Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-21
LIVESTOCK.
General Livestock Notes.

Col. ]. d. Rudd. representative from
Harrison county, was in the city yesterday.
Col. Rudd came in TO be in attendance upon
| the Jersey convention. not knowing the
| place OF meeting had been changed. He is
Jersey faucier, and is successful raiser
of this breed Of cattle, and tells i very in
tereSting story OF experience. Said he:
From one cow | raised fifteen calves
from this number [ realized $500. | sold
kthe. COW for 1925, and the last time she was
MIXED before selling her she yielded four
gallons and one pint. My butter sales from
my farm average $500 annually. Yes,
am partial to Jerseys
The recent rains, which were general all
over New Mexico, have put the range in
fine condition and will result in early round
ups and 4 prospect for fat stock in the fall.
Says the Texas Stockman and Farmer:
Fat cattle are bringing good prices on the
ranches. The time to sell i thing is when
it is selling, and the place TO sell is where
it is selling. When two or three active
young men run races for the privilege of
shipping your beeves, wait for the sloweSt
horse TO arrive and then sell 10 the latest
pocketbook." -
W. S. Clark of Wala Walla Il few DAYS
ago sold l03 head of fat beeves TO Seattle
firm for cents pound, live weight,
weighed there. The cattle were stall fed
during the past winter Mr.. Clark thinks
the cattle will average III weight 1900
pounds, which would give an average value
of SG4 head for the cattle, or $500 as i
total for the lob head.
The Stock Grower calls upon the sheen
owners of New Mexico to organize with d
(asiew TO the grading up Of their focks and
strict enforcement of the scab law 1t uses
the following terse language, in referring
to the subject, some of which might be
read with profit by Texas sheepmen:
-Four million sheep, yielding 1000 900
pounds of wool, are Row wasting the grass
on the great ranges of the territory, that
4.000.000 sheep yielding 24,000.000 pounds
of wool should be eating. On account of
the prevalence of scab the value of the mar
ketable stock is reduced one-third, the
death rate increased CORES pOndingly and
the wool production cut down about 30 per
cent. all of which means that the sheen
growers of New Mexico are not realizing
one-third of what they should for their pro-
Dict.
There is very light trading in beef cattle
in this city at present. There are numer-
Gus trades making for choice lots, but
cowman don't consider trade made until
il is made as they put il, and until rise
in prices is noted in the larger markets
they will not be closed. Eastern markets.
as The GAZETTE has mentioned. are at
present. overdone and until there is a
Fighter supply prices will remain a little off.
Even at the figures quoted now the market
is better by tar than in recent years at this
season, but the very recent quotations
ranging from AZ to 81 and cents caused
considerable enthusiasm, and traders are
Yet enthusiastic. and say it will only be Il
matter of few days until the market will
be AT the top again. In the meantime they
will hold their cattle. as they are amply
prepared to do. and feed them, and at the
proper time viii put them on the market.
Reports from all sources show stock cat
tie to be getting in good shape. there being
an abundance of grass on all ranges, none
of which are crowded and in thirty days
from now there will commence moving
many train loads of range beef cattle from
many points in Texas. Many feeders. of
course, are feeding some choice lots cotton
seed, meal, etc. thereby having them
earlier prepared for good market at the
most opportune time.