Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-20
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
A StGckman Objects ,ne .ters,ati"s
OF Reports OF Dig Losses
Of Cattle.
the Next Thing The SlocknlEn Bias to Con
tend With Is tho HeeI-FIy-Wouid
Aike 10 Hayc Stock.

Mr.. J. n. Day, whose ranch IS eoout |
twenty miles Of town, Wss IL the city yes
terday. He ssys there has been some
loss Of stock in Tarrsnt county, but the |
extent cnnnO: be ascertained yet.
-
IF the new stccKysfds here result il |
establishing coed market, would Eks |
20 have stock IL refrigerator a. this |
point" said g man yesterday who has !
.iresoy cropped 3 tolera0le stack Of coin !
in such enterprises.
There were received ct Chicago, during |
1887, 1881, l30 head Of cattle, against |
l 800. $50 il 1886; and 90, $50 calves in |
1887, against 81 ,29G in 1886.
The 6laught OF cattle for shipment in
c3rcssees and for canning during 1887 az
ne same place was l ,707,6I2 against l.
343 ,G54 IN 1856 and 260 025 IN 1885.
Mr.. George ". Thompson OF Trinidad,
Col, one Of tEe mos. prominent fine
stock and race horse breeders CT the
west, was in The city yesterday, having
come here direct from Trinidad. He
says the loss Ct csttle in Southern Colo
RADIO and New 81 Xco is net going 20 be
heavy. The conG1tioEs Of the rsnge and
stock were such when the storm struck
them that they have not been materially
affected thereby.
Msior a. W. Hiluard, g Well known
stockmsn Of the Pecos, wss in the city
Yesterday, having come down through
the Indian Territory from Missouri. He
had not heard anything of loss CT cattle
n the west, but from what he had heard,
there were many deaths in the nation.
Tie loss WAS terrible there, he says, and
the further west from the railways the
heavier were the losses. No estimate
could be made OF what the percentage
was.
sBradstreet's in review OF the live
j Stock trade for the year 1887, says the
Fl live stock shipments during the year to
the four seaboard cities, New York, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia and Baltimore, were
very large, bat are rather decreasiDg
owing 20 The large receipts Of slaughtered
animals in refrigerator cars. The tenden'
CT will DE more end more each year to
ship less nnimsls alive, which causes
much loss in weight, and is against the
shippers interests.
G. ". Weaver, Collin county stock
man, was seen in the city last night. He
had yesterday made tour through por-
items of Wise, Denton and Tarrans coun-
ties in search OF steers.
e "Did you hear how the loss Of stock
wss 10 those psrtt?'
"DidI? Why I saw thirteen head Of
stock piled up in one place. You car
!, Judge by that"
a chow cid they hsppen aIl to die in the
= same place."
"Wel, they were in small pasture and
: could not get out"
:, "Did you hear Of any other lOsseS?"
= "Well, 40. There may have b2en Some
. email losses, but thotis all"
9 ~
: If shy doubts Aau remained in the
: minds Of any as 70 the loss OF stock il
t, West Texas f:Om TIE lz,e storm, g Letter
received yesterday By Colonel W. c
Young fro IN the foreman CT the Colonel:
} ranches in CARA county should prove 9
settler. The cattle of the Llano Company
FL H&ceiva better attention than many in the
west, and are very closely looked after
The foreman, afer carefully going ovel
the lower range where about $4,000 heat
OF cattle rup, ssys he counted
he is not sure Inst even the
= tsFthe storm. Colonel Young says tia
" though it may be argued that his cattle
- having received extra care and attention
would naturally suffer less than any
others, still it may be judged that as az
few died on his ranges 1t may be relied
, upon that the average loss throughout the
state has been very small.
| IS.
, "The next thing the stockmen have tc
, contend with, after the cold weather is
over" said 6 stockman yesterday. sis
= the heel-fY. This pesky Insect makes
itself felt during the months of March
! and April, and though in itself harmless
n it has The feet of worrying the cattle tc
;. death. It is said to breed on the young
grass in the spring and attaches Itself &c
the heels Of the stock and initiates theII
:, to such en- extent that they hoist theil
J. tails perpendicu!arly and strike "a
:. bee line fer the nearest wstey
or mud hole. The danger lisf
: in the fact that, being feeble and in ,BS1
condition ST that time OF the yeaks. the
stcsftle are liable to stumble Oyes rocaasI
other obstacles and be too weastaf gss,
tat II feet; or, getting into II uttalole, BIZ
unsbla to extricste themselves.AGgeE
J care ought to be taken with the STOCK 81
that time Of year."
DECATUR, Ten Jan. is. 1855.
e To the Editor of the Gazette.
Permit me to say the effects OF the late