Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-24

~ null icus grasses
have disappeared sEd n.r:enDeEs coVeTs
slmost the entire ulTG thtra. TIE
herd owners nave been seekirg other pas
turRge, aud me removal Ct cattle from
that locality gees oE,as tas. az possible,
and to such condition have many OF the
herds come that even tie full grown
hardy steer is scarcely able 20 walk to
more inviting 2sstuTsge. L Is known tise
il shy stock should purch1nCe be left Oh
the range there this winter, they will 81
be numbered with the thicg5 that were
when the spriDg TINA comes. To such
desperation have mary o; the cattle a.
T sdy come; thst, paying 10 attention 10
wire fences or oEler eEc!osureF, they
have broken into corn fields IN their hun
ger sud aye doing great deal OF damage
to the farmers crops. Il is anything bu.
so interes ing narrative to relate how in
fxorsEle tre the conditions which, il
mary pats OF the rspgs county, Sre now
surrounding gTea: Industry, and driV-
ing 1t iutI ether c2sunel3 for ssiety
sgaiast almost c1m olese extinction. .L4.tcT
II tha hogs to be sleu ~htersd are fed
withiz twelve hours Of their Killing, the
foeNyie wasted, the NEST vii DE moe
'6sposed TO sour, and IL viii os more diff
rcnll 70 remove the distended intestines
and take IRON than the lard. Me Is Il
we l 20 allow tho swine 20 dr!nz On the
morning u the day they are Killed. Hogs
.c2unot be killed too quickly. The more
rapidly they ara killed, ard the blood got
out Of them, the better. 4 well directed
blew or the head, between And jut in
font of the ears, will make the animal
UNCONSCIOUS; but the chances for s mis-
s,roke are SO many, sud as the stroke
makes uDf: f0r i've considerable NEST,
this N 3thot OF killing Cannot be recom>
mendei The use OF the shotgun ia no
batter. The rife is TIE weapon TO use-a
ball On line from the base Of the ear to
the opposite eye produces Instant desNn
and does no. Cause the waste Of any
meat American Agriculturist.
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Colonel ". G Young, msEsgsr OF the
Llano Cattle Company, hiss returned TO
Fort Worth for the winter from the rauca
in GaIzs county, where he hss spent the
uDmsr. He sSys he got the grass grow,
ing nicely .nd ltfiis there, expecting il
would las, through the winter. The p,s.
ture Ia good, IN fact better than it has been
winter in gresy shape unless GONE u1Sore
seen cjIca instance inte,vsaes. The colonel
expects better prices flr his cattle IeIg
year than could be got this y ar, and he
hss not sold many This seA5Jl IN t3pecta-
ton Of the improvement! OF the market.
Grass on the open plains Of CoIorsdo
will be very sGsTc3 through tue coming
winter, and II is AIRED ell { # lrt5 to keep
the suffering cattle from drifting TO the
bsystecks and s$ubble- Ids Of Eastern
Colorado and Western Ksnsss will he
useless.
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Ia the West 1t is the opinion now thss
sll the 1e cattle raised will be il the
mountain country. the shelter and good
range Afforded by them being deemed
necessary TO the good. growth Of the
stuck.
Thomas Trsmmell of Iaaswster sod
400 feeding steers, three and fou. yesrs
old, to " D Oliver this week, at $40
round. M. Diver shipped the caatle to
ABBOTT Wednesday.
"a few cold days lsst week IN the coun~
btry around Hsrdeman cause 4 cattle to
l'dfits Apthe sou'hW'rd.
fSsit hkss il the peis hborhood CT 2200
head of csttl3 per MN h to supply the
people Of Denver.
Lung fever has caused the death OF
some valuable horses in H.rdeman
county rsc6ltiY.