The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-06
SAN ANGELO STANDARD.

SAN ANGELO STANDARD.
L. w. Marks, of Vinita, 1. T., wants
several thousand stock cattle.
Fifty head of steers, As and IS
were sold in Fort Worth Tuesday at
$40 per head.
Nat Skinner, of Vinita, I. t., is re-
ported to have purchased some 5000
head OF west Texas stock cattle.
James Currie, postoffice Garden
City, ranch on Lacy, a tributary to
North Concho, wants to buy from
1000 to 1000 stock sheep that will
shear from seven to eight pounds.
On Saturday the Ostrander Loomis
Land and Live Stock company, Con.
cho county, sold l 900 4-year-old steers
to Mr., Humes of the Nation. Terms
private.
On Tuesday Hinde Brothers &
Campbell sold 5000 wethers and dry
ewes to Lewis q Mauzy, delivered at
San Angelo April l, with wool on, at
$3.50 per head.
At the meeting of stockmen at
Fort Worth on March II some steps
should be taken toward securing fed
eral aid, whether by treaty CT force of
arms, to protect the stock interests in
the frontier counties of Texas from
Mexican depreda tions.
Commodore Foote is the only i'm
porter of Herefords in this section
that has not suffered less from the
ravages of acclimation fever. Ha has
inocculated his rd.with virus OBJ
tanned from the state veterinary sur
geon of Missouri and has not lost q
single head He has promised to
write an article for the Standard de-
scribing the method of treatment. 1t
is preat pity that information on
the subject of prevention of Texas
fever is not as general as it ought to
be. A little knowledge on this disease
would have gone a long way during
the last few months and saved the
CCncho country thousands OF dol
lars.
1t is nearly time for Northern NUT
ton buyers to put in an appearance in
San Antonio.
When the cattle values improve it
will not be in consequence of any
legislative enactments against the
dressed beef system.
Harvey Speers, Of Arlington, drove
in fine bunch of beef steers during
the week, and sold them to local butch
ers at 2! cents.
Ed. Horn, of Belle Plain, Callahan
county, sold to Nat Skinner, of Vinita,
|. T., this week 1000 bead of 3-year-
old steers, at $14 per head. The cattle
go to the Indian Territory.
The demand for good class OF
Texas-raised mules is fair in this mar
ket, but the supply of such animals
as are inquired for is rather light.
The demand is principally from the
Eastern Southern States.
William Palmer, of Deerfeld, Mo-,
purchased on Tuesday from Cas- Ed
wards, of this county, $50 head of 3
and 4-year-old steers, paying fair prices
for them.
Nat Skinner, of Vinita, 1. T., was
in the city yesterday, having just
come in from the west. During the
last eight weeks he has purchased
not less than $1,000 head of Texas
cattle, nearly all of which are steers.
Last Saturday Fowler & Jamison Of
this county shipped six carloads of
beef steers, averaging l122 pounds, to
Chicago, and on Wednesday they were
sold by Strahorn & Co. at 1855 per
hundred. The cattle were in good
flesh, and in quality over the average
shipments from Texas.
The Texans are not quite so SAN
culinary as they are supposed to be by
the tenderfoots, but they look on at a
railroad freight war with an unmis-
taxable smile Of satisfaction. Just
now they could figuratively see the