Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-27
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Livestock Notes.

Twenty-si1 cars of feeders arrived at the
Texas and Pacific stockyards yesterday
morning. They are being shipped by J. H.
Hampson from Van Horn to Elgin, Kan.
D. C. Hunt, a well-known and popular
cowman of Ranger, is in the city.
The cattle movement has commenced in
earnest. Over 125 cars of cattle arrived at
Fort Worth yesterday over the Gulf, Colo
rado and Santa F'e railroad alone, with sew
eral trains en- route. Other roads also did
a good business.
Buffalo Mercantile Review: A few good
spring lambs have. been on the market and
brought good prices, while there are also
a few that it would be hard to tell what
they are, and they are still in the pens I'M
sold.
The average weight of hogs received at
Kansas City for the week ending March 81
was 209 pounds, for the previous week oil
pounds and for the corresponding dates in
1891, 200 and 2l2 pounds, respectively.
The B. and NJ packing company of Den
yer has received an order for a shipment of
their meats to Antwerp, Holland The
order is from the immense establishment of
Messrs. Schoenfeld Fills & Co.
OReceipts of sheep at Kansas City, for the
present month to March % were q, 1862,
against 26, 500 for the whole of March 1891.
were "A, 600 head in 1890. If the receipts
for the remaining nine commercial days
average trifle over 1900 head per day, this
will be the largest March on record.
Robert Taylor, the well known sheep
breeder of Rawlins, Wyo., had in two
double decks of prime lambs at Chicago re-
Gently, which sold at 81.
Senator A. L. Matlock says the Capital
syndicate has lost very few cattle this
winter out of the 10000 head on their
ranch, the number not exceeding 300.
Reports from Willow Springs and Chilloca
say that grass is coming up nicely under
the revivifying influences of old Sol and
will soon be ready for pasturage.
Three cars of feeders arrived at the
Union stockyards from San Angelo yester-
day, destined to the Territory.
NJ G. Ellis, the weI-known livestock
and commission man of this city, is south
on business trip.
r. w. Prosser, a cattleman from the
Devils River country, had in twelve cars
of rangers destined for the Territory. He
says everything is lovely down there, but
grass is little backward.
Charlie Carpenter had 100 fine hogs at
the stockyards yesterday. They were
sold for him to the Fort Worth packing
company by NJ, @. Ellis & Co.
The packery killed 100 hogs yesterday.
The hog season is about over, but good
cattle are in demand and at good prices. A
car of mixed meats was shipped to- Lam
pasas.
Hume Bros. of Ballinger are shipping
sixteen cars of feeders TO Willow Springs,
Cherokee nation.
R. R. Wade has a train of feeders on the
road from San Angelo to the range around
Ponca, I. T.
Col. H. L. Webster, formerly agent for
the Santa Fe at the Union stockyards, will
resume his old position on the 1st of April
and the boys are all glad TO see him. w. D.
Cozatt, the present agent, will take a trip
to the blue grass region of central Ken
lucky, his old home, to recuperate his over
worked system.
Hhe employees of the various stockyards
N this city are getting their best move on
them, and will hardly have time to sleep
for the next sixty days. As all roads lead
to Rome so do all the big cattle hauling
roads lead TO Fort Worth. which handles
more stock than Dallas, Houston, Calves
ton, San Antonio and Waco com bined.
John G. Taylor, general livestock agent
of the Santa Re, is expected In from
Northern trip.
ssK. N Dennis of Granbury was in the
city yesterday negotiating with the Santa
Fe for large shipment of stock from
Granbury to the Nation.