Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-09
LOCAL YARDS NEWS
ARDMoRE OIL MILL CATTLE TOR
CHICAGO MARKET FOR MEAL
FED STUFF.
Sales Made Mt the Other Markets
News From the Fort Sill Coun-
try-other Notes.

WINE ohe receipts OF cattle at this
market continued small yesterday, a
good showing was made again In hog
receipts and some very good porkers
We're offered on the market at the
yards.
The hog marke, was hardly so
strong as on the two previous days,
ana prices had a tendency to be lower,
but Notwithstanding this some top
hogs sold as high as $3.45, although
the bulk of them sold for 50 40 Ter
ritory hogs again made good show
ms, ana the best prices OF the day
were recorded In their favor. j Craw-
iord or Purcell, l. r., whose hogs
have on several occasions recently top
ped the market, was again u patron
yesterday.
The manager Of the yards In COM
menting on the fact remarked that
when customers were onct secured.
they continued to patronize the mar
ket.
The receipts of hogs yesterday in
cluded car OF hogs each. from C. G.
Barringer, Ardmore, |. T., w. X. Wolf
Y Co.. Paul's Valley, /. T., Meeks &
Persons company, Grand Saline: j.
Crawford, Purcell: Cato & Holman.
Womack & Sturgis, Taylor. Mr. Me
Cauley another regular patron OF
the yards, consigned two cars of hogs.
w. q. Cannon and j. NJ. Garrett mar
keted hogs from country points. and
Farmer u Woody, +. NJ. Young, I.
Daugherty and j. Hodgkins drove in
cattle to market.
John II. b. Terrall and IL. G.
Young of Terrall, /. T., G. W. Barn
hart, Tyler; S. II. Woody. Weather.
ford; j. IL. Harold. Indian Territory,
ana w. w. and 5. j. Jarrett OF Tar
liant county were amoig the visitors at
the STOCK yards yesterday.
The packing house slaughtered some
cattle yesterday, though as usual, a
much larger numer of hogs were kill
ed. as under the present conditions the
hog products can be better handled.
The deed transferring the packing
house from the Fort Worth Packing
company to the Chicago and Fort
Worth Packing company was filed for
record in the county clerks office yes
terday, 1t being stated that the trans
fer was for $40 and other consider
atoms"
s. B. Burnett has returned from a
trip to the GG66 ranch. He had been
gone for about ten days having left
Just after Christmas. While away he
went over nearly the whole OF his
ranch, and reports everything in fine
condition, with grass excellent and
cattle wintering well. He says that un-
less there Is some very severe weather
later on. cattle viii come out of the
winter In fine condition. Captain Bur-
nett was ut Fort Sill. |. r.. the first
Of the year, when the Indians, CO.
manches and Kiowas were there In
large numbers receiving the lea
money for their grass lands. This Is,
OF course, great day for the noble
red man, day of celebration. and
Captain Burnett says 1t was a great
sight The schools there also observed
the LIST of January as holiday and
celebrated the occasion.
Captain w. II. Moore of Ardmore,
/, T., the expert feeder OF cattle, has
shipped to the Chicago market a train
OF six cars of the steer cattle he has
on feed at the Ardmore oil mills. The
cattle averaged 1865 pounds, and sold
the first of this week at 81 25. This is
the highest price paid for meal fed cat
tie this season, and the result justifes
the method of feeding adopted by Mr.
Moore The shipment was from among
the head of cattle on feed at
Ardmore, an extended notice of which
has been given In this paper. They
were taken from one of the hest
pens about as they came without anv
enort being made to select the best
r. w. Wttherspoon Of GaInesvIIpe
marketed Monday In Kansas CITY n
iot or heavy meal and corn-fed steers
from Belcherville. They sold for s3 IL
and 1t is reported that q higher mice
than this has not been paid on thai
market since last October.
The following representative sales Of
IeNas cattle are reported from st,
LOUIS last Monday: j. Y. Holt. Honey
Grove, Tex, marketed 11il and i9Si-
pound steers at $50. sold to Armour
& Co; Corn & Co. Weatherford. Tex'
marketed 1072-pound steers Mt a. 5o
ana Eddleman &; Co l0G9-pound steers
ut $500; l.. NJ. Coates, Corsioana. icy
marketed lc1l-pound steers at 50. POI
ana lo6I-pound steers at $3.50; r.. l.
Bate, Cameron, Tex, marketed "a
steers 9s9-pounds average at 81. 80 and
crawford. McCord & Crawford mar.
keted l76 steers 1914 pounds ayeroge a.
W N and A steers 1OiS pounds average
Sol Mayer was In yesterday from,
sn'.t4A, 4vH.. wasre he reports nottIe
in good condition. The grass in tbat
section has not been injured by any
excessive rain. and cattle are winter
ING well on II. Mn. Mayer fed a large
string OF cattle at Dublin this season |
ana finished shipping just hefore |
christmas, having had the misfortune |
he says, to strike the market al the
worst. '"e
The owners OF the herd OF cattle on