Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-02
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

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Texas HIack'Rstora liia Middle
OF JanuGrys
E7ow Texas stocsmsn Are Interested in the
&, serrlem sn, OF tho West-B,g Purchases
q of Fine Grade Stock,
a gaSioad4 OF horses shipped from
Weatherford TO Memphis passed through
the city yesterday.
|. Colonel G. q. HigDee purchased abou'
100 head OF spsyed heifers from the Mats
dor stock yesterday, which he will feed
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Mr.. J. P, Colbert, q farmer of New
Leban6n, La, was in the city yesterday
lhndpurchssed a carload of fifteen-hand
Fmares frem Powell Bros.
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A great many Texas stockmeu will at.
tend the national stockgrowers' C onven.
ton at Denver when 1t meets. That is
considered an advantageous time for the
exchange Of cattle from southern breeders
to the northern rsngemen.
Already the demand for Texas horses
In Arkansas has begun to show signs OF
life. A Fort Worth dealer received as.
surGuces from there yesterday that the
trade frcm that direction would soon be
flowing in with unusual briskness.
Wilson end Croker shipped through the
city four carloads of sheep from Toyah,
which were considered by those who saw
them ae iioe lot as have gone through
in some time. An average OF 104 head
BSnly could be put on each deck, while the
usual number is from 40 to $50.
Mr.. 3. r. Gibson, a stockman of
BrownWood, was in the city yesterday.
He says the grass in the vicinity of
Brownwood is rather short this year. 1t
WAS rather late in getting start, and
was not sufficiently matured before the
srsins and frosts came. Cattle so far have
hfIoi suffered much, but there will prob
ably be some loss before spring.
Yesterday the Mstsdor Cattle Com
pany shipped as far as Fort Worth about
600 head of cattle of all descrip-
lions, about half OF them being long
yesrlinga. The cattle were not in first
rate shape for marketing so it WAS de-
cided to cut out the youngest of them and
put them in pastures near the city TO feed
tor spring sale. They are fine looking
lot of stock.
Considerable interest is manifested by
stock owners in Texas over the settle
ment Of the difficulties in the Chsrokee
Legislature. A great many leases of land
in that country expire this year, and they
cannot be renewed until the Legislature
gels down to business. While things are
so unsettled the men who lease the
ranges do not feel justified in investing
in Texas cattle 10 restock with, and hence
the anxiety of the Texans.
The American B1nker, quoting the
statement that theIe is more capital in
vested in stock raising in Iowa than in all
the national banks Of the United States
the former amounting to 1926, 456, 7ol and
the latter TO but 1922, ZOO, 000-says that,
whether tae figures be absolutely true or
not, it is certain that Iowa has mint Of
money in it's live stock and revenue from
it more certain and reliable than the pro
ducts of the most lavish mines Of the
earth.
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Special agents OF the new Mexican
government are investigating
entries On the Pecos river, in Lincoln
county, New Mcxico, a great many of
saidfo have been frsudulently
made. There are hslf dozen large cattle
concerns Eeid to be interested, smong
them the Milne Bush, the Eddy issel,
the Lea, the Holt and the G. W. Williams
Cattle Companies. The impression is
hat the investigations are being made
simply to inconvenience the stockmen.
Still there is no slackening in the de-
maud for fine grade cattle by Texas
s:ockmen; on the contrary, there seems
to be growing sense OF the Importance
of better grade of stock than the Texas
scrub. Mr.. D. W. Davies yester
day disposed of the following animals:
To J. A Glass. Zephyr, three grade Hoi-
stein heifers and three thoroughbred
bulls: to P r Rogus of the same place, q
Hereford heifer and to It.
Holt, Honey Grove, a high grade Here
ford bull. The new year is expected to
bring rush of buyers to the city.
Stoekmen of Fort Worth are expecting
several buyers in town from northern
states and from the strip before the mid
die OF January, triie earlier than it is
the won't OF rangemen to seek Texas stock
for northern delivery. Very little doubt
is felt that there will be heavy purchasing
by northern growers this spring. Mr..
John S. Andrews was asked yesterday
what the prospects were and he consid-
cred them exceedingly bright. It the
of the north have as great sue
cess throughout the remainder Of the
yesr as they have had 80 far they will feel
encours ged to buy up large numbers OF
cattle.
A well stockmsn of Fort Worth
and the owner of many thousand acres OF
land and head Of cattle in West Texas ex-
pressed his views the other day to re-
porter thus: "People think we stcckmen
and owners of large ranges in the Pan
handle are opposed to the settlement OF
that section, when, as an actual fact, the
reverse is the case, by great odds. And
to explain this necessitates the statement
OF the fundamental fact that the stste
wants 100 much fer It's lands. can buy
all wasn't of the best farming land In
West Texas for, st the outside, 81 25 per
6cre. The state wants So for it's land.
The land in West Texas may in the
course Of time be worth what the
sta wants, and the Influx Of farmers will
hasten that time. When my land in the