Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-22
LIVESTOCK.
FINE STOCK CATTLE SHIPPED
TO ALBANY.
Receipts at the stockyArds-Intorsstins
Items from All Parts OF Texas and
Surrounding Territory.


Is herr.
sam Lazarus Of sherman. owner Of
big cattle ranch IN Hall county. is In
Fort Worth.
Several head Of lvestock have died
from blacklcg In the vicinity of Child.
rcss recently
There are 1880 sheep in the couu-
Try, and over 2SO0O,OOO Of these are
west of the Mississippi.
Frank Weaver has returned from his
feeding pastures In Hunt county. lie
says cattle are doing we'll
About 100 cars Of cattle have been
received during the past two days at
the Texas aud Pacific stockynrds.
George Bcggs. the genial agent Of
*. Srahorn \ Co, livestock commission
merchants, is back from a business trip.
Colonel Thomas Of Colorado City was
10 town yesterday. He has about 80
head Of horses and was looking for a
trade.
Calonel Harris. assistant livestock
agent Of the k0ty. with headquarters
az calvert, was among the arrivals yes
terdoy.
W Doh. cattle feeder Of Burnett,
was here yesterday ON his way 10 the Ter
Of steers.
II. b. Saubon, well known cattle.
man Of Kansas City. Who formerly
claimed GUyson county, Tex, as his
home, Is here.
w A. poguc, the cowboy alderman
Of Waco, well known as a cattle raiser
was talking TO his numerous Fort Worth
friends yesterday.
The Bell outfit has started over 5000
nj 81 Ns.. N..ar
Mexico to Beaver City. q. n, where they
will be pin In pastures
The stockyards at Wallace are 10 be
! moved to Prescott A. r., my soon as pos
| siblc. aud full accommodations made
| for feeding cattle at that point
Captain Krisgcr had fine Spanish
horse ut the Union Noc,yurds yesterday
which he obtained at Corpus Christi
| for the purpose of breeding to thorough
bred mares az palo Duro.
Receipts OF cattle during the week
| have been moderate ut Chicago say
| Wood n Co, and prospects look fair
| for an kinds Of cattle. Last week ~.
ccipts were light for the season Of the
| year
n. j. Moore of Ilauo was here yestcr
| duy on his way back home FROM Puucu.
! /. H. lie says that ON Wednesday night
/ lee formed on the reservation, and that
several head of cattle were frozen 10
| death.
A few cattle ARE still dying ON the
/ ranges in the ncighhorhood OF Nogalcs,
! Ari.. hut the late ruins and the subse
| uucnt warm weather are starting the
| grass and the prospects for spring feed
| are No. /,
An experimental shipment Of 200 sheep
has been madc from, New McMc9 ia
| stuffed with alfalfa and then shipped east
| to market II the experiment rs success
| ful IL will no doubt be repeated.
The directors OF the livestock cxhihi.
| ton met at kossc last Saturday. IL II
| the intention Of the association 60 raise
| $500 for premiums and purses To be dis
! trihutcd az the races nt ElmwOOd park.
| Stock-raiscrs In that vicinity are begin
| ming 10 realize that there IN considerable
! profit In fine stock.
| With the current issue she Texas
| Livestock and Farm journal celebrates
| the Fourteenth year of It's existence.
| II Is one uf ne best VI not the best,
| livestock paper u the country and is
| credit To Fort Worth and the state of
| Texas In the language of the Dutch.
man, may IL live long and brosher'
Snyder Bros. cattlemcn Of George
| town, this state, have purchased the en-
| tire herd of cattle belonging tu the Stan.
| ley Carpenter Cattle company, and the
| G.. e. Cattle company, lnrN VIII hr
| loaded al Osceola ~ NJ, aud shipped To
| Springer from which point they will be-
| driven 20 pasture on the line of the
| Southern Kansas railroad.
The Chicago Livestock exchange has
| pissed by strong majority a rule rr.
| auiring an travelling solicitors 10 become
! members of the exchange, limiting the
| travelling solicitors of each firm 10 three
| In the states uf Indiana, Michigan, Wis
consiu, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Min
nesota with AN unlimited number out
| side Of that territory This rule goes
into effect June /, 1888.
The New Mexico Maverick voices the
| general sentiment IN Texas In the fol
| lowing: 1T hns been said that Il Is the
| unexpected that always happens, never
| theless. those who are not optimists but
| conservative thinkers are Ot the opinOu
| that the tendency Of prices for beef cattle
| are ON the upward move. one fact Is
| worth a dozen theories, and in ease Of the
| results of the enhanced values Of cattle
| now, 10 what they were a few months
! back, is "a truiau. The only point about
! which there can be any cayll Is, whether
! the advance has come 20 stay, or simply
| is spasmOdic.'