Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-19

R. A. McNulty, al Albany cattleman,
was in Fort Worth yesterday.
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]. c. Loving, the well known Jack
county cattlemap, ie in Fort Worth.
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Three carloads of foe looking meal
fed cattle shipped from M. B. Owens,
Cisco, to Chicsgo, passed through Fort
Worth yesterday.
Msior A. W. Hillisrd OF Pecos City,
vice-president ofthe International Rapge
Association, ard one of the leading cattle
men Of West Texas, is in the city.
John Tod GweI known San Antonio
gentleman, Interested deeply in the live
stock indnttfy of Texas, was registered
st the EnM yesterday.
Rsiu1in the southern part of tie state
are lerfering In some degree with the
Hskhtfing Of cattle, and shipments and
transfers are being delayed somewhat
from that cause.
T. Johnson. q thoroughbred Hereford
breeder, Of Mentor, Ohio, who has fur
nished 8 great many breeding rattle to
Tex,s stcckmen in times past, is in the
city Strengthening no accounts.
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The Ugslde News says: Stock contin-
ues to be shipped out quite rapidly, AVID
good figures are obtsioed for them in the
market. This is encouraging to stock
men, who have been unable to sell here
tofore. The season has been glorious
one, and everyone has cause to rejoice.
Stock are fat and feed is plentiful. No
section CT he state has better prospects
st this line Aan We have here. -
G.. T. Newman of Ell PAso, last night
sent through Fort Worth FIVE carloads of
grass cattle fr0n Kent station to Chicago,
the shipment being made through Rco-
ardson & Hackett CT Fort Worth as agents
for the Strahorn Commission House
These cattle are purely grass fat
tened having ranged on the pas
ture Of Mr.. Newman in the
Davis mountains, and are as fine looking
beeves as have been seen st Fort Worth
this yesr-prime examples Of the meat.
making possibilities of Texas grass.
81 he st. Louis GloDe-Democrat, in pur-
1sIit Of its inquiries into the condition Of
the cattle ranges of the far northwest,
finds that the abandonment OF open-range
stock raising has already actually begun.
The change, indeed, has already been
carried to far greater extent than is gen.
orally realized. The Globe-Democrat re-
Gently printed at large the views Of one OF
the most prominent cattlemen in MontaDs,
who declares that the day for large cattle
companies has passed by. This stock
msn asserts with all emphasis that ua-
der existing conditions, and those Of
the future, cattle cannot be probably
handled in large herds on the ranges, ar d
accordingly he has himself turned to d.
viding up his cattle into comparatively
smsIl herds. From timber growing near
his range he has constructed stables
32x720 feet each, and during the stormy
season he keeps his cattle in or near this
protection. He accumulstes sll the hay
he can for winter feed, and also gives g
great deal of attention to root crops,
such as turnips, rutabagss, etc, which
grow IN great abundance there,
and which makes excellent iod-
der. A herd of 500 head can easily be
kept in one place, and in summer they
are "close herded," thus being daily I'M
der the eye Of the herder. The great ad-
vantage is in the winter, when the shelter
gives security against storm losses, the
bane OF the great open ranges. AS cattle
become hurt, sick or weak, they are re-
moved to the most comfortable stable and
there given special care. Moreover, by this
method the calves are saved and not to
exceed 10 per cent. OF them need be lost,
whereas 60 to 70 per cent. is no unusual
loss of calves where the herd Is left to
shift for itself. The new method also
not only makes better beef, but makes it
possible to rapidly improve the grade Of
the stock. 1t is claimed that thus the
net profit on herd Of 500 head is greater
than the net profit on herd Of 1900
under the old plan OF open range grazing.
On this basis it is obvious that the per
cent OF profit Of the new plan is i'm
mensely greater than that OF the old plan,
and that it is only "a question OF q
short time when 1t must supplant the
latter.