The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-14
NOT MORE THAN 10000
ON FEED AT THE OIL MILLS.
Stockmer Ale Carrying Their Herds
Through on Forage and Grass-Corn
Is Too Costly to Be Used.

Fort Worth, Texas, November 13-"The
cattle situation and conditions this year
are very much different than those that
have existed the past ten years in Texas"
said Live Stock Agent Pennington Of the
Frisco today Continuing, he said: AT
the beginning Of the feeding season the oil
mills were reluctant TO put price on hulls
ana meal, am finally late In the season.
When thty practically agreed To furnish
meal Mt SO per ton and hulls from 81 TO 50
per ton, they refused to make positive CON
tracts 10 furnish any man feed necessary
70 feed any stated amount OF cattle TO a
hnish and for these reasons there are not
today IN the State of Texas over 10000
mead OF cattle on feed at the various oil
mills, when in former years they have
ieu from 10000 TO 100000 head This
percentage viii hold good in the Indian
Territory and Oklahoma. While we had
plentiful crop of forage in the Stnte of
leNas, We had no corn, and cotton seed
has commanded such price at the mills
that cattlemcn, as a rule, have not put "A
great many cattle on rough feed for The
June aud July market. They are carving
their cattle through the winter oil rough
forage. and IN some sections on late grass.
In the Indian Territory and Oklahoma
while the corn crop was fully up to the
average IN quantity and quality II com
mnnds, locally, 35 cents per busheI I'm the
eur. Al TINS price cattlemen are not using
much of 1t for fattening cattle. Owing
TO the heavy rains IN the Indian Terdtory
the corn has not dried out sufricien;Iy TO
Sheli. After good frost, possibly during
December, farmers Will be shClling and
marketing IT for other purposes than cattle
feeding. From THESE conditions | am con.
WINGED that cattlemen, having fat cattle
Tor the early markets. win receive good
prices IN quoting feed-in-translt OF cnttle
TO go on feed Mt the oil mills, notice the
probahlc influence OF the Fort Worth mack
ing houses as 10 the future market OF many
of those cattle. Most Of them say that
J probably they will want to market their
cattle at Fort Worth. This Is particularly
the case with cattle that seek market
AFTER the hrst Of January, ut which time
they expect Fort Worth market TO he In
/ full blast. As 90 hog conditions win saw
mat owing To a failure Of the corn crop
over the South and West the hoes ars
pretty well cleaned up, leaving short
supply u stock hogs. Texas IS nrobaSi,t
/ as wei provided with stock hors NJ ne
present time as any State In the linton and
| there are large numbers heing sbinned 20
| the corn nelds in the North for the reason
there Is no corn at home. II the corn could
! pc procured NJ satisfactory prices laid
uoWn IN IeNas say at about as cents nor
pushel there would be quite a number ~
TAT hogs turned loose in Texas this vvintcr
As II Is there are some men feeding on
rice meal and hulls with very satisfss, o.,,
results From present Indications rice
| meal Is going TO be quite a factor IN grcS,
Ing and feeding hogs IN Texas IN the
future On the whole, stock interests are
prosperous, the ranges have fail erase ana
plenty OF water, the season mas besn Mia
ana cattie are generally in good shape"
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