Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-16
LIVESTOCK NOTES.

Very few caulciuen wore IN ,bo ci,y
sestefday on account Of the Austin CON.
The wool clip Of the Sonora country
mas been espicialy tine this season s9y
lhe sheep men of that section.
NeDb aud Dimmit counties contain the
"fRest sheep ranch In tho ,yorld In
pastures nearly 100000 sheep.
w w Beaslcy Che Montana sheen
lhUh, says the winter. taken mn 'rounf
mas been very favorable, aud that shccp
are doing we'll
SOME OF the prophets think cattle win
" as nigh after awhile os hogs now ara.
Drovers journal
+. ID Woody and w. Crcathouse two
well-known cpttlemcn of D.ratnr co,a,
pa Yesterday. They report nyrrvtbin,,
loVey ma that section, cattle doing well.
Mr Reynolds Of Midland manager of
lne ms Nclsu Morris ranch pear thnt
cl,l' was in town yesterday making linn.
sen ~ comfortable as he weather would
During 1892 Inc Fort worth and Rio
Ir0ndc railroad handled n little over
5000 cars of cattle casf.bonpJ iron,
iLtoWhWuod They came mostly from
san Algeiu.
is Conceded that the rush of cattle
70 thr Indian Territory this spring viii
he inr below that OF last wear How
much less will be- determined In III .,rcof
measure, 10y the condition of the rance.
Choago received total of tQlglo
neat of ull kinds of livestock Inst vrpk
IN 4uH cars. being the smallest number
9i cnrs received since Christmas week.
received
y. j. Hittson Of Fisher county was one
OF lestcrd1y's arrivals in the livestock
center lie says range cattle Con Fisher
9hu. ucighhoring counties are wiutcrme
ln hrSirlnss shape the loss being very
small SO far
The probable hog supply is receiving
considerable attention An authority ON
h1Es ls of the opinion that DC win be-
0i lclet eighteen months before the sup
PF VIII become normal, us the recent
nigh prices have resulted iu the market.
my OF all available hog stuff
Mr. c. Il. West. the livery man. sold
yesterday To- Mr. Winfield Scott a span
of carriage horses, handsome bays. Ham
hleioul0n bred. imported from Eastern
Illinois, for $3.50. To Mr. q. III Cor
man oi Wouthoriord, he sold the trottmg
stallion, WiikoswOod. for $500 aud to
Mr.. Brown of Marlin jack for $500.
r. T. Graham Of this city
known familiarity among his many
friends as Rom came buck from
Austin yesterday. Tlc took look
ut the convention, likewise the biz dam,
and thinks 10 % big thing for Austin lIc
says the word dam s the most popular
ono iu The Austnitcs vocabulary
livestock 's certainly doing well this
winter. " the grass remains goOd cattle
and sheep viii hc ~trurg enough tu go
through the stormy month of March with
very little loss. This would he % bless
ing to stockunn, for boz the past tenn ycurs
they have NOT realized much profit. The
outlook at present Is for high prices for
the next two years. With por', 90 nearly
\ cents on foot. cattle cannot Doe forced
down. but must advance accordingly.
Ike r.. Pryor of Austin. Tex. was 40
the yards this week. He was .n q happy
frame of mind. He reports cattle SlhO
10 SD per head higher throughout the
state. and FOO Southern Texas he says
they have wiutctpd better than for some
years, and that plenty of good grass
cattle win hc had from that section in
| April and May. This Is about two
months earlier than usual Kansas City
journal
\ party OF cattlcmcn got together In the
! office of u local stockmUu yes
terduy evening, and among other
/ subjects that came up for dis
cussiuu was the coming convention of
| the Northwest Texas Livestock ussoclu-
ton Two OF them were members of the
association aud they expressed thrm-
selves ma being very much opposed 10
any umulgamntion with thp other ussucIa-
tiuas In the state la their opinion the
interests of the different association are
widely divergent, and union would only
bring disagreement among the members.