Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-27
ROUND-UPS.
The Msrket for Texas Steers Is Nos
Taking On O Little Mere
Activity.
Convention Carrie Out OF tho State
many Leading Cattlemsn.

Colonel c. C. Poole of the Main Concho
Land and Cattle Company, says he will
soon ship $500 steers and 1900 COWS to
the Nation from his Borden county ranch.
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G.. G. French, representative Of the
firm of W. W. McIlhanY & Co, commits
sion men, left Fort Worth last evening
for southern Texas to LOOK after the
sheep on the market there. There is 8
great deal Of activity in that line just
now.
There seems to be q little activity in the
market for Texas steers now. The mar
gin between buyers and sellers prices is
not so great as it was, concessions having
been made on both sides. Considerable
trading in the near future is predicted.
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From gentleman who recently re-
turned from the west 1t was learned that
s great msny Arizona caltleiwere still be-
ing shipped to the Pacific slope; and that
though the prices pEid there were no bet
| ter than those in the east, the shorter
shipment made that market preferable to
Kansas City or Chicago.
-.
L. II. Hill, s prominent stockman OF
Albany, who was Ia Fort Worth on Sun
day enroute to attend the range conven-
ton at Denver, reported the sale, by
Webb, Campbell & Hill, of 1000 head of
three and four year old steers for Dun
lesry & Moore Of Richmond, Tex, to the
BIC IelIsn Cattle Company. The cattle
Fsre to be shipped into the Nation about
May l.
The excursion over the Fort Worth and
Denver Railway to Denver has carried
out of this state over 800 Of its most act
i've stockmen; and If those matters be-
fore the rADge convention which tend to
the benefit OF live stock interests to
Texas csn be forwarded with the aid OF
sctive minds and willing hands, then
Texas delegation ought to make is in
fuence felt in the meeting.
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Captain S. z. JUDY, superintendent OF
the BIO Grande division Of the Texas and
Pacific Railway, says that orders for large
numbers of cars for the transportation
Of cattle from TexaSpoInts On his road to
the Indian Territory have been received,
and that shipments will open on the 1st Of
April with a great boom. There are
about six trGin-load per day going cut
of the state now over his road, and there
are orders in for 1926 cars at Pecos, 200 at
Van Horn, $50 as Midland, and between
500 and 1000 CT Colorado. About 5000
head of csttle will be taken from Marien-
field, and many more from other points.
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The winter which may now be alluded
10 as the past, has been generally mild
throughout this region, and by those
engsged in the live stock industry will be
long remembered as one Of especial favor.
Last Autumn's frost found the ranges
wftha nne growth OF grass and well
cured, and there were NO fall or early
winter rains to reduce It's nutritiVe
properties and no fires swept
have been cared for have improved
through the winter, and on many Of the
ranges there is small percentage of cat
| tie in fair beef condition. OF course this
good condition ef range cattle is where
the ranges have been governed By eX-
perience and Judgment rather than By
Verdant foreigners and mistaken greed.
There are ranges where there are
sight to awaken commiseration,
&uu "ucIo 1oI HooAs VIC GRASP un5
been so short-or so absent-as
to make 1t the standing wonder how the
cattle live; but even among these the
mortality to date has been remarkably
small. Grass Is well started on the
ranges, but the days before 1t can save
will be days too many for many cattle.
But The winter 1887 SO has been q good
one, and on the size up we feel like let
ting it go into the Panhandle files IS
good, and one that saw comfort, pros
perity and = change for the better in Pan
handle annals.-IMobeetie Panhandle.