Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-28
R0UND-UPS.
Splenetic Fever that Did Not Come from
Texas Appears in Pennsylvania.
September and October Calves Make the Best
Mich Cows-september Rye for Au-
tumn Grazing-4NeedIe Grass.


The cattle range in New Mexico is suf-
fering for rain, and grass is short and
poor.
Murrain mas made its appearance
among the cattle near. SNYDER and a
number have died from it.
Last week IS receipts of sheep in Chi
cago were 49 200 head, 1000 more than
were ever received in one week in that
market before
The Nolan and Fisher county stock
association has contracted with parties
10 pillow a fire guard 100 yards WIDE on
each side of the railroad from Eskota to
Lorraine
Mr.. A. s. Nicholson is just back from
trip west and says that rain is badly
needed on the range. Grass is getting
brown but cattle are not suffering to any
extent so far.
The horse market is as dull at present
as 1t usually is at this season of the year,
and there is but little demand for any
class of horses, nor is there as yet any
signs of revival.
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Splenetic fever has broken out to an
alarming extent among cattle in Pena=s
syivania. and large numbers have died
In that far off Eastern state it is not,
claimed that the disease was introduet8
by Texas cattle
The needle grass in the Bandera sec
ton has got such a growth that sheep
men are compelled to shear their lambs.
sThe injuries inflicted by this grass are
such as to retard the growth of the
lambs
The custom followed by the majority
of farmers, that of using a spring pig in
November and December to sire their
next spring crop of pigs is not to be COM
mended. Such a male has never reached
his full strength before he is put to work
by this custom. The farmers judgment
in the selection is the principal guaran-
tee for good crop of pigs. The get of
an aged boar is better guarantee of the
kind of stock he will produce than the
judgment of any man as TO the work a
young and untried boar will do.
Messrs. Burke Burnett and + B. Har-
rOld have just shipped to Chicago, from
Ruthford, via the Fort Worth and Den
yer and Missouri, Kansas and Texas
roads, one Of the largest punches of beef
cattle that have been shipped from that
section this season. The shipment con-
sisted of POO head of steers and 400 head
Of dry COWS. 1t required eight trains
and Is cars TO transport the cattle. They
were in tip top condition and if they do
not bring good prices Oh the Chicugo
market it is no use in shipping cattle
there from Texas.
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Professor Afford an authority on milk
stock, says that in looking over his
records he finds that with cows of like
age and breeding, those which calved in
September and October gave from eight
hundred TO one thousand pounds Of milk
per year more than those that were fresh
III the spring. He also finds that the
winter milk is considerably richer than
that made from succulent pasturage of
the spring and early summer, and from
one to two quarts less of if is required to
make pound of butter. He estimates
that two pounds of butter will bring as
much money in winter as three pounds inc
summer.
Rye sown in September will make dur
ing the autumn enough grazing to be-
profitable. This grazing has an eXtk8'
value because it comes when other green
feed is very scarce. The rye may be
grazed during the winter when not buried
by snow, and pasturing on it may begin
early i'll spring and continue until the last
of May, when the ground can be broken
and put in corn. A better crop of corn
will be grown than if the rye had not
been on the ground. Or the rye may be
pastured until June 10, and the animals
taken off, when it will set considerable
grain. The land may then be put in
turnips. Rye used in this way makes
enough feed to pay we'll for the use of
the land and also purifies and recuper-
ates the ground. 1t can be used to
especial advantage i'll corners cut off by
creeks, or otherwise so form ed that Gull
tiYation is difficult.