Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-29
ROUND-UPS.
The FIeckm sisters in West Texss arr
Pleased With the Quality 81 Their
esp Tnis Yeat.

Tsp Iats A0hEs
NAE Rpecuiation ~ 60 tho Nature OF fexas
Fever IA Oatsie-Oppossd TO Open
Rapg,nE- Losiog Money.
The INSPECTION Of cavalry horses at
Young, Andrews { Kunen's yards 1ss
continued yesterday by the federal en-
GERS.
John weddington, Fort Worth stock
man. goes west this morning to look NJ
some horses in Callahan county In which
he Ia inter Ssted.
a.. Bedford, q stockman Of Bsn1a-
min, who devotes great deal OF sssen-
ton to fac stock, Is Ia the city. De
brings q tale of Il ne prospects for the cat |
tlemsn in and about Kaox county.
-.
| Polk Bros. report lie sale OF CARLOAD
et cattle belonging to s. 3. FofoiS OF
J,huson county 10 Dallas psrstes 10 oe
ysksn to markell rney we're mixed cows
| sad steers, and brought $50 10. tine
Steers and 81 tor the COVE.
/
from the couatry i1form the Herald that
the farmers and stock Tsisers are well
pleased with the grass, water end conoi
| tion Of $40 aud crops SO tar asd are
| working hard to m ske the best out OF the
season.
1. was esid on tas street. yesterday
that q ssockmsa near Fart Worth hsd re.
fused sn cffsr of sSs per head for 2oo
aesG OF steers. Those who have good
lcsttle are inclined to put faith In the sta
bi!ity of the present high Etandard OF tns
market for such stock.
-.
gentleman Interested in the sheep
business who has lately been in west
Texas, gsid yesterday thst the focknns-
tiers were mors than pleased With the
quality of thelr clip this gear; that 1t ls
superior 10 the product for years past,
bug the standing DRAWBACK OF low prices
prevents their bsiug so iuoilans as would
otherwise be the case.
= W.D.R Reynolds Of Albany was ques-
I toned recently by reporter IS to the
: number of cattle that had been driven
! out of Texas this year, to which he re-
9 piled that ne thought $4,000, or, at the
gu side, 40 900 I'D, was the limit OF the
ldrIge, d grsas many OF which, perhaps
msj lrisy, we're steers going to the striI
and In e few cases to the northwestern
:, ranees; but not ever 900 head Wers
]. breeding cattle.
n Il was ssid yesterday that aome OF ,tn'
= dealers who during the past couple
!. months nave made big money on mutton
lie between the Texas growers ana the Cni
to csgo market, have dropped good . "a
70 roll within the past week or ten DAYS
4, owing to the prices having taken
,e tumble. One man at Colorado CITY VIC
I'd caught with Is, 600 head OF sheep on NJ
1e hands. and though he had made consider
able money on previous deals OF the sam
, sort, he Is likely to come OUT loser.
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J" The Field snd Farm, the leading stcc
psper of Colorado, announces Snat at III
q, next session OF the Legislature OF ths
state 1t will insist upon a law beip
II p.ssed making the turning out OF horse
and cattle upon the plains In winter Tie
to stsrve SIS they have done o mlso
mesnor, punishable with fine and IN
prisonment. IL says:
"Men who will grow cattle must
. compelled to be humane. More I'M
200. 600 csttle hsve died the past what
within the borders OF the state. MI
should be Gent to prison and fed upf
- bread and water for such inhumsrity
we have witnessed in this cattle busine
. every winter."
The first report OF the Pstho- Biolot
cstlaborstory of the University OF n
alS&ska is q volume OF 1873 psgss OF matte
I'd devoted entirely to discussion OF q
~ southern cattle plague, snd 1t is bel
M commented upon by different stock ] ou
nails throughout the country. as furnis
ing something new in epeculstton rs
the origin OF the fever. 7
suthor asserts that the tr
germ OF Texas fever has been found 81
IN that the honor OF the discovery oeler
to Nebraska. He says:
"Tne germ Of the southern cat'
plague has been found In the blood, !
gall, the urine, the liver, spleen aud ri
neys of every animal tnst we have ma
e6 an sutopsy on that was diseased. Tne
germs have also been cultivated In an
solu.alY pure form upon and In art'sc
media. Gophers or ground squirrels rs
been inoculsted with such cultivation
died from the effects and the same gel
- t1OunQ IN tlel( ptOOO hu0 siSSoso osiN
III, sections made from their organs"
Mr. Billings thsoEy concerning :,
disease can oe summed up about ss Il
lows: The disease is az esrthy or d.
age. infection; it is disease OF the lowlan'
plains and open country OF portions
the south; Its germs are carried
lodged in the manure OF infected catt
i. is strictly local infectious disease
not contagious disease; it cannot
communicated by diseased southern c
lie when snch csttle have been qasrs
tined at some given point outside OF
i most northern limit where the disease
l, lists for period OF thirty days, and 1t
be prevented by inoculauon.
Beef stseVs From Parker County.
- Special to the Gazette.
q WATERFORD, TEX, Msy rs
III. W. Christian shipped Saturday fr'
tasA Ms Grassland stock isxa 1873 beef ste;