Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-27
ROUND-UPS.
Pointers for the Treatment Of I'm
ported Cattle During the Period OF
Acclimation In Texas

Texas Grashfed Cattle Going on the Market
in Splendid Condits0n-WIn Distribute
From Fort Worth.
E. C. Sugg, the well known Indian
Territory stockmsn, spent Sunday in
Fort Worth.
The Chicago and Alton Railroad Isst
week hauled double-deck car loaded
with hogs from Kansas City to New York,
which is said to have been the first time
dUuble-deckers have been used in that
trade.
Frank Crowley took couple Of cars of
beef cattle through the city on Saturday,
which he was shipping from Menahau
Wells to the northern markets. Although
purely grass-fed Qrom Andrews county,
they we're in splendid condition.
There is no doubt mat Fort Worth is
the fsTorite among the cattlemen in the
FscSfor the location Of the refrigerator.
Fl Upper efforts are made it is reasonable
tosBAieve that the committee will decide
Hpoa this city in preference to any other
Eeana4gAte.
p William sssthe, Beecher, III :,
breeder OF thorotghbred cattle, az
rived in the city yesterday with a carload
ct registered Hereford cattle from his
Or ediDg farm. He will distribute them
from Fort Worth to parties throughout
the state who had previously contracted
for them.
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Grass throughout the state is springing
up in fine style. An employee of the
Capitol Syndicate, lately in from the
ranch says vita few days of the pre-
vsiling fine weather, the grass will have
got such start as to be out OF reach of
the influence Of frost. The country in
ing green and will soon be fit for pas
tursge.
A reporter wss told yesterday By
prominent stockman whose accuracy can
be relied upon that, IS he was told and
believed, the proposition made by Gal
weston to the committee of the Texas
Live Stock Association for the establish
ment Of refrigerator at that point was
that Galveston should give q $4,000
OOuuo III ShoS LHS ChbIlSLuSI put
up the concern or that 1alveston would
erect the refrigerator if the cattlemen
would give $4,000 bonus.
-.
The tendency OF the cattle business in
Texas is toward stock farming, and if
home market for cattle raised and fat
tened in the territory tributsry to Fort
Worth were established at Fort Worth by
no of hIishnon+ cf
here, this tendency would be largely in
creased, and it would be but short time
before there would be fifty
men in the stock-farming industry
In North Texas where there
is one now. Such contamination
would be beneficial to the interests of
business OF sll lines, not only in Fort
Worth but throughout the state, and
should be an inducement to people en-
gagged in all Industries to work for the To-
cation of such an enterprise where it c.n
be successfully operated.
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W. R. Thomas, representing the Denver
News, who is in Fort Worth collecting
data for mammoth edition of his paper
to be issued upon the completion of the
Fort.W orthsand Denver Railroad, was in
terrogated last evening regarding the ar.
engagements being made for the reception
of the cattlemen at the meeting of the In
5ernstional Range Association on March
%. He said that IS the time was so fer
ahead, Dothing definite had been arranged,
but that committees of the csttlemen
and citizens had been appointed to set in
concert in the matter, and that money for
the carrying out of all plans was being
put up by the citizens, cattlemen, Board
of Trade, City Council, and all parties in
terested. The celebration of the compile
ton of the Fort Worth and Denver and
the reception Of the delegates to the con-
Vention Till be made one event.
The completion of the "DenVer" road
VIII bring about more close business re-
istions between the stockmen of Texas
sud Colorado. Colorado is now a eoun
try of considerable pretepsions' to fine
STOCK breeding, and as the distance to
that state from most psrts Of Texas will!
be less than o other centers Of fine stock
breeding, it is to be presumed the Texas
purchasers of breeding cattle will be able
to get a great many animals from there.
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Bulletin No. sent out by the Agricul- |
tural and Mechanical College gives point |
ers for the treatment of cattle being &C
climated, based upon experience in i'm
portation. Greatest prominence is given |
to preventive measures. II says: Never |
purchase csttle for Importation of any
breeder who is known to psmper or over
feed stock for show you can get equally |
good animals of breeder who keeps stock |
in good average condition. Ii prices or |
other con iitions render this advisable,
purchase animals in spring or summer
Qor shipping in next fslD and |
have the seller feed and han
die according to your directions till
fall; surplus flesh should he taken off,
leaving them in good condition, and they
should be accustomed to food which may
be kept up after arrival here. 1t is not
advisable to import cattle much over one
year old; better that none should be more
thEn ten or eleven months; especially is
ltpoor practice to import cows in calf;
nearly 80 per cent. of all cases of this
kind have failed. If that particular
animal must be brought ia, wait
until she drops her calf and bring
both together; you can probably save one
0f fhn fypO af lpaqt Shin fhor, In du-;1n