Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-09-12
SHIPPING CATTLE TO AFRICA.
Large Numbers Of Animals Leave
Texas Ports for That
Country.

washington, sept I'm letter
from w Stanley HALLS, United States
consul at Lourenco Marquee, he en-
closes o clipping from the Gold Field
/ News, on the cattle trade, which is as
| follows
From the coast plains of Texas to
Delagoa Bay is far cry, but applied
| science has in these days obliterated
distance and enables the astute man
of commerce to draw his supplies from
the ends of the earth, the mere ques-
tion OF mileage being one Of the mi'
nor conditions in the problem of trans
port Texas, as the State which
ranks first in the Union in the breed
| ing of cattle, naturally suggested it.
self as the source of supply, and the
| success Of the first two shipments has
| been SO conspicuOusly encouraging
/ that the company are following up
their recent arrivals, numbering 4,050
head of cattle, with seven more con-
signments, which Will bring to these
! shores $500 more With view to
indicating what is really the birth OF
a new branch of the trade, the writer
paid visit to Port Matolla, where the
steamship Cranley, British vessel, Is
now discharging a cargo of 1900 hei-
fers and few well bred bulls.
owing to an accident to her ma
chinery in the Gulf Of Mexico, the ship
was delayed at Barbados, but not
withstanding the somewhat long yoy'
age of forty days she arrived at Lou
ren2o Marquee with record OF only
13 deaths among the cattle There
were, however IL new arrivals to re-
port en- route, so that the result may
be described as eminently satisfac.
tory. The first shipment by the At
lantian, which brought the record car
20 for South Africa, consisted of $500
with % casualties, SO that it would
seem that the company has in a meas
ure solved the question of cattle trans
port and put to shame those who were
responsible for the disgraceful results
attending many of the attempts t.
bring live stock from Argentina and
elsewhere during the war.
The Cranleys cargo consisted en-
tirely of breeding stock, all from the
hinterland Of the port OF Galveston
Texas, and made up OF Shorthorns
Shorthorn-Herefords, Jerseys, Hol
stems and pure bred DeyOns. AS to con
ditions, it may be said that the vast
majority wer in far better condition
than most vedt-fed Africander cattit
after a moderate winter season. IL
the hundreds of cattle seen in the Ma
tolla yards, the writer did not see on'
showing signs of damage or hard treat
ment. and the manner in which th'
newly released heifers skipped abou
the kraals suggested anything but
seven weeks confinement in ship
hold to say nothing of the long dis
tances travelled ere they reached th'
port of embarkatiOn. Most OF the he'll
ers are two-year-olds, and many are il
young. The bulk of the cargo is u
order of the repatriation department.
"All the animals go first to Machad
odorp, where they undergo the dip
ping process preparatory to being dis
patched to other distributing centers
The importing company have depot
at Pretoria, at Yokeskey river, an
elsewhere, and it is to these place
where other than government stocI
goes before reaching the ultimate pun
chaser. 1t may safely be said tha
apart from the commercial aspect o
the case the company is doing usefu
and benelicent work, and that the in
portation of such useful strains o
breeding stock will eventually tend t
an all-round improvement in Sout
African herds. The promoters are t
be congratulated on their prescienc
in selecting Delagoa as their port G
discharge, and the cooperation OF tn
Lingham Company is a valuable fat
tor in the undertaking.