Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-08
Livestock Notes.

A year ago Monday Chicago received
81, S79 hogs, or about twice as many as yes
terday.
The Fort Worth packery shipped out two
cars of hams and bacon to San Angelo
yesterday.
Some of the members of the Jenny
Holman company, made trip over to the
packery yesterday afternoon.
The Texas and Pacific stockyards yester-
day received a car of stations. The ship
ment was made by w. l.. Blassengame from
Pilot Point.
Preparations for the barbecue at the
packing house Wednesday are being pushed,
pits are being dug, tables erected, and q
big crowd is anticipated.
B. F. Davis is in the city with twenty
five head of mares. They are the property
of Ostrander x Loomis, and come from the
company's ranch in the Concho country
John Duncan has suffered a loss of nearly
25 per cent of his stock in the vicinity of
Marble Falls. Some of the losses are
much lighter and some heavier by cattle
men in that vicinity.
The noted Tubbo estate, in Australia,
sheared l54, 233 sheep, of which 4O,93O were
lambs The sheep averaged seven pounds
and thirteen ounces and lambs three pounds
and eight and one-haf ounces.
J. j. Collier of Marble Falls had three
cars of hogs at the Union stockyards
yesterday. He reports considerable
suffering among the cattle in that section
during the winter, with loss of about 20
per cent.
The receipts for the week ending March
at the StLouis National stock yards amount
10 4S17 cattle, 1901 hogs and l+7l sheep,
against 540S cattle, 1901 hogs and 1864
sheep during the previous week, showing
decrease of 53l cattle, 20S0 hogs and 1913
sheep.
East St. Louis last month received 21,115
cattle, 7J,Ss9 hogs and 5+75 sheep, against
%. 54T cattle, 30, 10 hogs and 92I7 sheep re-
ceived during the month o. january. Re-
ceipts the first two months OF 1892 were
- G52 ca,Jle, III. 1893 hogs and II, 752 sheep.
against 46 is cattle, 40, 521 hogs and 10, 1873
sheep for the corresponding period last
year.
The past weeks receipts of live stock
ct the Union stock yards, Chicago, show
decrease of 500 cattle, 1900 hogs, and no
change in sheep from the previous week.
COMPARED with the corresponding week last
year there was an increase Of 5000 cattle and
3 decrease Of $1,000 hogs and 4O0o sheep.
The cattle market was steady. Hogs sold
higher. Sheep sold ct steady prices.
Combinec receipts for the past week at
Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha and St.
Louis, $1,000 cattle, 20J, 900 nogs and $1,000
sheep. Compared with the previous week,
there was L decrease of 1000 cattle, $4,000
hogs and an increase of 1900 sheep. Com
pared with the corresponding week last
year, there was an increase of 10000 cattle,
a decrease of 131, 600 hogs and an increase
Of 5000 sheep.
Kansas City packers slaughtered 12O.227
hogs last month. Stocks Of all kinds OF
meats on hand there the first of the present
months, COOO0O pounds-showed ll,000,
900 pounds decrease compared with the
month previous, and 100000 pounds de-
crease compared with the corresponding
month last year; stock of all kinds of pork,
go barrels smaller than month ago; lard
on hand. 1889 tierces, or 200 tierces more
than month ago and $500 tierces more
than a year ago. Kansas City packers dur
ing January and February slaughteree 35l,-
Ss5 hogs. against 436, IA a year ago. or de-
crease OF 81, $40 head.