Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-13

Stockmen in the nelghborhood q
UEslde ere sending great many Of theil
oesves 20 New Oflesns, and as they are
turning out pretty good animals, they are
receiving very fair prices for them.
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Reach Halsell, co~man Of Decatur, is
In the Cit being on his way home from
the Cimsrron country in the Cherokee
Strip, where he has taken bunch @!
cattle. He brings report of = most en-
coursging condition Of stock interests IN
the B. l. Z.
The Detroit blu chers are fighting Chi
CARO- dressed beef in the mos. approved
western style. Members of the Protective
Association display cards in their shop
windows resdipg, IN Chicago meat soid
here" THIS is knocking up against The
BIZ Four with a Vengeance.
a..
William Powell or Beecher, IL, ore O!
the most successful breeders OF thorough
bred cattle in the country, VINO spenl
some time in F. IT Worth during last win
ter, placing soma OF his stock in n nth
Texas, is in the city to-day, Masking de-
livery OF bunch Of Hereforda to parties
near 6Ort worm.
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The Coleman Voice says: Now that
the equity 10 well stocked with Psrcher-
| oDs il would pay some one to bring in
some A No. blooded rsce-stock. There
are three saddle horses TO one draft horse
needed in this country, while there art
four times as many farmers engaged in
breeding draft stock.
A half dc Zen OF good Kentucky four
mile stock would meet with reS0y sale. 3
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There Is sometime peculiar about the
| beef of Mexican cattle. II Is said frcm
| the six months cal! to the three yesr old
COW or steer the NEST is tender. BE-
tween tho ages Of three and ssvens9ts
meat 10 tough. Alter the seventh 5uar
the meat begins to grow tender sgsir,
sud sn animal fourteen years furnishes
the best eating OF all. These cHttIe do
not mature until they are SIX, and they
continue TO all out until they sre seven
and eight. Fifteen to eighteen
yesrs is fair sge The Mexican butcher
sss methods peculiarly his own. BE GUS
| all the meat from the bones, and in thin
strips. Whsn Americans first went INTO
the country IN considerable numbers shaey
fluid great difficulty in getting either
steaks or rossCs. Now, noE-ever, the
native butchers supply meat as desired
for their American trade, and continue 81
sell strips 10 the M xican customers. ~
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Colonel 81. M. Tai / r, the secretary OF
the International RInke Association, IN
der direction OF the executive committee
of the same, has Issued gn address to the
80 ha fnr
re alton in which the latter stand to the
rail ways in the endeavor TO obtain better
and improved facilities for the transpor-
tation Of stock. After summing up the
benefits to d. derived By al parties COLI
cerped from the granting of the desirso
boon by the railroads, the interests
of each being not sBtagonis.fc, bur
mutual, the circular says: IL view Of the
fact that some railroad lines nave already
yielded TO the demand fer better trans
portation facilities, it is fair TO assume
thai united effort On the part OF stockmen
Will result in the gene raj use ct improved
seek cars. A refusal TO patronize lines
That sdhere to the old methods will
speedily bring sbouta reform. and we
urge oil those Interested in this Inn
portsnt question to persist in their de-
msnd for improved stock cars.
l .n requested further, to invite all
railroad compsnies that are wi ling to
extend the facilities Of improved stock
cars to their patrons to notify ne Of the
fact, that msygive such publicity to the
same as will prevent discrimination Of
shippers against the lines that stand
ready to meet the humape and necessary
demand. b. d. TAYLOR,
Secretary international Range Asses
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