Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-01
LIVESTOCK NOTES.

ID. Is. Carver Of Henrietta Is In the
city
w w. Dyer. a well known Armstrong
county catucmnn, Is here
w H. Fcctherstone Of Henrietta is
among the new arrivals.
4. b. Early was among the visitors
60 the Union stckyards yesterday
+. w. Mccoy Of Chicago. the well
known livestock commission man Is in
town.
Colonel Hawkins stalwart cattle
teeder of Ellis county WAS talking live
stock to his friends yesterday.
II. w. Drnlard Of Kansas CITY visit.
ed the Union stockyards yesterday. and
was shown around by Yardmaster Bntz.
q. W. Brecdlove. the Fisher comfy
cattieman was in Fort Worth yesterday.
anu lett on a trip south for the purpose
81 shipping out feeders north.
The next annual shearing festival Of
the Iowa Sheep Breeders md Wool
Growers association win be held nj the
Iowa Agricultural college farm. ApTil
and .. A large attendance is expect.
Aicssrs, Wood Bros. Of Chicago report
the receipts OF cattle at Chicago far
the week ending March %. as being
lighter than they have been for some
head
NJ. john Buckmaster. Wyoming cot-
tleinqn. has sold his cattle to q. w
Munkres Of Buffalo, the price being
aoout SIS per head, the cattle to be de.
ilyered in May Mr.. Buckmaster is now
buying steers
The Cotton Belt has had n nice move.
ment of fat cattle for the season. which
is about ended. j. w Burbee, the live
STOCK agent, says the volume Of traffic
IN this line for the past month has been
much better than he anticipated.
The shortage of steers IN this state for
export has been caused. first, because
there exists shortage of all kinds Of
cattle In the state, and second. because
the stockmen are feeding 10 an eytent
never known in the state before and nrc
holding great many on home feed.
wyoming has had one Of the most
favorable winters 10 stock In the recol-
lection Of the Oldest inhabitants. All
classes or stock have come through thus
far IN line condition. and the always-fav-
orable outlook for sheep and the decided
upward tendency OF cattle of late en-.
courages stocliuen 10 hold on 10 their
stock and reap the rewards which are
sure to come.
Receipts of livestock for the last two
days at the Texas and Pacific stock
yards were as follows Eighty-three
cars feeders, shipped by j. w. Clawson
FROM Alice. Tex, 10 Aliuco l. r.: one
car fat cattle from Colorado CITY en-
route 10 St Louis, shipped bv II. II.
GrOmcr; 10 cars feeders from Wilson 4
Hutton Alice consigned TO Black stone.
/. T.. and one train Of lG ears Of feed
ers from Alice. Tex. for the Ponca res
eryation.
l.. W. Krake. travelling agent Of the
National stockyards at East st. Louis.
has desk here for u few days. when
he viii leave for the South. He says
three and four train londs OF cattle per
day are being shipped from San Angelo
He Is of the opinion that the opening
up Of the packing house here will prove
not Only an ihestimable blessing TO Fort
Worth. but also to st. Louis. as St
Louis will then bear the same relation TO
Fort Worth that Chicago now does TO
st. Louis.
The receipts Of livestock at the Union
stockyards yesterday were: Eight
cars Feeders, consigned 10 Ne
Coy \ Underwood at Elgin, Kan.
from San Angelo; eight cars from Bird
d Mertz. San Angelo, for the Ponca Res
eryauon; forty-siX cars from Arson x
Vernon, San Angelo. on route 10 Elgin.
Kan; five double deckers of sheep from
g.. II. Long. San Angelo, consigned To
Swift x Co.. Chicago: twenty-one cars
OF feeders, shipped by w I'll. McCauley,
baluhBeI. 10 loHcu, L, T.. ana seven cars /
feeders from A. j. Evans, Toyah, 10
Chillocco.
The Detroit and Rio Grande Cattle
COMPANY Is said 20 be arranging WITH L. |
Il, Geek 10 move all the COMPANY cattle |
now ranging along the Rio tiranle I'M |
the neighhOrhoOd of Engle. To Mr.. Zeek's /
range in Colorado. The range along the |
tornado, and throughout that section |
of Mexico Is in poor condition, and many /
thousand cattle have died from stnrva. |
ton in the past three years, aud pres |
cBt conditions are no more favorable /
than thcy hdve been. Spring Is being |
ushered in with Unprecedented winds. |
which rapidly take the moisture left bv !
the winter SHOWS and rains out of the
ground
The following shipments Of Texas cat-
tie We're among those marketed at ST.
l.onis Wednesday, GcOgre Menson of
Tex, marketed 80 steers,
1915 pounds, at $3.50. A. II. White. ri
steers, ll43 pounds, at $40: II. S. Stark
Of Richardson. 10 steers, 1893 pounds,
N $40; Geo. Meason & Son, 10 steers
1855 pounds. at $40; A. II. White a
Bros, n steers. 1923 pounds, at S42O;
T. ). Stark n Bros, II steers, 1880
pounds at SA2O: W. III. Holman. VII
Hanson county. % steers. 1877 pounds.
AZ $40; % steers 1903 pounds at ST.
20; W. ii. Farley, % steers, 100
pounds. at $40 Blanton g. Hutto. ~
steers, l041 pounds. at $3.50; 1S steers
l2O3 pounds, at S4.25
We give no. prizes with our tens.-no
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