Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-28
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Cattle on the Range In EaSllsnd Coun-
II that are Fit TO 60 to the
Strengthening Pens.
Sorghum the Best Feed shat tha "ests m
Stock III an Dan Raise-Trsde in Range
Cattle sprinsing Up.

Mr.. Henry Stone, well-known stock
man OF the Cherokee strip, vas seen On
the streets yesterday
~
EIr. Candy, Louisiana horse dealer,
vas in the city yesterday looking for
some animals to take back with him.
Mr. Jim Farmer Of TTarrant county yes
terdey purchased carload Of steers from
Powell Bros. They are for stockers.
MIR. c. c. Pickett Ut the Town send
Pickett Cattle Company, 1. T., who has
been in Fort Worth for the past few days,
returned yesterday TO his ranch.
Information from the plains country in
the neignborhood CT Seven Rivers, N. NJ,
is TO the eject that the fences haye mostly
been broken through and the cattle have
drifted great deal. Saockmen in Fort
Worth do not think the stock can drift fsr
without reaching shelter where they will
be safe.
It is expected thar some trade in range
cattle is about to spring up, but how ex-
tensive ii will eventually become cannot
be predicted. Ii is certain that northern
men locking for stock need not 60 sway
from Fort Worth, for the dealerS here
have good strings ready to put up that
ouga. to please buyers.
-.
Tla farmer should as nearly IS posi-
Die produce everything necessary for the
busseaaCce OF life; ii in addition to this
ne can manage TO market his products In
the most concentrated form, his success
is assured. There can be no doubt that
the stock farmer most nearly complies
with these conditions of greatest 'ccess.
He owns horses, cattle and sheep, which
furnish him meat and labor. His pasture
sustalns them during the greater part of
the year without fort, and the food nee
essary to keep them during the winter
months he raises on his farm. His fields
supply him with corn and wheat, his gar
den and orchard with fruit and vegeta-
bles. The hardest times will not nd him
without the necesssries of life and pros
porous years will yield him large returns.
The hsppiest countries on the globe are
those where stock farming is practlced.
"a.
Mr.. T. G. Hunt Of Rsnger,s we'll known
st0ckman, was in the city yesterday. Be-
ing ssked now cattle Jared in his neigh
borboo6, Mr.. Hunt said they were in
good condition, much better than usual
st this tine OF the year. The stockgroW-
ers in the country ciIcumjlcent to East
land county were very well prepared for
the winter, most Of t6em having made 8
sufficiercy Of fodder TO carrY their cattle
through civ ordinary severity Of weather.
The herds If thst section are not large,
ranging from fifty to 1900 head,
sud there are very few raDgemen
VINO have not provided themselves with
enough feed Of some sort for
their young cattle or any that might
become feeble through the winter. As E
matter CT fsct there IRE now on the
ranges near Ranger plenty Of barren cows
that are in frst-rate beef condition, and
plenty of steers, which, if taken to mar
ket now would be fl TO kill st once.
Mr.. Hunt was asked what fodder was
grown mostly there. He said Johnson
grass ard [millet were grown to some
extent, but sorghum was found 10 be
the bes. paying on all accounts. 1t is a
sure crop, well adapted to the climate
(aS in cases OF drouth, ETC., easily raised,
and producing more feed to the acre
than srv other. ga great advantage
with sorghum" continued he, sis that
il car De planted at time of year when
it is not necessary for the stockmsn TO be
giving his whole attention TO his cattle.
You see, in the spring the herd owner is
gen raj Y occupying all his time IN gath
eriug together his cattle sitter the winters
haidships have been undergone, and it is
lust at that time the Johnson grass or
mi!let requires his attention. With sor-
ebum TIE time 0f planting is not OF so
much consequence. Then after the sor-
ghum is up certain height, if 8 drouth
comes, it is not killed, but remains Sta
tiouary till the fall r:ins, when it starts
and grows as though it had never been
Interrupted. think it the best feed for
the western stockmsn to raise.