Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-20
|IORE HOGS WANTED.
,rrREsESTATIvE CATTLE SALES
rrponTED-sOME COCO BRAND
CATTLE MARKETED.
1 lew MEXICO Company Shipping
cattle to MnrlSet-Wintcrin
Cattle at Mckinney.


The auction sale OF horses at the
fai Worth stock yards yesterday,
hsll by Messrs. Amos and Wheeler,
u the first step to establish a per-
rinent horse market ut this place,
n,uted disappointingly. both In mat
tn Of attendance. the number OF horses
rli and the prices received.
circumstances appeared suspicious,
IsV at an lnconvenient time old Jul
ptsr Pluvius began to get in his work
W sending down on the heads of those
there an exceedingly disagreeable rain
iM throwing cold water. as 1t were,
IN the new enterprise. The chilling
pain made the buyers In attendance
nlnk more Of seeking shelter by the
Mttslde than OF buying horses, even
81 low prices, and of course, kept
rany possible buyers. away.
II Is to the Indictment weather, the
hci that the initial sale was held
100 soon after the inception OF the
|nttrprise and to insufficient advertis-
Ihg that the small crowd of stockmen
hefe and the comparative failure OF
Ae sale. are attributed. The result
! Pas placed the promoters in u position
N uncertainty as to their further pro-
Fseilngs, but 1t Is most likely that
tW Will postpone further sale I'M
ul more favorable conditions can be
. hNured.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the
pale began with Captain j. IL. Hosack
auetloneer, but the crowd being
nall only Il few sales were made
I before 1t was discontinued until the
ifenoon. At . o'clock 1t was re-
pinned but In u short time 1t was per-
ranently discontinued for the day.
4 Among the sales made We're a pair
Z blacks. bought by Il. NJ. Dagget, a
ngle draft horse bought by Maddox,
/ lson &c Co.. u pair OF grays to w.
SKINNER and n pair of drivers TO
W. simpson. 1t Is stlll hoped that
engagements can be made whereby
more satisfactory sale can be held.
Ihe receipts at the yards yesterday
Bowed a slight falling of. probably
Y also TO the weather. J. W. Clau-
~ sugden; John II. Coche. Naples;
r. Mcintyre. Meridian, and l.. Far
Alto. had in Il car OF hogs, each
va NJ. c. Cauheld consigned two
.. NJ from McGreEor. w. n. Bartlett
Jefferson had In three loads OF cat
IN transit to Quanah, and ID. Mar
% one car of cattle from Kerens to
hnndon. The hog market was about
y eents lower and 1925 was the best
4 tnee paid
I The packing house yesterday killed
hogs, which Is about the average
kly number Two hundred head of
allle Were slaughtered "Wednesday.
e management is stlll anxious for
Z seut 1000 head a day. which number
Is Claimed would be necessary to
.uy supply the demand for products.
order for a carload of stuff was
Ieeiyed yesterday from Bryan, which
uld not be filled, as three carloads
hog products had just been shipped,
ie 70 the Rusk penitentiary. one to
Huntsville penitentiary. and one
Waco.
ASSISTANT Secretary II. i. Hardy of
chicago Packing and Provision
apany and also of the Fort Worth
" OF the concern. was a visitor at
paokery yesterday. His visit has
business significance. as he is sim
IN the South on short vacation.
VIII visit other places In Texas
rlore returning home. President Dee
also expected to be here for a short
lre directly after the holidays.
frank Hill of Clifton and j. d.
lsr OF Meridian We're at the yards
n'erday and bought lis head OF the
iper cattle. They will be shipped
cifton to feed.
rnFate dispatches received here
stfuay from Chicago stated that the
I, smyth feeders from Grandview
atoid on that market for S3,55 and
uaged ll60 pounds. They were OF
1905 brand and had been on feed
w sixty days. This Ia not the only
oi This well known brand OF cattle
nave brought good figures on the
uhet recently, Notwithstanding the
Ntssion. Captain S. b. Burnett, the
Npletor OF the brand. is taking
Ky to breed his cattle up to still
tner point. and Wednesday bought
~ w. ID. Farris OF Ennis a carload
lhe Durham bulls that he will soon
Nes
l.. Pennington, general livestock
Nnt OF the Santa Fe. returned yes
aay from u trip TO Temple. He
That the cattle on feed there
10 hne condition and the oil mills
run until March W, as cotton seed
~ plentiful.
'nus.erday Gwaltney Bros. received
ret,us 1900 head OF cattle that they
ten.iy purchased, which they VIII
Y !" Honey Grove to put on feed.
saturday the Santa Fe han
through the Purcell and Paris
@sW,Nays IS car loads OF Texas beef
rse' bound for the Northern mar
ne Kansas City Drovcrs' Tele-
sn o. Tuesday says: A. A. Spring
~ from Ryan. l. T., today, load
noss that brought the top of the
et This shows UP well for the
uory, which Is fast becoming
ixerous rival OF Missouri and Kan
a producer OF first class hogs.
a. Pierce OF waxahachie mar.
n, ss, In st. Louis Tuesday 100 head
vi pound feeder steers Mt 500
,.,". Bowen OF Denton sold on the
s market 100 head OF 1l4o pound
4 Steers at $40.
Ldttlefield Cattle company OF
Mexico is now shipping seventy
m cattle from Roswell TO Kansas
NJ, soOo head OF cattle are report
..~ oe wlnterlng at Mckinney, and
sss WIN other big herds that are
kut,,, 'ed In other parts OF Collin
~ Creates a good home mar
,ne large corn crop.
NJ Harris OF Center Tex. IS here