs IN Mexico makes 1t impossi-
y ne, at this time, TO do more
H,kte the above rough estimate.
H., however, during the wear To
= some reliable data on this in
nm YIN EhN MEXICO.
M.er Cortez completed t Q con-
n. Mexlco he received from tn :
lug OF Spain grant of large es-
III, nar the isthmus of Tehuantepec.
i i,s return from Spain to Mexico,
IA says the historian, she ian
~ iIge numbers of Merino sheep
~ s cattle, which found album
nstures In the country around
Enss pec." Three hundred and
NJ years later, or in lS5O-5l, the
V;I,Aing facilities were reported
I,ams In his survey of the 18TH
WI says: tine immense potre-
AM cn border all the principal
\ III on the northern division, fur
e "a, PASTURES of never-failing yer.
shn,,. ue numerous herds. During
bds season that these pc. reros are
q s,su the cattle are driven to the
81 thsated savannas more remote
nhl e river margins. The extern
Ihe iasnds In the central portions
de,;na nmus. as well as the plains
Sndaas On the Pacific, also furnish
~ sslee Of excellent pasturage,
Ially ,ne whole country seems pc
M o vel adapted 10 the raising Of