Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-02

Hudson, Alioa. for the Chicago market
and eleven cars feeders from ]. II.
Ryburn, SIM Angelo, en- route to Mus
cocee. j. II.
The contrast between the appearance
Of the cattle being shipped through the
different stockyards Of Fort Worth this
year and those shipped through during
the same season last year tells story.
IL was = very unusual circumstance last
season to find n car that did not contain
a number Of dead cattle while 80 far
this season only three or four dead crit
ters' have been found. Last year they
were transpnrently thin, especially
those from the drouth stricken re-
gion Of the south. and 50 weak
were they that they had to be
packed close together in the cars 70 keep
them from falling down They had so
many points about them that there
was hardly square foot of hide that
would not have served the purpose Of a
hat rack, and when they reached the
grazing grounds Of the Territory they
persisted by the hundreds. This season
they are in good condition, 4 not fat
and are as frisky NJ kittens, thus speak
ing more plainly than words Of n mild
winter and plenty Of grass and water.
For the week ending April l there has
been AN increase Of 2I6 cars Of cattle
that have passed through Denison over
the Katy compared with the correspond
ing week last year, and an increase for
the year thus far Of 100 cars, Major
Sam Hunt says the road Is doing a good
business in cattle, better In fact, than
he had expected.
j. l.. Harris, livestock agent Of the
Wabash. was here yesterday with a
weather eye open for April fool tricks.
j. w Barbee, livestock agent OF the
Cotton Bet has gone out on trip.
~, hnVnFN nf
cola are here picking up steers.
The new Kansas livestock sanitary com
mission met nc Topeka on Tuesday and
effected an organization. ]. n. White OF
Ada, +. ". Hill Of Eureka, II. n. Tur-
ner Of Marysvilc and George 9. Pritch-
ard Of Topeka were present Mr. White
was chosen chairman Of the board and
DIR. Pritchard secretary.
Frank O. Wood of Edgewood farm
near Colorado Springs, owns a pure-bred
Arabian stallion-proba the ouly one
Of the family In the state The horse
| Is not q beauty by any means, but has
the pure Arabian blood that has made the
thoroughbred family famous the world
| over.
The mule breeding business Is looking
up all over the West and the scenes are
shifting. Heretofore the business has
been confined mostly 20 Missouri and the
n finger in the pie. There are now a
number of good jacks In Colorado-prob-
ably twenty within fifty miles Of Den.
ver--and the future production of the
mule Is an assured fact. There is profit
| in the mule trade and farmers are go
| ing at IL.
Mr.. l.. b. Edwards Of Gainesville mar.
| keted &c steers, 1850 pounds average
and 63 steers, 1897 pound average, al
| $500, at st. Louis Thursday.
A. II. Atwaters has returned TO st
Louis. He reports some dry conditions
| existing on the rmges southwest of Sau
| Antonio, but that other districts ane II
good shape TO fatten the stock earlier
than usual.
Saturday evening Mr.. Tadlock Of Dres
| den shipped three cars of fat beef steer
| from Blooming Grove TO Chicago TO an
up the poor Northern people who never
get any good beef unless II comes frou
| Texas
The following shipments and sales ar,
/ reported by the San Angelo Enterprise
for the past week: s. j. Blocker ship
| ped ~ cars of steers TO the Territory Sun
day. Captain =. u. Sterrett has leased hi,
| twenty-one section pasture on Rockey [,
| Bird & Merit for three years. s. j
| Blocker bought 232 steers of Alvin Comp
| bell. Mike Kinney bought ~ mule.
from j. r. Dustin. at SO. ]. II. nv
burn and ~ Stilson will ship 10 the Ter
| ritory 400 4 and 5-year-old steer,
| bought from Shannon & Westbrook. fol
! $4,000; 1000 bought from Felix Nam
| for $4,000. and 1000 Of the Six brand
belonging to their own company. II. II
| Harris bought 500 of the Culhertson 4
| Sherwood stock cattle in New Mexico
| at SO per head. Seaton Keith bough
| 100 grade Herefords from NJ. II. Ers
kline, at $50 per head. r. H. Harris
sold 10 Sawyer, Rummcry x McKoy
| 1900 yearlngs and 2's at so and Si3
| q. w. McComber shipped In about "
sacks Of wool Monday. Arson q Verno
ship 1000 steers 10 the Territory thii
week. Out Of the 1000 head of stoor
shipped last week by Seaton Keith I,
Purcell, !. t., but Eve were killed. Las
year 20 per cent was not an uncommon
loss. M. Il. Pulinm bought 800 2-year
old steers from y. j. Blocker. privat,
terms. s. j. Blocker cold $50 steers [,
Mr.. Hood on Crows Nest, at SD pei
head. Bird g. Merit shipped 1900 steers
10 the Territory. ID. NJ. Dewitt bough
1900 soto fed muttons from Il. D. New
ell at SO per head. John Lovelady
bought five steers from Tom Shaw, a
$50 per head: also two car loads of mix
ed cattle and shipped TO Chicago Sun
day.
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