Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-09
ROUND-UPS.
Cattlemen Hopeful Over the Changed
Condition of Things Generally.
The Extension OF Time Granted Territory Men
Perfect acknowledgements Good for
an Improved Market-General Notes.

Capt. s. B. Burnett of the 6666 ranch
is in the city, having just came down
from the Panhandle where he has been
busy shipping cattle for some time past,
in anticipation of having to get out of
the Indian country with his herds by Oc-
tober L. A GAZE TIE reporter found him
at the Pickwick hotel yesterday morning
and engaged Capt. Burnett in CONVERSE
ton about cattle and cattle prospects
generally.
'Cattle in the Territory, - he said,
''are not in the best condition, but are
gaining very fast in flesh just now.
The present thin condition (they are about
what would be called half fat is due to
the protracted drouth this year, but late
rains which has visited all sections of the
Territory have made good grass, plenty
of water and cattle are doing well. -
Chow have shipments been from the
Nation recently?'
'They have been very heavy. l have
shipped from Ruthford station, on the
Fort Worth and Denver for myself and
others for whom 1 was handling cattle,
about 200 car loads since August 81. 9th
er cattlemen have also been shipping
heavily, believing that all cattle would
have to be out of that country by Octo-
Der /. l shipped most of my cattle via the
Fort Worth and Denver, Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas. and the Chicago and
Alton roads to st. Louis, with the privi-
lege of the ST. Louis markets. A few l
shipped by the Wabash. -
'Will these heavy shipments con-
tinue?''
''No, they will not. The presidents
order extending the time for US to get out
to December / will cut shimments down
q great deal. We cattlemen feel very
grateful to the president for his action in
this matter and look upon 1t as a very
pretty piece of generosity. l think the
sxtention will give me and the other oat-
tlemen ample time to get out of the ter
ritory in good shape. What cattle 1 do
not ship to market and sell by the time
the limit Is up, / can take good
care of on my Texas pastures, and there
are others who can do the same.
tWhat effect do you think the extern
sion of time will have on the market?"
81 believe the effect will be goOd-in
fact think there is no doubt of it. The
tremendous shipments which have been
doing SO much to keep prices down by
Cutting the markets with half fat cattle
will let up and the market certainly i'm
prove some this year. Next year 1 look for
and expect to see material improvement
in prices and to a man who has both cat
tie and grass l would say: Hold on to
your cattle. You see there will be but
few cattle corn-fed in Kansas and other
corn states, and none in Texas on ac-
count of the failure of the corn crop.
Feeders cannot afford to feed corn to
cattle this year at the prices it will
reach, which l think will be from seYeu-
tY-fiye cents to 81; therefore grass cattle
will be more in demand, and will COM
mand better prices than they have for
years.
''How have the cattle you have been
shipping so!d?'
considering everything, their thin
condition and the overstocked markets, l
have done quite as well if not better
than l expected. l have no cause TO
complain. l feel awful good over the
extension of time given by the president.
think much more of him now than 1
ever did. -
Enough to vote for him IN case he is
a candidate in 1S92?'
81 didn't say that. That, you know,
Is q gray horse of another color.