Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-06
LIVESTOCK.
The Market With Fair Receipts,
Steady for Cattle.
HOGS ARE DECIDEDLY HIGHER.
Sheep Show Firmness-Thero is Demand
For Some Grades of WooI-LiTe-
stock Movement at All Mar
kets-Quotationz.
Interesting Cattle Chatter.


W. R. Moore has made trip to Paris to
look after some cattle shipments.
J. W. Terry, general solicitor for Texas
of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad,
at Galveston, is expected during the con-
Yention.
T. 7. D. and John Andrews are visiting
their ranch, located at West, via the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas. They will be
lack to-day.
McCauley & Huffman Of Sulphur Springs
had herd of fine cattle az the Union stock
yards yesterday. They averaged S53
pounds.
Things wore an unusually quiet aspect at
the Union yards yesterday. Both receipts
and shipments were very light The pack
ing house did good days business and
closed down in the afternoon to clean up.
Cattlemen around Childress report that
the cattle passed through the winter in
good shape, and enter upon the spring in
fine fix for rapidly taking on flesh, and IN 4
few months will be placing them on the
market.
The foot aud mouth scare in England is
the prevailing topic among English cattle
raisers and others connected with the meat
trade, and is having a bad effect on prices.
England tops America in high prices OBJ
tanned Tor blood mares. In 1872 the Gotham
stud purchased Seclusion, famous as the
dam of Hermit for So 500 At the break
Spinaway sold for SCI, $50, Wheel of For
tune for 5000, Jeanette for $4,000, Can't
Mere for $50, 800, Palmdower for $4,000,
Dutch Oven for $4,000, Mavis, Galliard's
dam, for $4,000 and Lady Golightly for
1850, ard other mares for very high
prices in that country. In 1875 Marie Stu
art sold for 81, 900, and she had never pro-
luaad n TViOnar n that TINA In 1890 n
Baird gave $4,000 at auction for Algeria,
by Galopin.
The winter packing season closed Mon
day, and definite or almost exact figures
from 90 per cent of the entire work indi-
cate total of Z, 750, 900 hogs, against S, 113,
00A last year, decrease of about 425, 600
hogs. Indications favor q moderate in
crease in average weight, possibly 8 to
per cent, and the total manufacture of the
product will closely approach last years
production. Cincinnati winter packing
was 2SS, 54S hogs, against 301, 054 last year.
The Canadian government has been APP
piled to for charter for the Incorporation
of the Union stockyards company, with
headquarters at Montreal. Those inter
ested are: Robert Bickerdyke, John
Grove, Cornelius Coughlin, Michael Green
and William Cunningham, all of M0ntreals
The capital of the company is in thessneigh-
ten acres of land have been secured at La
chine.
It is limited that cattle rustlers are opera
ting in Colfax county, New Mexico. ~
Receipts for the week at the Union steck-
yards, Chicago, including Thursday, so far
show a decrease of COCO cattle, 21.000 hogs
and 1000 sheep from the same time last
week, and an increase of 10.500 cattle and a
decrease of IS, 900 hogs and 1000 sheep COM
pared with the corresponding four days
year ago.
Inspector Howard killed twenty-four
lump jawed cattle at South Omaha during
February, the carcasses selling at an av-
erage price of $3.50
Highest price paid for cattle at Kansas
City last month, 81. 90. Top for hogs S4.75.
Hogs received at Kansas City last month
averaged PIG lbs, against pa lbs for Feb
ruary, 1891.