The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-24
CONDITION OF CATTLE.
Reports from Several Counties as to Stock
on the Range.
MUCH FEEDING IS NOW BEING DONE
some OF II to Put Reeves nm the Mar
kct, hut Much Because of the
Condition of the Range.

Victoria, Texas, December 22.According to
the assessors rolls there were rendered LOT
taxation in Victoria county for the year isss,
n 100 head OF 1.-Two stock. consisting OF coos
cattle. $3.50 horses, s5 Jacks and jennets, 36os
sheep, isi goats and 2s5t hogs. There are
probably 10000 head or more OF live STOCK
actually In the county today, but all OF tneih
Will not be here four months from touay' un,
less the balance OF tho winter snail pe Wv
much milder than the past two montns .mass
been Generally speaking, cattle are IN wo rs
nrntrseted dry spell In tho fall. which left a
great many ranges bare Of grass. fortunately
feedStuns were plentiful ana w s.uvns
financially able to buy In quantities buinsis s
10 siipply their stock. There is demand ior
cotton seed. cotton seed products cor sia W.
hay. and any kind OF ieed; Sye erv abundant.
There are 300 head being leo a, anu nsai ri
Victoria for mnrket us follows: x on Hya,d o.,
& Sutherland 400 Tho OIL mill has already
shipped out 1000 feeders IN addition 70 these
now hand. As near as me ned tos T being
for. market AZ follows: T. n. FLEMING, ,Sv, i
Williams sS0; r. ". Grifhth 300; Austin
| ,rrayior 7o0 II the present spell OF WARM ii.,
weather continues few weeks u VIII =, heip
the ranges where there - any Rruss Az az"
| Wits. Texas, December 22.--Rangc cattle
have been in very good condition all the faii,
MS the range was fairly good. but they are
sbrinking fast now, and II rains continue there
will be considerable loss. w. $. Carothers
! pen of fine beeves. numbering 700. are me
only ones being fed at this point. fe wac
feeding more. but has been shipping on an ~ ~
which he has sustained q loss as cattle az
higher In the woods IMAM ~, ~ ,c sra at These
| nigh prices. The range Is fairly GOOD puu !,
! the heavy rains continue II VIII soon uep..
ciate There about 1000 head on the . Ia,Se'
1 ha fu prOSDprtH arc not very huiIei
/ Mckinney, Texns December 2l-Catue IN
this section Is In fair condition No range
here. At this point 2io0 head are being fat-
tened for market. About loVo heau nav d
ready been shipped.
Harrisburg, Texas. December 22-There are
nm cattle being fed; between 5000 and GOOD
range cattle range is good range cattle are
in fair condition.
Marlin, Texas, December 22.-There IS very
little omen range In this county. the land
hoInp too valuable to lie idle or out. number
of cattle In pastures In good eond, .o.,I
There are about two thousand head OF cattle
being fed at the Marlin oil mill Y Is est ~.
mate ,b ,h,is season sn viii bring about 100000
Mumford. Texas December a.-No cattle
are fed here for market; some two or three
hundred head are gathered up In the SUI
cattle ranches in the Panhandle; cohdiuoh VI
cattle at present rather poor
sabine Pass Texas, December 22--fhe cat
Ito IN this section are In fine condition all eA'
ceptins the old cows being fat. The range y
IN pood condition; there are about 1000 hfas
2 ~ cattle on range; the small hummer IL w
! counted for by the fact that the market peint
hirh the bulk of them have been soid. lher'
q | nro meme being fed for market
Kirbyville, Texas. December 1.-The col'
! weather for the past month has been qr,o
. Injurious to cattle on the range In this sc
!. lion of the State There are no cattle beinl
fed for market here. Tho range is III q sorr,
"A condition for this early in the season OWN
e TO the severe cold weather. ccnsideraole siee
Il and snow. There arc nine or ten thousn'
4 head OF cattle on tho range III TINS sotuo'
that will go through tho winter unless som
. unforeseen calamity cuts them OH
WnllisvlIe. Texas. December 22.--Stock o.
In, range In Chambers county in good snap
and grass plentiful and 80 far the loss
stock from tho recent cold weather Is com
paratiyely nothing. On the range tners
aboct 10000 head no stock of any hind
he,ne fed In this county. Pasture men nay
70 Tor the past ten years been grading thei
M stock and the increase is showing us cHee
"a wheE among herd of primitive longhorns'
No TorrelI, Texas. December 2l.--Mr. Wilso
10 has quito large herd of cattle that Is betn
W fed H. his pens Just west OF the city. TIL
w weather has not materially hurt them.
W. NEW ORLEANS.