Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-03
ROUND-UPS.
=. tbe Packing House VIII Do for
VIZ" tDs Hog Business in Texas.
ii. Reporter Interviews Col. John R.
! Co. ~ ,bs subIect-GOv. Thsyer on the
h' Buresu of statistics-NOtes.

'D' Is.o. for eleven years, and in fact IS
u. most most extensive corn and hog raiser in
NV 10 His two ranches, one right at
.opd the other on the San Gabriel
10y are among the finest properties of
. , in Texas, and their owner has just
NV 60 feel pride in them. In view
'a ,.s. fact that Col. Hoxie has entered
Of W. and soul into the packing House en-
bsA. e. at this point, GAZETTE reporter
tetpiS an him Yesterday and engaged him
cale .a-,orsation on the subject of hog
ID Wv IN Texas and his experience in it.
rSi naT5s swine industry, said he, sis
a from necessity to become one of
pOuT ding industries in Texas; and there
NE i'" tate in the Union that is better
80 w N the business than Texas is.
ElNP, Innate is decidedly favorable and
4uo nave greater immunity from dis
s"'DI bsre than they have in any state 1
s1 one Of the great drawbacks
- ybor-raisiug IN the East is cholera,
~si1b frequently sweeps entire herds out
', ay,stence and nearly pauperizes the
.. men This is rarely heard Of in Texas
,gou1d never be heard of at all If
1-- attention was given to the BUSH
have been raising hogs in Texas
~. eleven years, and during all that
w. ". not q case of cholera has been
rpoyp on my ranch.
snotber thing in favor of the industry
q, his state is the mild winters. In the
Torfb many pigs are lost on account of
IRENE cold, while in Texas there is no
,-.s from that cause. Late pigs do just
s.well here as early spring pigs do, and
botb kinds can be raised with but little
trouble II any kind of sensible system is
pursued. " uo,,
asked the reporter.
Bacon, naturally, can be cured n
Texas as well and easily as it can else
where. Az stated, l have been in the
hog business for eleven years, and
Drobablv have more hogs on my place
man auy other man in Texas. 1 have
baeD killing as high as 5000 per year,
and have had splendid success with the
meat, which is sold to the people of
Texas, and it is not only better meat
than is brought here from the North,
but it brings better prices. The same
can be said of the lard made here in
Texas. i"
'HOw about the supply of hogs in the
Itate:i'
"At present it is limited, but the
starting up of packing houses will give an
impetus to the hog raising business that
will result in a 1ull supply
"May it not result in an over supply?"
cover supply! No, sir; there will be
no such thing as that. Why there are
millions Of dollars cent from Texas to
the North every year to pay for pork
products consumed by the people in this
state. There will be a market and q
good market for all the hogs that will be
raised in Texas. The home consumption
Of pork products is simply enormous,
and then there is Mexico just south of us
that is now buying large numbers of
hogs, not from Texas alone, but from
Missouri, Kansas and other
states. This trade, when our
people get down to business in
this matter can be controlled by Texas,
and then there will be no such thing as
hogs going through from the North TO
"Do you think the people appreciate
the Importance of this matter sufi-
ulently?'i
Indeed they do; and they are going
into the business. There is q certain belt
Of country south and southwest of us in
which farmers are now making arrange
ments to raise hogs. and it will not be
long until the squeal of the porker can
be beard in every barnyard IN Texas. 1
am doing all that can do to encourage
them in the movement, and tell you
the good cause is making rapid pro-
gress. -
"HOw many hogs will the packing
house at Fort Worth consumed
That is hard question to answer. st
INST, OF course, the consumption will not
De SO large, but as time rolls on, and
Jus TACT that Texas is making bacon not
OILY Tor herself, but for other states, be-
comes generally known, the number of
noGs acquired will be increased. Let me
yea you one thing, this packing house is
gong to be one of the best things for
Sot Worth that was ever established
nere' II will create q market that has
never been known in Texas before.
Farmers who raise hogs, and who have
Ueeu selling them to parties who shipped
sueu' out Of the state can now either
e -l them or ship them TO Fort Worth
alSFe they will be sold at as good figures
. tney will bring in Chicago and the
"v's Il Is saved TO the hog raIser.' -
"hen will work on the packing
Eight away. The material is all
uOlEnt add everything is going TO be
E T1 until the works are in operation.
~ tus packing house is to be built of Gran
0ufy stone and brick. s"
now about the refrigerator?
1ust is all right too. Whenever the
"olG l Is given by the stockmen the stock
: !a.Gs company will start work on the
ttslfigsFator. Sixty-fve acres of ground
N.t Ueeh set aside for the two estub-
,,i;,T,'leu's' into which all the railroads
r. run their side tracks. The Santa
N, llElneer Is now at work arranging tor
NJ. yalus OF that road at the stockyards.
va, mug is moving along all right and
I'm. van =, Just say SO to the people through
ana =. y'hing IS just as Col Hoxie says,
rn,h . uot out of place to remark that
The ~ was accomplished when he took
H. 1t.eFloon ride to the stockyards with
Por, ~ eould during his recent visit to
L.. worth. IT'S an old but neverthe-
deep. 4" mat sun water runs
~, ihaorsed by Governor Thnyer.
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