Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-03
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lRKE7 PROSPECTS.

Friday showed little of any increase
those of the day before and the
1Sket remained steady, though per-
Hra a little easier. Some good hogs
f3fere received and among the very best
Dqgas'h car load lot from w. ", Gunter,
|gof Gainesville. This was a very fine
smooth lot OF Berkshires and sold for
n1ho best figure OF the day, $3.50 l-2,
is&hough they would have brought
SSntch better price were II not for the
sdopression under which the market has
.]btGn laborlng for some time. Hogs
jcont1nue to be the most important
Item In the receipts at the local yards.
] kmong the receipts every day are
some very fine porkers from either
.Uexas or Territory points, and the con-
., finuad marketing of hogs gives
. coRency to the statement recently
made by ST. Louis live stock journal.
a In discussing the prospects of the
Hive stock trade to the effect that
Texas is now selling more hogs In
ENeek than she used to sell In a month,
shat the Indian Territory is gradually
ldevelo ping the hog production and that
new market centers are being estab-
Wshed that prevent the home product
from reaching the larger markets.
LOW, Mayfield of Alvarado, Hyoarger
II u Reeves OF Paul's Valley, l. T., J. ID.
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of Malaga, each marketed car of hogs
|syesferday and ]. W. Rolling OF Alvord
.uhad In a car Of cattle.
q. i. Keller OF Cooley, johnson coun-
". brought In yesterday one wagon of
Poland China hogs that made pretty
.a6ood wagon load. Those who saw the
Eloow estimated her weight at $50
|'pounds. Mr.. Keller hoped to realize
! SO On the consignment. Last year he
|sbrought to this market the mother of
THE aone he had in yesterday, and she
hWeigbed 800 pounds.
Y Interest at the stock yards yesterday
Fr11lered mostly around the horse sale
.eWH3ch was the second In n series Of
P1ndehnlte length which 1t Is proposed
% hold at intervals In the horse and
mule department OF the yards. The
frFsa Their was favorable, a fairly good
f1Inrn Der of buyers were present, and
tNhile In some respects unsatisfactory.
Abe sale stlll justified the expectations
! pf the promoters of the enterprise that
fxhey would meet with more encourage
Hing success than had attended their
|s1rst effort In this direction. Twelve
|lhorees In all We're sold and while the
Epricea received were generally low. they
'sWere still high enough to encourage
another sale which will be held two
faWeeks hence.
AMONG the buyers at the sale were
| w. B, Tennison of Mt. Pleasant, who
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.,-EnareFi b. L. Waggoman. of this city.
4 one brown mare; ]. II. Merrlheld, bay
.rmare, and r. II. Sewell, q gray mare.
N A belief Is expressed by local live
Ebtock men and railroad live stock rep
teBentatlves that considerably heav-
I)Her mn OF cattle to market will COM
l|uef1ce within the next ten days than
naofbeen for some time past. This
belief Is based perhaps upon the fact
th14Ha larger number of feeders are
noWlin good marketable condition and
|gAhak d greater ACTIVITY rs likely to be
infused into the market within that
length OF time after the close or the
holiday season. 1t Is not thought, how
Dver. that much local trading will be
done until after the cattlemen's con-
| .veItion In March. which event is ex-
|0pected TO put things In the cattle line
I'm motion again.
|-NJ.tH Vantlne, prominent cattle
L.tlani from the Usage reservation says
| that hundreds of head of cattle and
1ot9es were drowned In the swollen
gkrtains there the past week. entailing
rutnons losses on many stockmen.
tIQxe< the line In the Cherokee Nation,
|.HxH8ys, II Ia still worse. G. Hayden
having 400 cattle drowned In
e river. Joel Bryan 200 head and
N4|ElSiley 100, with scores of smaller
.u1o4% bringing the number of cattle
.es1roWue ed In that section In excess of
'r catuemen in Southern Texas are In
.tgood splrits, says Colonel d. r. FAINT
Isrof San Antonio. He thinks the supply
Pwpf cattle In that section Is the shortest
.sr>p many years, and the recent report
Yrk{the comptroller OF Texas bears out
|.jkfY Statement to that effect He SAYS
.,.,)h6 Importation OF Mexican cattle this
Y f3&r was not heavy enough TO make
Hr1D for the free marketing from Texas
VIC 1cB4. Texas owners are not blue be-
t'Ac9uoe OF bad prices for beef cattle, but
,rW1lf feed until the market improves.
M k1nong the sales NJ cattle at st. Louis
/ th,1 week were l,335-pound steers mar
.-koked by Witherspoon & Belcher at
EI1<<k and l2il-nound steers at sst5.
M.1> Planters Cotton OH company OF
h 4 am marketed 1,ii0-pound steers at
ana j. b. and ]. L. Dale OF Green
N sold 1,l79. pound steers at $40.
Y two head of l,il5-pould steers
M keted bv c. A. Moore Of Bonham.
n H<Ight $3.50
|r,xI Vines Clark of Nebraska, represent
; ~ Dick Allen OF that state. is in the
= Mr.. Allen is an extensive feeder
. N title and operates largely In range
I. 6/|k in Montana He usually bllNs