Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14
RODND.UPS.
The Rapid Improvement in All Kinds OF
Livestock in Texas.
The Evil Effects OF the Drouth on the Cattle
Marietta Cattl eman's View OF the
Future-General Notes

number of cattlemen were congreg ated IN
Main street office yesterday discussing the de-
moralized condition of the market and the future
prospects for improvement. and at last the con-
versation turned to the great changes the live
Stock industry in Texas had undergone during
the last ten years.
at is wonderful, - remarked one, what an
Improvement has taken place in the herds, no.
Only on the farms, but the plains as well. You
can hear at any time of small stockmen or con-
vention stockmen and farmers shipping IN few
blooded bulls with which to grade up their cat
tie, but very little is being said OF what the Dig
cattlemen are doing in this line-it is not gen
orally known. II is a fact though that the large
herds being improved just as tast as the
small ones, and Durham, Hereford, Galloway
and Polled bulls can be found among all the big
herds in Texas. South Texas particularly,
has got move on herself in this respect
here lateiy, and there are whole droVes
of shorthcrn bulls being introduced IN that part
of the state. 1t is a move in the right directlon
too; but there is one thing don't like about IT,
There is not enough attention OF breeding thor-
oughbreds in Texas, the stockmen buy outside
and the cattle have 10 20 through acclsmatlZa-
ton. This should not be; We should raise our
own thoroughbreds at home
What you say about CATTLE Joined IN an
other of the party, lis true about hogs. In
nv section the farmers have always raised few
hogs but they have been of inferior breeds. that
is, they were up to about q year ago. NOW,
however, the Berkshire, Poland China and
jersey hed nave taken their pLaCSS- ING ISouAO
being most satisfactory. l notice also that the
number of hogs is rapidly increasing. and the
people generally are giving more attention TO
this business than they used TO do. l believe
in it md am glad to see it going on
at is not only with cattle and hogs, re-
marked another in the party, but horses too,
in Texas are on the improve. twas once the
case that an ordinary Texas plug was good
enough for the average farmer or stockman, but
now they want something with blood IN them
And it is Just cheap to raise good took as 1t
is poor and the people nave found 1t out. don, I
mean that IL does not cost any more money PAID
Oat to raise a fine colt than 1t does a scrub, but
/ mean that in the long run, considering the
value of the fine one, that it is just as cheap-ln
fact cheaper. Mules too, are on the improve
ana Texas mules to-day compare favorably with
the best brought from other states. can re-
member when no attention paid to mule
raising in Texas, and those that happened to be
raised here were the offspring OF low grade
mares and these little broucos you see boys rlu-
ing about town, and were worth about nifty
cents each. Now as fine jacks can be found all
over North Texas can be found anywhere,
and Texas mules are being sought after, not
only by the people mere, but from other states,
ara they bring good prices. There IS money IN
raising mules in Texas
The conversation was kept mp in this strain
for some time, and each one who engaged IN II
cited instance after instance where individuals
in his section were discarding low grade STOCK
of all & nds for the better breeds.