Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-04-10
CATTLE COMING.
A Large Number of South .rn
Cattle will Seek Buyers in
Montana.
A Railroad Train in Dakota
Held up by Prairie
Fire.
4 NEW VENTURE.
The shipping of Southern Cattle To Mon
lana for u Market

ihF NhllftiHs bI NputntIn ttltlt MOIl-
lana for Market
From Mr.. A. W. Stacey, of Stacey
Bros., Pumpkin creek, who has just
returned from a several months visit
to southern breeding grounds, we learn
that during this season number Of
southern breeders who have an excess
of steer cattle for which they have
been unable TO find purchasers, will
ship large herds of their cattle to
northern Wyoming and southeastern
Montana, with view to making open
sales to resident stock men in lots to
suit purchasers. This departure from
the accustomed plan Of northern buy
ers going south and there making
their purchases, has been brought
about by the unsatisfactory state Of the
southern cattle market this year, prices
ruling so high as to prevent many
buyers from making deals, the result
being that though desirous of pur-
chasing at certai. price, they have
been forced to come home without
placing their orders. The buyers
having left the market, and there be-
ing as We have said, large surplus OF
two, three and even four-year-old
steer cattle in the hands of southern
dealers, the market il forced TO come
to the buyers. Mr.. Stacey is of the
opinion that If no further sales are
made there will be from 80, 900 to 50,-
600 mead Of young steer cattle landed
at wendover from the lst to the 18th
of July, which will be offered to Wyo-
ming and Montana purchasers in lots
to suit the buyers. The herds that he
has positive knowledge OF are as fol-
lows:
G.. w. Llttlefield, Austin, Texas,
1000 head In two herds, all twos
and threes; will be shipped from Clay
ton, n. NJ, May Is and %, by rail to
Wendover.
Jno. Gamble, Mason City, Texas,
10000 head twos, will be shipped about
same time and 10 same point.
Dan Taylor, Fort Sumner. n. NJ,
5000 to 5000 head twos and threes;
will be shipped as above.
Sims n Slaughter, Tom Green
county, Tex, 5000 head two and
threes; will be shipped from Amorilla,
Tex, as above.
Other herds of which Mr.. Stacey
was not definitely Informed but which
he believed would follow the same
program, would swell the total mum.
Der VI open market cattle to be- landed
in Montans and Wyoming this year
to $4,000 head, which is in addition t.
those already purchased and to b,
shipped in to purchasers. This latte
class will number from best estimates
about 10000 head, making a rount
100, 900 cattle that will find their way
to the ranges of northern Wyoming
and eastern Montana this season.
The bringing of cattle here to seel
buyers will be q great advantage tC
a class of stock men who are running
small outfits, who want to maze small
purchases, and cannot undertake the
expense of shipping and sending an
outfit TO the terminus Of the road fol
the cattle. This system will enable
them to purchase small herds, relieved
in great part of the attendan. expenses
we have mentioned, while larger buy
ers who have been unable TO purcbas,
1T figures that suited them, may fint
the southern dealers more complaisau
and easier to handle when in the enc
my's country. The following rate
have been made by the Denver an,
Fort Worth road from points In Texa
and New Mexico to Wendover, Wyo
ming:
From Wichita Falls, Tex........s72
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