Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-28
LIVESTOCK GOSSIP.
The Markets and Prices Here
and There Put Together.
CATTLE FATTENING RAPIDLY.
Livestock Agents CT Various Roads on the
Aert-Heavy Beef Cattle Move
ment PreparIng-Big Bush
ness at Quanah.
General Notes.

On last Sunday some unknown parties
! were hunting or the fine stock farm of Mr..
VIII Hirshfield near the city and carelesSly
shot and killed fine Kentucky brood mare
| valued al $1,000. The same day Mr.. HirSh-
| field received information that lightning
had killed another one of his valuable Ken
lucky mares on one of his pastures.
Col. ". C. Young has Just returned from
a trip west as far as Colorado City and was
| in and through several counties. He re-
| ports too much rain in the Colorado City
country, but grass is good and cattle are
looking fine. Wheat is good everywhere,
| while oats between here and Colorado City
are not at all good. Said he: There Is
| more cotton growing between here and
there than any other two crops combined. -
The colonel has added new one TO his list
of ''whoppers"-it is jack RABBITS this
time. -
Rains continue throughout New Mexico.
and the most eXacting stock owner could
not ask for better prospect.
Says the Stock Grower and Farmer: "a
month or more ago it was announced by the
commission men of Chicago that the long
looked for turn in the beef market had
come, and il was predicted that cattle would
advance 1t least ! cent per pound over last
years figures. But thirty days have
ticipating much greater advance. In fact,
so encouraging is the market outlook that
stock cattle throughout the Southwest are
quoted at an advance of 80 per cent. OF
course the prices of stock cattle will be
governed largely by the outcome OF the sea
son. If we have good grass year stock
will be high, out if it should turn off dry,
feed will be so scarce that stock cattle can
not command a very high figure, no matter
how high beef goes. On the other hand, if
we have plenty of grass. cattlemen will feel
encouraged and cattle will be held at good
figures, even though beef should fall short
OF what is anticipated
The Seymour Sun says ''The wool clip
throughout the country is reported very
heavy. II has been many years since the
|gelip was as large as this. The winter being
mild sheep looked well and are now in good
condition for the market. Mutton is very
high, from six to eight cents being paid by
buyers delivered at the depot here. In all
this IS the most prosperous year Sheepmen
have experienced for many, wool selling at
p cents with an extraordinary large clip,
and mutton selling at a better price than
ever before in the history OF the country
Following IS the history of the Texas cat
tie trade at St. Louis of last week: Monday
liz cars, market } TO 10 cents lower; Tues
:
Wednesday 81 cars. grassers 10 cents lower;
Thursday grassers TO IL cents lower. Total
decline in four days 30 10 45 cents off on
grassers and not over 10 cents on good cat
tie. On Friday ana Saturday the market
was easier each day but not much lower.
The business was very sluggish.
Following are last nights Geographic
quotations on fair to good Texans abroad:
St. Louis. s. S0td4 80; Kansas City. s. 65CQ
; 90: Chicago, 81 S0td4 60; New York,
81 20td5 40 -
The Jacksboro Sentinel says that Messrs
Steed and Evans of Post Oak sold 200
beeyes they have been feeding at $50 per
shead. -
Livestock agents OF the various roads in
this city report a heavy movement of beef
cattle preparing, and each is using every
effort in placing before the shippers the
drawing features of his road.