El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-29
Live Stock.


bred and Texas fed cattle on this mar
ket Monday of last week at prices
ranging from SIS for 2-year-old Here.
ford grade steers to Sc for 3-year-o!d
grade ShOrthorns, marks an epoch In
the breeding and feeding of Texas
cattle. Twice before in the history OF
the market have Texas cattle sold here
80 in May, 1882. and at $3.50 In June,
1884. But at that time the best native
steers sold for nearly So per 100 lbs
more than the best Texas steers
Since then, the long horns and tnln:
1.-the, sinewy forms have been ored
out, and the blocky, Polled, Hereford
and ShOrthorn forms bed in, while the
advent of cotton oil mills has furnished
a valuable feeding observation-disclosures
| meal-and almost an empire In extent
of range country has been put.under Gull
| tivation in cotton and corn, thus pro-
/ ducing q wonderful change In the me
thod of preparing cattle for market
and bringing the top prices OF natives
| and Texas steers together. Inc NJ
ing alive 1913 lbs, were slaug inferred at
Hammond, Iud., and weighed dressed
9S4a lbs. thus yielding 1882 per cent
of beef, while the 10 Mis- Fay Wilson
2 year-old steers. weighing on the hoof
O41 lbs, dressed 618 lbs or SO Az per
cent. The A. Silberstein cattle, which
also were sold to the G. 81. Hammond
Packing Co dressed as follows: Is head
sold at S. SO, avg. 1471 lbs, live weight,
So'55 per 0'0 cent; SO head sold
at IS 80. avg. 144s lbs, live weight,
dressed SS4 lbs each, or 81 per cent:
AZ head sold at IS .35, avg. 144o lbs, live
weight. dressed $50 lbs each, or 6O.Io
per cent. The above figures and the
above prices demonstrate that Texas
can prod uce not only better bred and
better fed cattle than ever before In
her history, but equal in the finest beer
Qualities and in market value to the
best bred cattle of Illinois, Kentucky,
Iowa and other northern states. The
SAMSON cattle men tioned above, wnlcn
| took sweeptakes and other premiums
at the Fort Worth fat stock show, we're
out of Texas bred cows.-Chicago
Drovers' Weekly.
| Col. I. T. Pryor. prominent banker
and stockman of San Antonio, Is back
from six weeks trip through Cuba.
A Texan established the first live
stock commission house and imported
the first American beef on the hoof
after the closing OF the late war:
Col. Pryor states that owing to tarlff
regulations Mexico and South Ameri-
ca are securing the cream OF the busl-
ness of the importation of live stock In
to Cuba; that out of $4,000 to 30, 600
head that are going into that island
monthly only about 10 per cent Is COM
ing from this country. as the existing
tariff discriminates in favor of the COM
mon grades of the nations to the south
of US; that S. gold per 100 is an av.
Tssye prifs for beef d Hn sns ho for
the Importation OF horses
or mules, but the market for
oxen is unlimited, provided they are
broken to work by the head. Col.
Pryor stated tina owing to the chaotic
political situation of the country bust
ness Ia stagnant, and that noth1ng 10
being done beyond supplying immedi-
ty owners and business elements all
favor an American pro. ectorate. but
the Cuban army and political factions
are clamorous for Independence. How
ever, the feeling is so intense between
the two factions on the island that II the
American army were to Withdraw there
would Immediately be condltlon OF
anarchy and civil strife. It Is know
ledge of this situation which is acting
as hindrance to the Industrial deve-
lopment of the country, and there is no
prospect for q radical improvement I'M
til all question as to the future govern
ment of the country Is at rest.-Dallas
News.
A Texas paper points to the results
of the spring sales of thorough bred
cattle as convincing proof that the
future prospects of the cattle industry
are all right and we believe with that
journal. When business is on de-
cline men with solid judgment do not
rush headlong into bankruptcy by
paying way up in the thousands OF
dollars for q single amin al as was done
at the recent sale of HerefOrds at Kan
sas City. The business may just now
be suffering in this section from re
action on last seasons transactions,
but those competent to judge claim
that it is but temporary, that matters
will soon right themselves, and that
the demaad will be very gratifying
! Arizona Stockman,
While sheep owners are petitfoning
| the government to permit them to past
ure their flocks on the federal resefVa-
| tions, the remarks made by j. j. Doyle
in q paper read by him at Porterville
are apropos. He said: eff 1T Is true
that the sheep industry ia very largely
responsible for the destruction OF our
| forests, which means the destruction OF
our water supply, then as proposition
| looking to the welfare of ourselves and
our children, to the saving of our
farms, our orchards, our vineyards; in
short, all that we hold dear, if we ex-
pect to continue to live here, we would
| better purchase this per cent indust-
ry and thereby save our home. LOS
Angeles Times.
Texas cattle are shipped from here
to Chicago, killed, the carcass refrig-
Grated and shipped back here and
sold. Cotton seed oil, the Texas pro-
duct, is shipped to Chicago, mixed
with little hog grease, shipped back
here and sold for prime lard. The
consumer pays the freight both ways.