The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-14

state that. although the losses OF last VIII,
ter we're very telling upon the cattle ana
sheen interest of our country YET
,hroi,sh the last summer and fall they
never did better and having entered the
winter in such splendid condition we en-
fertain no fears of loss before spring.
TbouCb the whole southwest has suffered
rreatlv from the restrictions or quarah-
/ tine of adjoining states and territories
vet the raisers have pretty geherahS
! marketed all of their steer cattle, ana we
feel confident in saying that the chances
of getting out with the drive OF
cattle to the northwest the coming
spring will be much better than IN the past
year. Our northern friends. III the cattle
husiness. have not realized as much for
their matured steers as expected, and as
we wonld have liked for them to have OBJ
tanned Yet, these ranges are not full;
and as long as there is room for the cattle
to fatten, they, or some other parties Will
want the young steers from our great
breeding section to grow on these rat
producing grasses. Now, that our assocl-
alton, and the cattle raisers of Texas, may
derive as many benefits as possible from
the trade the coming spring, we would rec
ommend that it shall be a part OF the
duty of the executive committee, for the
next associational year, to report to the
members of this association, all the lnior'
nation they may from time to time OBJ
tain, as to chances of getting cattle out
of the state, and such other information
as NAV be of interest to the cattle raisers
who may be members of this asSOcla-
ton. Such information can be given
! through circulars, directed to the members
of the association.
| Your committee would also recommend
that our constitution be changed so that
| the annual meeting of this association
can be held at different places in the state
and not. as heretofore every year In Aus
tin. The general interest of live stock
dealers and raisers demands that the meet
ing should be moved every year, though,
| it is the opinion of this committee, that
the office of this association should be
| kept at Austin.
Also, we would recommend that the sec
rotary of this association be paid by the
month. such wages as your finance com
nittee may recommend, and that the wages
be payable on the last dav of every month
by draft on the treasurer. Approved
by the chairman of the executive commit
tee
And that in the future the executive
committee require from the treasurer q
bond for the sum of one thousand dollars
(S1,000.00), and from the secretary bond
for one thousand dollars ($1,00000), made
payable to the president of this associa,
ton and his successors in Office, and held
by him for the benefit of the association
From the resolutions passed at last
meeting of the National association, your
committee has Just cause to ompliment
those who represented our association in
that body, as we'll as all who were in at.
tendance there from our state. In order
that our state might be well and ably rep
resented by delegate at large we, in
connection with resident cattlem-n of this
neighborhood, petltioned the governor to
commission Hon. John Hancock as that
delegate. And every Texan who heard
him on the floor of the association room
felt proud of our representative, who so
ably defended the interest of Texas before
that body. Members of your committee
who were in attendance at st. Louis meet
ing, were watchful of Texas interest, and
especially the proposition of the Animal
Industry bureau in its suggestion as to
location of the dead or quarantine line
through our state. Such line is to prevent
the communication of Texas fever by
cattle driven north; and as our informa
ton was such as to cause the belief that
such line would, in the near future. be
established by that bureau. we thought our
cattle friends and members of this
association should be warned as
to the situation. That they
might come and be present at this meet
ing to formulate such plans and ,ugges-
lions as would best serve the Texas cattle
interest. And that all may be better
posted as to the situation, we have sent
an invitation to DR.. E. Salmon, chief of
the animal industry bureau, to attend our
meeting and address the association. civ
ing us his views on the subject which we
sincerely trust he will do
In looking over the situation and con-
dltlon of the cattle industry, your com
mittee can best mark the great change of
ideas among our dealers and rasers 1t
was only few years ago that Texan at-
tempted to fatten his beeves on grain.
But the change was necessary, and as a
live people, we are adapting ourselves to
the condition of AFFAIRS and to-day, not
hundreds but thousands, of steers are held
in feed lots, fed upon Texas grain. A lit !
tie more time and experience, and the
farmer who produces the grain will be
the feeder: and the great valleys of Our
rivers. which are rich grain lands, will have
the feed lots. Our rivers, running through
and from the great mesquite pastures, the
old steers will naturally drift into the feed
lots. We can compete with any country
In feeding cattle. While our lands NAV not
yield as heavy corn as some others, vet
other feeds, such as millet, sorghum, peas
and cotton seed, are all rich. fat prodn.
GERS. And we assert, without fear of con-
that the farmer who plants his
crop with the determination to feed if ont
to cattle, sheep and hogs, can make more
money out of it, than can any farmer in
like circumstances do in any other country
As time wears on we become better
acquainted and know more of one ano-
Their, and each of his neighbor. So il i |
our Granger friends have become better
acquainted with the aims and objects of
he cattleman, and soon we hope to sec
he good feeling spread as in one common
household, recognizing the rights of every
class of business, and all working for tho .
greatest good to the greatest number
There Is point on which our ideas con.
iict The lease of the school and public
andS. We saw, as business neorla IL