Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-24
ROUND-UPS.
Plan 8oe'ed by which Fryer In
fected Cattle will bs carried
North by Rail-
How Such a Scheme will Benefit For
worth-Fh- stockOwpers will be conn'
PEELED TO Rsiae Ee=d

Something will be known in q couple
Of DAYS about the rates TO csttleRen de-
string to attend the Denver meeting.
-.
Mr.. William Adams, prominent STOCK
man Of Ellis county, WAS in the city yes
terdsy. Notwithstanding one of the
seyerest winters known in the history OF
the business, cattle have come through In
good condition. The present rains be-
.pg warm will not affect them much.
Grass is already an inch high In some
places.
Texas cattlemen should attend the
meeting Of the International Range Asso-
citation at Denver en- mssse. Low rsies
will be given and the citizens of Denver
have raised large fund for the enter
tainment of visitors, and it is expected 1t
will be one OF the greatest events that
has ever taken place in the history OF
Denver.
L Sandidge, farmer and stockman Of
West Texas was seen yesterday. he is
strong in the advocacy Of the west as 8
cattle. feeding country. The land is too
gkf06uctive, he said, to be used for cattle
breeding solely, but was evidently In
tended by nature to be used for raising
feed to fatten them on. In the course OF
years all the west will be as thickly SET
led as the eastern part of the country
cow is, but in the intervening time, NO
Industry will be found so profitable IS
Iuot only breeding but fattening beeves.
| The large ranges are being cut down, SO
that in & short time stock owners will be
compelled to raise their feed and make
profit on their agricultural Industry, for
their herds will be so small as not to sf-
ford them reasonable living unaided.
-.
| DIR. Hopkins, the Off ;ial veterinarian OF
! Wyoming Territory, has repeatedly advo-
Gated plan for the movement by rail OF
I Southern Texas cattle from the known
infected districts to northern ranges,
| which must commend itself to the cattle
men interested. His plan in brief is to
permit the shipment Of cattle In cars lifted
mp with feeding and watering facilities 81
that the cattle can be run through to the
point OF destination without being IN
loaded; or if unloaded, put In pens pro,
vided for their special use, where they
will be kept separate and apart from
northern native cattle; and nnal,
unloaded in pastures to which thel
are carried IN the cars. There are mum.
erous large pastures in the north through
which railroads run which could be utl
lized for this purpose, and the purchase
Of the cattle could well AFFORD to pa.
reasonable charges for the use Of thu
pasture, which could thus be made
quarantine ground, and from which al
native cattle should be excluded. Advice
received In Fort Worth from Wyoming
indicate that fully $4,000 southern steer
would be purchased by northern range
men in excess of the numbers that would
otherwise be purchased if this arrange
ment could be effected.
II is reasonable to believe that tn
officers of the Bureau of Auima
INDUSTRY and the official veterinari'
ans Of the western states auC
territories at their meeting at Denver OIL
March %, will arrange matters so tina
DR.. Hopkins plan can be carried out
When it is considered that these south
ern cattle would all pass through For
Worth on their route north, and be fe'
and Hatered 81 the Uaiuu Stock Yard
now in course Of construction at For
Worth, it will be seen that this city has
direct aud large interest in the measure
referred to. The Fort Worth and Den
ven Railway will also he largely benefl e.
by the increased traffic to be secure
under such an arrangement.