Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-14

the Movement to Repeal the Law to Pre-
vent Spread of Contagious Diseases.
J.K. Zimmerman and S. B Coleman
two Kansas City cattlemen, are in the
city.
Sam L. Chalk from the Matador and
T. w. Roberts from the 6666 ranch are
among the visiting eattlemen in the city
The wide difference as to price between
buyers of two-year-olds and producers
who have them is making the cattle mar
ket dull. There are numerous inquiries
tor good cattle, but no sales of note re-
ported.
From all over the West and Southwest
good reports as to the condition of sheep
are received. Fioeks are in good condi-
ton, a large crop of lambs is expected
and the indications are good for heavy
spring clip.
The Chicago cattle market opened up
weak, this week, with buyers demand
ing concessions from last week s prices d.
During Monday, however, prices became
firm at Saturdays quotations and closed
without change.
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Pueblo, Col. is to have large pack
ing and slaughter house. Twenty acres
of ground south of the city have been
purchased, on which to erect the neces-
sary buildings, and the machinery has
already been ordered.
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George Leigh of Kerr county has re-
Gently received on his ranch three Swiss
bulls, one of which weighs 1886 pounds.
Mr.. Leigh believes that this breed of cat
tie, which is noted for fine beef qualities 4,
will make splendid cross with natives
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The biggest sale of blooded horses,
draft horses, mares and blooded cattle
that was ever held in the West will begin
in Denver City on the 18th and continue
five days. A large number of Jerseys,
Holsteins, ShOrthOrns, Angus and Gal
loways viii be included in the sale.
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The Montana board of stock commits
sioners have recently filed their report for
1888 with Governor Leslie, compiled from
statistics furnished by different agents
and inspectors The number of cattle
inspected in the territory and at the Min
nesOta transfer was 100 1852 during the
season. Three thousand nine hundred
and fifty three strays were recovered in
shipments and on the ranges.
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The scab, which several years ago af-
fected nearly all the herds of sheep in
Webster and Presidio counties has disap
peared from that district, and there is
immunity from the scourge is said to be
due to the great dryness of the elevated
table lands and to the thorough manner
in which the disease was stamped out
several years ago. Another fact is, that
stray punches of scabby sheep never ap-
pear in this district.
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The stockmen of Montana are awaken
ing to the fact that there is bill pending
i'll the Dakota legislature that concerns
them almost as much as it does the
Dakota stockmen. The bill is to repeal
the law to prevent the spread of conta-
gious diseases among live stock and has
already passed the lower house
by small majority. If the law
is repealed it viii throw open
the ranges of Dakota to shipments of dis
eased animals from all parts of the coun-
try and will expose the eastern border of
Montana to similar disease. The stock
men of this territory hope to see the
defeated and the Dakota law
left as it is, sin ce it is a great help TO the
Montana law in keeping out infectious
and contagious diseases.
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Many breeders are engaged on the
problem of creating a new sheep, says a
writer in the New York Tribune, and it
will be satisfactorily elucidated in due
time. Breeding for wool and mutton can
be combined as well as
breeding fowls for weight and
quality of carcass and quantity of
eggs, which have been so much improved
in the last few years. A patient man was
thirty years breeding the large butts of
corn ears and yellow kernels on cobs of
white corn, and l predict that in much
less time our sheep will shear twenty
pounds and dress 200 pounds of as good
mutton as can be found in the highlands
of Scotland. Sheep breeding is IN its in
fancy, and no one can foresee It's limit.
In 1897 three Merino rams and five
ewes were carried to Australia but so
slow as introduction of the production
of wool into these colonies that it was
not till 1907, ten years later, that the
first bale of wool was carried from Aus
tralia to England. But the flocks of
Australia did not originate from that
source. The development of fine wool
husbandry in these colonies was the re-
suit of an accident. Some English
captured in the South seas about
the beginning of the present century,
vessel proceeding to Peru from Spain in
which were 800 meIIno rams and ewes
These sheep were carried to Australia
and originated the fine merino wool
whose production is now sold in special
market in London, to which all the man
ufactures of the world resort.
A correspondent of the Albuquerque
in writing about the condition
of the range in the ManZano country east
of Albuquerque says: But while this
amount of snow holds prom
Use of abundant crops for the farmer and