Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-31
ROUND-UPS.
Sales of Stock and the Prices Paid
Therefor.
The Condition of Cattle and Range in Montana.
No Ray Being Fed-Brisk Demand on
the Fort Worth Market

The scab is reported to be spreading
among sheep on Devils river.
It is said that when he is busy on a
roundup cowboy will tire out six or
eight horses IN a day.
1t is understood the inspectors of the
Northwest Texas live stock association at
st. LoRis and Chicago are about TO re-
sign.
Glvin Campbell and Jim Hinde have
bought 1900 stock sheep from j r. Glib
son in Tom Green county for 81 80 per
head.
A dealer said last night that the de-
mand for all kinds of stock on the Fort
Worth market was better than he ever
knew it before.
Col. NJ. Il. Smissen of Colorado City
has imported fifteen head of Hereford
bulls from Missouri, which he has placed
on his ranch on North Concho.
COwan & Shear of Colorado City have
bong at Of l.. B Harris of San Angelo
remnant Of the old Hodgson flock.
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This time last year cattle were going to
market 10 eco to % 200 per week, and
now they are going at a heavier rate.
The folly of last years "panicky'' rush
was shown by the excited advance in
prices in the early summer. There are
some good men who fully believe that
the history of last season will be re-
peated, and that by the time range cat
tie begin to run prices viii have been re-
stored to very profitable basis.
The animation in live stock circles is
putting move on cattlemen who are hust-
ling around the state in quick order, at
tending to their business and watching
for a chance to take advantage of the
lively times Among those who regis
tered at Fort Worth hotels yesterday
were H. B Sanborn, of Houston; George
Reynolds, Albany, and John Hensley,
Jack county. The streets are never bare
of groups of cattlemen or cattle dealers
now, al discussing the prospects for the
industry and the state Of trade.
The following article from the Benton
River Press is decidedly apropos to the
all Of Eastern Montana:
From the several stockmen who have
been visiting the city during and since
the holidays, we learn that range stock
of all kinds in the country are in excel
lent condition and are doing finely. The
recent light SNOW was bonanza to stock
men. Cattle now extend their area of
grazing grounds, and can be found upon
the more elevated plateaus which they
avoid during the summer and fall
months, on account of the absence of
water at those places. The snow affords
them all the moisture they want, while
they fairly reyel i'll the tall, luxuriant
and thoroughly cured bunch grass found
upon every hand.
Said one stocllman: 'sM Ny cattle made
a bee line for the high places as soon as
the snow commenced to fall. They
seemed to know they had picnic before
them, and they haven 4 showed up near
running water since Christmas. All,
Montana, Choteau county especially,
beats the world as a stock country. De-
casiOnally the snow gets little too deep
on our winter ranges, but as q general
thing it falls about right. -
"'Is any hay being fed in your section
of the countrY?'' asked our reporter.
"Hay! Why an offer of hay would be
considered an insult by Choteau county
stock. Not a forkful has been been fed
this winter excepting to few superan-
nuated pets that may always be found
around family homestead. The women
folks give them some occasionally, or
bride the hired man to do it. But they
would do better without it. Then they
would rustic for themselves. -
''The mistake many young men make
in the business, - said an old stoclzman,
els in throwing out hay as soon as snow
falls. 1t won t do. AS rule, the cattle
that do the best are those that never saw
q forkful Of hay in their lives Without
it they become Independent and rustic;
with it they become dependent and look
for their regular feed from the fork Now
and then we may have a winter when
they require it, so it is well enough TO
have some on hand in case of an emer-
gency. With a winter like this it is
worse than useless to feed hay