Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-30
R0UND-UPS.
Hesvy Shipments Of Cattle, Hsrsee.
Mules and shesp from the South
ern Part Of tho State.
me Price Of sosthern Oattis-aood Feed
Cattle from the West-The Wool
Clip Coming In Rapidly.
The wool crsp In Eastlsnd county
promises to be immense this year.

Tbs wool crsp In Eastland county
promises to be immense this year.
~. h. Godair Of the v. P. ranch in
Tim Greene county sold last week to NJ
Ia Smissen 1000 yesrling steers ct IS and
4t00 two-yesr-oids at Sl2.
William Hittson, Tine Palo Pinto stock
man, has sold his yea ling steers, at sl2
around, to g. W. Miller, OF Winfield, Kan
sas, who Will take them to the strlp fol
ranging.
A hundred and nIly mead OF steers were
sold last week on the Bar G ranch in the
Panhandle to Kansas feeded ct $27 pei
head. They are four and lives ana aver
sgs about 1000 pounds.
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Wirfsld Scott OF Colorado City hss
purchased from C. W. White of Waco
1000 head OF the 1s brand OF steers,
ranging In Fisher county, paying S1S
pee head tor them On delivery.
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Stock in the Corpus Christi market are
quoted as follows:
Reeves, four years and SIS 00@25 00
StecrS, Two years OiQ. Z UfG y w
Steers, three years Old. - 10 0o0l4 90
COWS. observation-disclosures. --...,...- OuGl2 w
Dull Bros. Of LsSaile county made q
shipment of 8 train load of stall fed
oeeves to Chicago last week. The ship
meats OF fed csttle from that part OF the
country is expected to be concluded this
week.
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Some of the big ranch men in the north
ern part Of New MeXco are placing
weighing scales on their ranches, and
they propose hereafter TO sell their cattle
per weight on the ranch, so as to throw
the shrinksge By transportation upon the
purchaser.
Complaints of SCARCITY of cars for the
transportation of cattle out Of Texas this
year nave been very few, end it was the
subject of remark by we'll known cattle
man yesterday that the railroads had fur
nished most satisfactory shipping facili-
ties, considering the amount Of traffic in
. short period Of time.
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Stock of sll KINDS are being rapidly
shipped out Of Neuces county. It Is es-
timsted that fully $4,000 head of cattle
oesiies numerous horses, mules and
sheep, will leave that section this season.
Atewspaper of that county mentions q
Shipment of 255 carloads Of stock, many
81 Them horses and sheep, from there
dartpg the past ten days.
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The first shipment Of fat beef from
Colorado City to Chicago was made last
week by Author Anderson--three cars Of
l0C0-pound steers, which had been fed
through last winter On prickly pear and!
cotton seed. The fact that the owner reFi
fused S32 so per head for them as tkS5
stood in the pens is regarded by toe Clip
per as sufficient evidence Of their fine COM
dition. ~
The Colorado Clipper says: Wool is
coming In more heavily than ever this
week, the receipts being now over 800
sacks. The wool is all remarkably free
rom dirt, too free, the sheepmen think,
Ind bu ers sayit 10 cleaner than since
West Texas hss been In the wool busi-
ness. Almost none has been sold, only
TWO small lots being bought at Is cents.
1ot enough to establish price or to in
1icate any demand. San Antonio and
other wool centers are reported piled up
With the staple, and almost no sales. Nut |
.on, too, has taken tumble in the Chi
ago market, and sheepmen seem to be
nut of luck al! around.