Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-13
RnlIrond TRANSFORMATION of CattIe.
Total 500.


VIM. George of Wolfe City a larg,
feeder has gone West on business.
S. Edwin Cash. who represents Jas
II. Campbell 4 Co, In Texas, is eatint
Fort Worth beef
A herd Of 220O head Of cattle belong
INK to NJ. Gcntce of Roswell, n. NJ.
passed through Amarillo Wednesday fol
Oklahoma.
Tom Shoemaker Is in from trip NJ
to the I<iowa reservation. He says tlt
grass is still sufficient to sustain the cat
tie, but rain is need.
Livestock agent Harris Of the Wabash
came in from Chicago yesterday. HE
Tall Sycamore ia always in it for catu,
business for his road.
j, X. Zimmerman of Kansas City, whc
has ranches In l(uox and Baylor counties
cimp down 10 the sumner resort TO grl
some of tile wild Texas brcczes that are
frolicking around through the west.
Grasshopprrs are becoming thing OF
the past In this section, says the Tulin
Gazette. Corn and the late crops will
now do we'll, Newspaper reports say they
are settling In middle and North Texas
counties.
A correspondent from McNIullen county
writes that sheep are doing well In that
county but tile wolves are getting away
with II good per cent Of them. He puts
the loss by wolves In his neighborhood
ut 10 per cent,
II. j. earle Of Medina county says the
drouth in his section will cut crops short 90
per cent. He thinks that inside Of two
years ut the present rate of destruction
of sheep by wolves, there will not be a
sheep left In west Texas.
With plenty Of grass and water and
an immense corn and cotton crop there
is no need for rushing Texas cattle to
market at prevailing prices. Every indi-
cation Is that there will be better mar
kct in the iall.-San Antonio Stockmun.
Entries for the 5000 stuke races at
san Angelo have been closed, A very
large number Of fast horses have been
rutrrrd and the racing at the next fair
tn hc held In that city will be most in
toresting and ought to attract thousands
of visitors from all over the state.
r. ID. Woody, Decatur cattleman
who handles a great many head, Is in
the city and joins In the general chorus,
which Is that cattle are In prime coud-
ton. The Decatur country had good
rain last week. which improved the pros
poet very mnch.
\ number Of our citizens have lost val
uahlc cattle recently by pasturine them
ON young sorghum. 1t has proven dead
shot to nearly every animal of the boz
vine species that graSed 1t. Edgar Bri-
tain lost I've. Harrison White five aud
Truss Gray eleven Keep your cattle on
the young sorghum. Gazette,
Mr.. Anderson formerly owner of the
tx ranch, nov Of Guthrie, o. r.. was in
town several days last week for the
purpose of purchasing a lot of steers 10
ship 10 his ranch In Montana. Steers
are scarce in this part OF the Panhandle,
and MIR. A. will experience trouble in
purchasing many. Canadian Enterprise.
Judge II. G.. Bedford aud Rufus Bed
ford are In the city from their ranch in
Knox county. Judge Bedford says the
earth Is dry. bat the grass is still in
good supply and there Is water enough
for the cattle. No shipments are be-
Ing made, He says the herds have been
reduced until there are not more than -
per cent as many on the range in Knox
county as there were five years ago.
The present rushing Of cattle to market
IL rot the result OF an oyersupply but
of the hard times.
DIR. j. r. Rice, The well known Bexar
county farmer, was in the city one day
last week and told the editor Of the
Stockmlu how he got rid of johnson
Johnson grass patch and sowcd II to fye.
The rye was cut IN April and the ground
nlnw,I aud sowed TO hlack-eyed peas,
The doctor saws be has never seen n sprig
OF the. Johnson grass since he sow,l the
ground 10 rye and peas, aud he believes
tie gtlss is Oh killed out.