Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-07
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Tbs Reckless Ideas OF Que Who Thinks
Sock Raising and Farming are
Different Businesses,
oomethipg Alb mt the Growth Of Flax weed
Tho Peculiar Swsp of Two j 5vial Stock
men Buytus Fine Stock,

Tho Peculiar Swsp of Two j svial Stock
men-Buytus Fine Stock,
In former times it took four or five
years to raise q steer. But now it i.
iound that thai was one of the greatest
follies OF thst age. Life is too short te
spend four years in ripenlrg O. steer
Vernon Guard.
Mr. y L. Watson, comfortably fixed
stockman of Ranger, showed his appre.
citation CT fine stock yesterday by pur.
Chasing 8 couple of foe high-grade
Hereford bulls, coming yearlings from
Powell Brothers.
Sheep are doing well from reports VI
to this time; feed good, and the moisture
now in the ground will probably be 8
promise for early weeds and grass. Sheer
men are encouraged, and well they may
De, for TAT sheep produce good wool
Zones County Voice.
y.
AS bureau of information on live
stock matters, Tom Andrews office is
perhaps the greatest success in Fort
worth. 1t is very cold day when q So
clsl company cannot De found there dis
cussing stock matters in an of hand, vet
intelligent and accurate way. Yesterday
afternoon conversation turned on fax
weed.
NOW, there" said member, sis
something that very few stockmen I'M
derstand the growth Of. I'll explain how
1t is. The weed gets its start in the fall.
X 1t is mild fall and winter, so that
1t can get q good growth before
Inc grass starts, you need look
for no grass that year. A damp, warm
autumn will give it a start, and though
slight frosts through the winter may re-
tard its growth they will not kill it. In
the spring it sometimes has growth OF
three or four inches, and crowds out the
grass. IL, however, it does not sprout
I'll spring the grass gets ahead of it and
the weed stands no chance. I have
watched it many 8 year"
Mr.. ". c. Rogers, Jack county stock
man who has been in the city several
days, yesterday purchased three Springer
and two yearling high-grsde Holstein
heifers from Mr.. Davies, the Ohio dealer.
he also got 8 high grade jersey and
Holsteln bull from Powell
Brothers. Mr.. Rogers is the gentleman
who, short time ago, traded three buck
deer, which are very plentiful on his
range, for fancy cattle. The trade was
like this: Mr.. Mcfarland, a Missouri
e-stock breeder who had herd of 5his
stock in Fort Worth q couple of weeks
SGD. he'd a couple Of high-grade Hereford
calves that had been rather stunted In their
vnnfh IN pcS fa
mails, Mr.. Mcfarland was willing to dis
pose Of al very reasonable figures. Learn
ing that MIR. Rogers had full stock of
deer on his range he stumped him for an
even trade, animal for animal, the deer to
De slaughtered On the range and Mr.. Nc
Farlsnd &c pay freight TO Missouri. The
was accepted. Then it was
1argsined that if the cattle thrived in |
Texas, Mr.. Rogers was to send another
ieer to the Missouri dealer. This is the |
icst trade Of this kind on record, but
hose who know the value Of the animals |
'ay that both gentlemen have done well |
y the transaction.
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''TbeTc is little paragraph in ths |
Texas Stockman of this week inst has set |
re thinking" said stockman yesterday
Feed Farmer, writing to that paper,
avs: There is no denying the fact that
ne average Texas stockmsn doesn't make
good farmer and the writer infers
herefrom that the only hope of ever
making this country what it should be
les in the importation of new blood.
Veil, now, take different view of the
natter. l do not know where you are
DING TO get your new blood from that
Rows more about stock breeding than your
Id time Texas stockman. II you are
DING to import farmers well and good.
am so reckless as to think the stock
sislng business and farming should be
srried On entirely separately. Stock
sisipg is Of sufficient Importance and
ifficulty to demand the exercise of spe-
ial talents; or if that be not safe prop
sition will say thet the business possesses
o many phases that some OF them are
ompelled to suffer from the divided at
ention the farmer stockmsn is COM
elled to give In having too many in
eTests on hand one or all of them must
ufAr. The stockmen of Texas are
ow undergoing change in the manner
( carrying on their business, and think
ne papers devoted to the interests of the
took business should feel it their duty to
oint out to the stockmen means whereby
hey can carry on their industry to better
tvantsge independently Of feed growing.
hitch could be left to the farmers. All
le stockmen want is range, and that
abiect they can very easily grasp. do
OF see why this could not be done as
asily es trying to teach the stockman 8
usiness he has never thought anything
bout and has no talent for"