The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-03-12
SEES THE SHOW
Spends q Day Minglins with the
Cattle Barons at Fort Worth.

Many years ago Ellis county was
one of the banner cattle counties in
the state but now the man with the
hoe has invaded her rich black soil
and left very little space on which
to grow beef cattle. Thinking that
possibly our readers would like to
know something of the doings of
the cattle men / was induced to
travel TO Fort Worth Tuesday to at
tend their annual convention. The
early train I went on was loaded
with cattle men and cattle traders
from almost every county in South
Texas and when we arrived in Fort
Worth at nine O'Clock the streets
were a seething mass of men. They
were there by the thousands from
every nook and corner of this big
state and in the throng were hum
dreds OF cattle traders from Kansas,
Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana and
as far to the northwest as Oregon.
These northwestern cattle men
come to Texas conventions every
spring to buy yearlings with which
To stock their ranges during the
summer months. Texas cattlemen
meet them there and contract their
cattle to them to be delivered when
the grass rises.
The Hotel Worth is the headquar-
ters for stock men and while stood
there ! witnessed several big trades
made One cattle man will sell his
and several of his neighbor cow
mems stock. Cow men as a gener-
al thing are large, fine looking fell
lows. The outdoor horseback exer-
else they get is conducive to good
health and j thought this was as
fine looking body of men as / ever
beheId.
AT 1890 O'Clock the convention
was called to order and the business
begun. Mayer Powell of Fort
Worth delivered the address of well
come and he said the COW men of
Texas had built that city, and 1t is
probably the fact as that city has
been their headquarters since the
early settlement Of Texas.
After the convention had assem-
hled several kilograms were read by
the secretary stating that rains had
visited every section of the state.
AS each Telegram was read a shout
went up from these cattle men that
Jared the roof Of the building.
There ara in Texas ten million head
of cattle and the greater part of
their owners We're just then In Fort
Worth and this news of rain was
joyfnliy received. The remark was
often heard to the effect that cattle
were worth three dollars per head
more since the rain.
The packing houses and stock
pens are situated two and one-half
miles north of the public square
and are reached by the cars. AL
though 1t was pouring down rain, /,
in company with several Waxa-
hachie men, visited there and to my
surprise found thousands of head
of cattle, hogs, sheep and goats in
the pens.
The Cattle Raisers Association |
offers liberal premiums for the
prize winners at these conventions. |
Most of this stock had been shipped |
there by their owners from every |
section of Texas. The Dallas fair |
Is not In 1t with the display Of fine |
stock. /, here saw car loads of fat |
Red Jersey, Berkshire, and Poland |
China hogs, Angora goats, fine |
sheep and more than a thousand |
head of every breed of fine cattle |
raised In Texas, except Jerseys. A |
cow man hates Jersey, but we |
grangers down here like them. a lit. |
tie. In one pen | visited an expert |
cowman from Nebraska was judg-
ing the premium heifer from lot of |
thirty or forty Durhams, and he |
said that this lot could not be beat |
in the United States. 1t |
took him long time to pick first,
second and third prize winners. In
this lot were thousands of young |
bulls and heifers shipped here from
the ranches to be sold to other cat
tie men In need of them and it was
said that they would all be sold dur
ing this YnNafinV