Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-02

makes the asserSicn that he has better sue
cess saving the pigs from young SowS at
narrowing time, than from aged and mature
animals.
Wheat bran, middlings and rye make a
good feed for growing pigs. If the rye can
not DC readily secured oats can be used in
stead. They can be materially increased in
value if they are ground.
Growers of porliars in Colorado on the
whole are admirers OF the Birkshire.
Among the enthusiasts probably as many
as foU'fifths stoutly maintain that the
Berkshires are the banner breed.
Alex Barry of Larimer county, Col. has
been feeding 1000 head of steers for Organ
& Hammond of Cheyenne. Last week they
shipped away four cars of prime beeveS,
They will make other shipments shortly.
y special telegram from Arkansas City,
Kan. on Tuesday, SAYS that reports from
the Panhandle and Indian Territory state
that thousands of cattle persisted during
the blizzard of last week. The weather at
many points was the coolest Of the season.
Among the shipments from Fort Collins,
Col, last week were five cars Of No. l
beeycs shipped to Omaha by Frank Chad
wick, and {. X. Billiard made another big
shipment of fat cattle. There are no better
beeves in Colorado it is said.
One of the largest hogs in America-if
not, in fact, the largest in the world-was
reared by Junction City, Kan, man. The
length was eight feet nine inches; girth Of
neck, six and a half feet; girth of center Of
body, ei-ht feet; width across the hip,
thirty inches. weight, 1882 pounds.
Some cattle for April delivery were sold
at Fort Collins. Col. the other day for
So 80 head For beef cattle this is the
Pest sale that has been made in Larimer
county for many days. There were l04
animals thus disposed of by Gage & Prout
and .. Schang was the purchaser.
Only few cattle are reported in bad
shape in the southeast corner OF Colorado.
1t is the opinion Of most Of the stockmen
that the late SHOWS have really done but
slight damage, and these only in isolated
instances. This snow will make the grass
come quick and grow heavy.
Over on White river, Colorado, at the
1T ranch. some five hundred head of cattle
have been fed all winter, and not single
hoof died. 1t took good deal of hay to pro-
vide for them, but the company mad wisely
made ample provision for an emergency of
this kind, and have enough hay on hand to
last several weeks yet.
In the face of depressing circumstances
the brood SOW may prove to be the most
profitable animal on the farm before this
year closes. About the worst move the
farmer may make win be the neglect of his
brood SOW. This is an off year in the brSi-
ness, but the man who keeps steadily on his
work with his breeding stock will come out
best in the end.
It is found that the longer young hogs are
fed alfalfa hay mixed with their slop, the
better they like it. They clean up their
troughs much quicker There has been
no compulsion used in the way OF short
rations TO force an appetite for hay, but
the taste has been cultivated for the hay,
by mixing it with food that we know they
were accustomed to ana consumed readily.
4 stock item in the last issue of the Fort
Collins Courier makes a correction by stat
ing that over 1000 head of fat cattle have
been shipped from that point since the
first of January last, instead of 100 car
loads. as stated last week and from ten to
twenty carloads are still being sent away
every week. Many feeders have shipped
earlier than they intended to for the reason
that hay is getting scarce and higher in
price than they can afford to pay. There
are yet good many more carloads to be
sent away.
Dispatches from New Mexico report a
great deal Of distress among cattle, sheep
and other livestock in that territory. Rep
resentative Frank Hubbel, who has just
ranch near the Zuni salt lake, Socorro
county, tells 4 distressing story about the
condition of the sheep. He has lost in the
past few months over thirty thousand head
from freezing and starving, and alsoreports
that the loss is general among all the heavy
sheep owners. The weather has been cold.
and the ground is covered with snow. so
that the sheep cannot eat. He says he has
never experienced such weather as the last
two months.
There are quite number Of steer buyers
now operating in Southern New Mexico,
and several sales are reported. Al trades
made are for early delivery, and the ruling
prices seem to be about SIS to SIS for twos
and threeS and up. The encouraging outlook
for the cattle business has resulted in their
being few Offers of young steers for sale
and few outfits that can afford to hold will
have any yearlings on the market this sea-
son.
Speaking of local cattle interests ]. H.
Bond says the dry weather thus far into
the spring has been the salvation of the cat
tie. Being so cold, if rain had failed, the
cattle would have persisted largely, but be-
ing dry they have Jared pretty well in the
Nation NIinco (Chickasaw) Minstrel.
Commission charges for selling American
cattle in Liverpool have been cut down TO
about 75c per head, against 81 GOAL 80 per
head year ago. This, with the reduction
of S0(d1 per head in ocean freight rates, left
Il profit. according to the Drovers Journals
Liverpool representative, of about 81 Goa
30 per head TO American exporters for
the week ended March il, when the average
price of American cattle sold in Liverpool
was about 1853