Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-21
Colorado Live Stock Shipments

Uoiofnd0 Live STOCK Ship montS
Special to the Gazette.
COLORADO, TEX. NOV. 2O.-This weeks
gtock shipments promise to be the
heaviest of he season. Forty one cars
were shipped yesterday and today A. B.
Robertson shipped 300 beeves TO Chicago,
Pete s.; ggins 2S0 head and J. Eellis 500
head Ths LlRno Company have engaged
cars for 2+0 cad Tomorrow and Esraest
Bros. for 600. A A. Wiley OF the Mag.
nolia ranch is shipping 1000 yearlipg
heifsrs 30 SouthernKansast 10 feed through
the winter.
TILE NATIONAL TILE GROWERS.
THEY MEET IN CHICAGo-THKY TACKLE
TEXAS FEVER.
CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 20 The annual
meeting Of the National Cattle Growers
Association began here to- day. After
having elected W. A. Towers, Kansas
City, chairman, and j. q. Sander, EDITOR
OF the Breeders Gszstte, Chicago, secre.
tsry, the association was well
coined to Chicago by Mayor Roche.
Il. a. Hyue", Michigan, representing
the committee appointed to investigate
the contagion Of Texas fever, then read
paper giving the results Of several expert
ments which had been made by associs
ting Southern and Northern cattle, in all
OF which contsgion had fully been shown;
and ne gave IS the opinion Of the com,
mittee that the only way to
stop the contagion ana spread
Of The disease was to prevent our
nBtive cattle from coming in contact
with southern cAttle. With this object
in view the committee made the fellow
ing recommendations: "Tnst this $3.50
cIstion instruct its legislative committee
to ask congress to enact that ell railroads.
and other transportation companies
shsn iraDspor. thu class OF cattle from
one state TO another between the 1st of
March aRd the lst Of December each year
only in cars or compartments
that are labeled snd branded in
plain and distinct characters
for the transportation Of cattle from
south of the thir!yssixth parallel, Jrth
latitude only. and that tcey shall be
ysrded and FED only in yards distinct and
apcr: from Northern c. tie, and that are
branded and lettered simiiar 10 the cars
and compartments, and that no
native CT Northern csttle be sd-
United TO these csrg, compartments CT
pens between the lst Of March and the lst
Of December esch year, unless tie same
shall have been thoroughly disiniected
ard the warning placArd removed.
The committee also recommended tie
enactment of uniform leg!alation bS We
rious states regulating the transportation
OF cattle end their care in stock yards.
MIR. Pickerell, president of the Ameri-
can Shorthorn Breeders Associate or +,
! nancP y,uipo he
account OF TIE experiments tried, the res
suit O: which snow, Ina. Northern cattle
would catch Texas fever from Texas cat
tie eufs;lug with that disease, but the
J Northern enimal was In no dsnger from
another northerner, although the latter
hsd the fever. Discussion Ct the sur 2ct
Vas generally participated in.
TIE afternoon session vas opened By
Dr.. E Salmon, superintendent Of TIE
oureEu CT animal Industry, who, 10 the
} couEse Of his report, said 1926 head OF
cattle had osen inspected in search OF
pleuro pneumonia during The year. o!
this number, 1880 were found infected and
!, slaughtered; also 4779 other cattle
which had Deen exposed to the disease
were killed. In the majority Of states
the disease had oeep entirely eIadicated
and the rest, although uot entirely free,
were almost go. Toe committee or reso-
lutions reported fAvorSbly on the resolu-
ton Of the 1mmittee on legislation.
Before further reports were made the
following IVES adopted:
Whereas, the inspect on Of cattle and
other animals and products Thereof,
which are to be sold for human food,
should oe uniform and national in 81
c. sEacter, SO ss to insure an inspection
which ahali be thorough, honest sad free
from local PIE ldice; therefore be Il
Resolved, that this convention adYo-
cSIes the Enactment Ct national inep6c
tien law By congress, providing that 1t
shall be uals wful to transport from Que
state into another state or foreign coun.
try any beef, pork, mutton or veal to be
aoId IS human food which has n1a been
inspected al.Vs st the sl.ughteriDg place
by al inspector of the United States
ard found heslthy; snd thGt specisl
bureau for such inspection should be
crested in the department Of agriculture
And be 1t further
Resolved, that cepy OF these $780,
lutions be transmitted to each member Of
the house Of representatives and each
senator In congress by the secretary of
this convention.
The committee On resolutions reported
isvorsbly on other resolutions presented
st the morning session, and its report
Was adopted.
A resolution by Professor Morrow WAS
adopted approving Of the exhibition OF
American animsl products st the Paris
exposition in 1889, and urging live stock
and dairy sssoclstlo IS and individual
stockmen TO give sll practical aid to the
authorities entrusted with the duties oil
making this exhibit.
It WAS resolved to continue DUNG 1889
system Ct tests a. Chicago CT some
other point, relating to the contiguous
ness Of Texas or splenetic fever.
The following resolution relating %
the bru!sng OF cattle in shipment, wa
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, that we rs cattle grJweii