Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-13
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THE FINE HOG SHOW.

Inc receipts OF nogS NJ the local
stock Yards yesterday were not SO
large as on the day before. but were
above the average. and much business
was done. and the hogs offered on the
market found ready sale. top hogs
bringing s3.20QS.25. the market being
steady ut Wednesdays prices. The
rec eipts of hogs amounted to thirteen
cars. and the wagon hogs received
were equivalent to about one car more.
The shippers yesterday were: G. w.
Redford. Quanah. two cars OF hogs,
Shower Bros, Seymour, car mixed
hogs and cattle: w. McCauley, Sulphur
Springs, car of cattle: H. l.. Huffman,
one car of hogs and one car OF sheep;
II. j. Sanders. Hi.lsboro, one car of
hogs and one of cattle: r. w. Kuehn,
Bartlett. four cars of hogs: J. NJ. Camp
bell. Minco. !. t.: T. c. Slaughter.
Prosper. and Monroe 4. gill. Bastrop,
had In one car OF hogs each and San
ger Bros. and G. d. III. Matherson had
in wagon hogs from the country.
Among the twelve cars OF hogs In
Slaughter of Prosper, Tex. which top
ped the market FOR the day MIR.
Slaughter is an extensive breeder OF
very fine hogs. and Is proud OF the
showing his stock made on the market
and satisfied with the price recelv-
ed.
The packing house yesterday made n
run about equal to that OF the day be-
fore. and killed 500 hogs and about 40
head of cattle. 1t bought the hogs re-
ceived at the yards.
There seems TO be some misappre-
hension OF the hog show which is to
be held at the yards December IS. the
day before the horse sale, as statements
have been published to the effect tina,
1t would be confined to the swine
breeders association. In ract, II Is open
to the whole state OF Texas, and the
500 premium to be awarded by the
stock yards company will simply 80
to the consignor OF the best carload of
hogs received and exhibited at the
yards that day. In fact the show ls
for tho purpose of encouraging hog
raisers OF Texas to send their best
product to this market.
The people OF Fort Worth are invit-
ed to attend both the hog show and
the horse sale. and a large attendance
Is desired. that a good and creditable
showing for this market may be made
to the visitors from abroad who are
expected to be present on both occas-
ions.
Information was received yesterday
stating that Colonel A. ]. Thompson,
the Toronto exporter, who Is In Wash
ington having accompanied to that
place the commission who waited upon
Secretary Morton. win be In this city
the first week in January. His purpose
In coming will be to put Into speedy
execution the exporting schemes which
he has formulated and which have al
ready been set forth. He expects to
make Fort Worth the base of opera
lions. The request presented to Secre-
tary Morton regarding the tightening
Of the embargo on Texas cattle has
met with such favorable considera-
ton as to make 1t reasonably sure that
It will be granted TO the extent of max
Ing the export business practicable.
A dispatch from Chihuahua, Mexico,
was recently published In one OF the
st. Louis dallies stating that 100000
Mexican cattle had been shipped from
that state into this country during the
past year. and that there are still re-
naming in the state 100000 head, Dr.
j. b. Taylor. the well known stockman,
In a rece ntly published letter says that
this may account for the prevailing
low price paid for beef on tho hoof,
Notwithstanding the well known scare
ity of cattle In this country, and In
inclined to take Secretary Morton to
task for having removed the duty from
foreign cattle.
In answer TO this good authority
suggests that the customs reports from
along the Rio Grande snow no such
importations as given In the published
article nor such estimates OF the num-
Der remaining in Chihuahua. and in
ssts that this cannot be the cause OF
the low price of cattle, which on the
contrary results from some curious
influences unseen by the eye of the
iayman. This is In line with the estim-
ate OF NJ G. Caufield and other good
authorities. recently published In this
paper, which place the number OF Mex
leans imported during the present sea-
son at not over 100000. According to
the customs reports 47,425 were admit
ted during November. OF which 1899
came through Ell Paso. 1921 through
Nogales and 1898 through Laredo. The
number given for the whole year up
TO December IL 10000.
Among the Texas cattlemen who mar
keted cattle at st. Louis this week are
w. II. Jennings, who sold ss0-pound
cattle at S2.70: Eddleman d Corn.
Wcatherford. 10O0-pound steers at t3.25.
and ]. w. Kokernot & Co. Alpine. 92O-
pound steers at S275.
J, c. Troutman OF Wellington. Kan,
shipped from Amarillo 1000 head OF
steers bought from John Hutson. which
go to Kansas TO be fed. John Hutson
also shipped from that place 700 head
Of very fat steers to market.
Eddleman & Corn yesterday shipped
I'VE cars Of cattle from Weatherford
10 Kansas city over the Katy and NJ.
#. Amos shipped three cars from West
10 Chicago. W. II. Jennings recently
shipped sixteen cars to St. Louis from
the Laredo country.
W. X. Bell OF Palo Pinto was In the
city yesterday on his way TO Weather.
ford Mr.. Bell is not only cattleman'
MT ID also devoting his attention ex-
eanxtvalv IN hoR raising He reports