Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-27

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MI ivy ANsl sbout which
\<Jt7 az 4LA.g go much hst
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writer, but which is so little known by
any, except those whose business brings
them 10 direct contsct with IL. The plsn'
is found ever vsst extent OF territory
including spsrts OF Kansas, Wyoming,
Montana, west to Cslifo mis- and south IN
20 Caibuahus and scjoinine
| states Ct Mtxco. In Wes'ern
Texas il is very commlr, IS elso In Nav
Mexico. In the winter eld sp7iag when
other vegetation ia decsyed and tsste!ess
to stock this loco has tresb, sppetiz!ng
sppeararce very tempting; bu;, notwlth
standing that fact, 20 epImal will est Ii
unless il has formerly formed the haoi.
of doing so. Sock Fave an instructive
aversion to i. until by some means they
have been induced to EFT It &c Verkl times,
after which the habit grows upon them,
until il mos. cases they b come lis vc-
inns, and will avoid all other forage to
search for their favorite pltut. The habit
once formed II Is difficult to break an ami
rs, Of II; snd sometimes when
i1dulged in too long the animal becOmas
lncutab'e OF the effacts of II, though tee
practice CT eating the weed may BIZ pre-.
vented. The effects correspond in @ gre at
measure with the opium Or cigarette
habits with persoEs. The sutj ct De-
CONS euervated, listlees, careless, stu
pic, soggy, withcu: ene;g,, sxcepi Whsn
il scl1Ca C: the poison. All kinds Cf
a. Ghn
eosts, and the e CTS upon ell are tbout
essa beyond prevention OF the subject
gaining access 10 the stimulus.
-.
II is generally supposed thu. the buftiio
hiss 80 entirely dtsapt eired from our
plains thst outside OF small herd in the
National Psrk there are none to be found
Were oLce they ruled With ouch undss-
puted 56sy. But for two or three years
Il ere have been rumors Of herd IL what
is known as the Red Desert, south OF tie
So eetw. er, in this territory. This
sea son the herd was found by the round
up working in that country. The story,
as related to Mr.. W. A. Richards by one
81 the cowboys, embrl ces the following
facts There were thirty Elk animsls In
the herd, and they seemed qaise shy OF
human beings. Il was not Inc intention
10 destroy any OF the snimsls, which have
become 30 rare, bus cowboys must hive
their eport, 30 the ropes were unloosed
and 8 chase WAS made. O1e m.n sue
ceeded in ropipg sn old bIil, with the
resul! uncertain whether the co|oOy h.d
caught the Gull or the bull hsd caught the
COWBOY. 10 the sti uggle that eIsusd The
repased c.pture might have re
Jed more seriously mad not the
e .lchss OF the saddle given way.
Cowboy aid .aGdie rolled in the dust, AID
his royal hig1asss coDsented himself by
scsmfeIing away over the plain, dragging
ntter hi n the saddle, 10 the horn OF which
the rop, WAS attached. Tae bison WAS
WAS ahead 80 far in the skirmish, for he
hsd captured saddle, though 1t might oe
question wins. use he had for 1t. But
this success proved his ruiz, for 1t wa
necessary to k II him to rec 1ytr tne sad
die. Six calves were also roped and cap
tured, but twaL of these in their frantic
struggles killed themselves on the ropes,
and four remained with the ou,tii as
ooasted trophies OF the adventure.
Las Vegas (N. NJ } Stock Grower: Ari-
IONA s!ockmsn are sctiyelY engaged in
$: caring sifaua feed for their steers. The
lsrge herd owners especially are renting
nlf.ifs pastures in that territory sud buy
ing alfalfa stacks wherever they caG tad
them. The era OF growing > cen. beet
seems 10 have passed with many of them.
With the means at hand TO gov the bes;
oeei by the feeding CT forage as suppls
Il ental to the open range business, they
are determined to secure all the profit
there ls, snd BY giving the California market
choice beef shut out the cattle now sent
there to supply the demand from faf
away sections: Added to those stockneG
who have already adopted this feature
the cattle business, as mentioned IL scmz
of the late numbers OF the Stock Grower,
is Wkltet l. Val. He has j1ss bought
1000 tons OF alfalfa aud secured 500
acres Of alfalfa pasturage, to which some
OF the best Of mis- range steers Will De
driven shout December l, and male
resdy for the Pacific coast msras.s.
A gentleman wac 10 now engaged COM
piliog staastics regarding tbs range
C ,ttle Industry said yesterday to
GAZETTE reporter that from returns re-
Geived so far in the course Cd his tksk, he
shss no hesitation in saying ;ha. the num-
bsr OF ca..Ie in the country. now is very
much fewer per cspits OF the population
than 1t WAS when cattle wsre valued en-
the markets far higher tnaG they ere now
THIS fact is Of crest importance now, as
considered togsthsr with tae condition OF
she market now, or IS forming t1e basis
for prediction as to the future value Of
stock.
Hon. James o. Broadhead, president OF
the American Bar Association, and law
yer OF nstlonsl rspu alton, hss consented
to deliver bsfore ths convention Of cat
tiemen which meets g. St. Louis on No.
vember 20, an address touching the con.
stitution slity of such laws as the CONVEX
ton will consider, namely, lsws pfovid-
Ing for the inspection on hoof OF al cat
tie slaughtered in the city where such
Strengthening is done.
San Angelo Standard: The absence OF
Tsyss, sad especially Southwest Texas,
cattle on the Chicago market is quite no.
tic cable. It Is not because they are too
,Onr tn shin. II ia hocsusa they dnnst