The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-23
CONDITION OF CATTLE.
pe,srts from Several Counties IS to Stock
On the Range.
RECENT RAINS GIVE PLENTY OF WATER
4. . nute. Range and stock Are Re-
rorted 10 nc in Very Fair
Condition.

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,s,,n,v hi, they arc in good condition, Iher ,e
! 70 M cattle fed for market. lnere ~ 20 ,,ii III
winter range. and what Cattle .n prtng
have to be red till grass rises III spiinh'
rrsrklin. Texas, December 2l.--oonui'.ol
Of cottle good in this county; there aie nono
bep,s fed for market at this immeoiaee 49,
,,,,, q, Calvert and Hearne there are seveia'
tho,snnd. the range, what there Is iei'' .
good. nearly every family now nave oe.sey
,,ulers Colonel Il. C. Dechird has Je ra,s,
fa, n, and gives special attention 70 ny S,,trh
ing OF fine FLOODED stock Soloheda yt,,oresfards.
ali Is engaged in raising oioouu naana os we'll
and has very tine SNOW Va
as full blooded cattle.
E,atonia. Texas. December 2l.-Nery lew
cattle here: however these arc IN good c Thcre
tiou and the small iunge is larry soou Inv"
nre 700 being fed here ID. market
tivot, Texas. December 21.-Range Is larry
good and the cattle very scarce IL IS a,oss
In. possible to find beef cattle IN th's 'i!'e'
county.
Maruuos. Texas December al. j: Do"ns
and Guy Lanier, the largest indiviuuai cae'ie
owners In this section of Leon county teptv a,
that there are no cattle being fed ior mar n.y. =;
here. the condition of stock OF all hinus =, 10
excellen; for the time of year the ranse ~ y
ITO Nayasota river bottoms Is first class anu
fairly good on uplands. Estimated number Of
head OH range. 2Suo.
Winchester Texas, December 2l,--No cattie
being fed in this immediate community there
arc seine few hundred head being led SIX OF
eight miles from this place, near oiii ~, var :,
very few cattle In this section, range 10 W
bad: no grass at all; have to feed to Keep
alive.
wave, Texas December 21.-The condi-
.io, ~ co,t,a in This vicinity is not very flat
,ar,n,.. tho range ia not at all good, owing
m tho long drouth the latter part of the sum-
~ .he ,9u H. rareIv cold weather this winter
m ia co~s and cows with Young calves will
s., Ut - ha fed If thew make il through the
rui,tor ~ rn cattIe are being fed for market IL
~. ,r III
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proo,,shiro rroy.s December 21.-Cattie Oh
Ia &, h,a ,n;ro :,
the range look rougn; range Is pau, o"ihs u
drouta during fall months; several parties
contemplated fesding. but have abandoned IT
prairie fires have almost swept tls section
there is within a Ta0ius of eight miles square
about COCO head.
Coleman. Texas, December 2o--Steer cattle
are in fair condition, but TIE recent spell o.
bad weather has hurt stock cattle some There
are no cattle being fed for the market thu
,n q; 4, foir oond;t;on ,h, recent rain:
'.t - ~. n,,t IN tba ,,nIanda and made gras,
pGt Wa1er out 1u, on .n Mo hs heretofcre il i
tht tSSra are from 60 sS to 10 O0
haag Of c, tile in nastures and on the rang,
"1 ~, y, iS'aie,,a,i co,,ntv Tbs early bat
nnt.,,n,e If the latter part of the winter ha.
much bad weather u big loss of cattle viii
follow.
Ga, Anve,o Texas December so.-Ther,
,,yo hoer shirnsd from Sam Anpe,o This ven,
80 ~ fp n,
24Oo carloads OF cattle, representing ron
Green, Coke, Sterling, Irion, Crockett, Sutton
md snb,s;cbar counties M tbese shinment
''''N
nh]m, 5000 cattle nave gone 10 1eeT rn PSim a,
III Texas ana inoian territory. rom uIeei
eaite anu as 70 local aeedine ~ Is suppGse'
range 'J and cattle in eScellent condition TO
wlnicring on the general reports heard from
these several counties mentioned; but 1t i
said there are some dry localities In the Peco
region. 100 miles west OF San Angelo. TIL
| recent snowfalls and subsequent fierce rain
have made the outlook full OF promise for til
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