Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-11
ROUND-UPS:
A Bunch Of High Grade Bulls GoInR
TO . Ranca in Hardin
County.
The Methods OF Swiss Cattle Raisers 1r
Contrast with those of Texas-Rain
In the Panhandle,

: John S. Powell, the cattleman, cam,
over from Dallas yesterday.
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Colonel Ed. Fenton, general manager q
the Cheyenne Arapahoe Cattle Compsnv
reached the city last evening. ~
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Nat Powell wss busy YESTERDAY pusfj;x
up bunch of forty high grade HeSI3orS
bulls which he has contracted to Grnish
W. P. Fl. McFaden OF Besum0St,s -
VIII place them on his lsSge ranch in
Hardin county.
| Joe Fish, q csttlemAu from the Panhan.
die, was in the city yesterday. He SAWS
there have been rains throughout most
OF that country recently that have brought
look OF freshness to the pastures, and
that the prospects are brighter now than
they were q short time ago.
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A. N. Allen, Kansas City csttlemsn
VINO reached Fort Worth lsss evening,
saws that when he left Kansas Civ
CHARLES. Goodnight, the cattle king Of
ie1Is, was laying at the point of death at
the ST. James hotel in that city. The
doctors, he said, had stated that the
chances were against his recovery.
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z,ck Mulhsll. Inc representative of
Hunter, Evans & Co, reached the city
last evening from Collin county, where be
reports grass looking spledid, there hav-
Ing recently been copious rains there,
and cattle fat and about in condition 20
ship. He, in company with Charlie
WORD, were rounding up the town last
evening.
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The mum ser OF domestic anim.Is Of the
leading countries of the world, are
United Kingdom. lss7-cattle, 1,0G3, 9s6,
horses, l,sSs,s25; sheep, 20 401, $50;
SWINE, o,720,S57. France, 1SS6-cattle,
1929, 02l; horses, 2s,3sl. 4s9; sheep,
~ 68s, 230; swine. 5,774,924. Germany,
lss7-csttle, 1876 1854; horses. 1922
$40. Netherlands. 18S5-csttle, i, 5I0,IO0;
horses, O,lCO; sheep, ia, 100; swine,
~. 600. United States, 1888 cattle,
Is, 254, TT: horses, 13,o73,9S6; sheep,
10, 444, 755; swine, 1866. OPS.
The methods which the Swiss cattlemen
employ in the raising OF their cattle and |
The industrious care which they devote |
70 the feeding of them, enable them
TO realize larger financial results from . |
smaller area Of grazsble ground than |
hose of any other country in the |
world. The farmers manage to utilize |
every rood OF accessible soil from the |
rich valleys to the highest |
pastures on the mountain sides. !
they have two distinct breeds of the |
inest and most economically valuable
;attle In the world, and they probably
surpass every other people in the care
md economy with which their animals
ere housed, MIXED and fed, standing out
N sharp contrast with the mode in vogue
With the average Texan cowmsn.
whether farmer Ct the lowland lives In
village or on his land, his
iWellipg and his stable are
Usually under the same roof.
The stables are arranged with great re.
gard for proper ventilation and warmth.
The ceiling is as nearly alright as DO esi-
'le, the heavy oaken door fits into it's
.asing like cork into q bottle. The
loor Is OF plank, generally having q
unken section adown the middle to
stch the wet and waste;
nd heavy manges or troughs
long the sides receive the food for the
attic. In many parts of the country the
ettle for portion of the year are ranged
n the hilsi, es, but even then protection (
at hand, so that If storm comes up '
be cattle can be put under shelter.