The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-08-31

feeder, in order to make assur-
ance douhly sure, may be forced
to call M the producer to shave
the price of his steers sufficiently
to make up the difference. The
producer generally does what he
is told to do. or what he can not
avoid.
The cattle markets are only of
passing interest to the Southern
Texas cattlemen just now He is
not shipping any cattle now, and
it really looks as though he is
through until next spring The
only thing that will make him
don his leggin's and round up n
few fat ones is an advance in the
price, and that is not in sight
yet. He simply looks over the
sales and is sorry for the man
who is selling now.
John Reynolds of Driscoll came
~ from bis ranch Tuesday with
the intention of going down to
Frio county. lie had n telephone
message Tuesday night saying
that n fire had destroyed about
500 acres of grass for him that
day. He was glad that the fire
was subdued without greater loss,
but concluded he had better go
down and investigate the damage.
SO he went back Wednesday.
Blackstrap molasses has become
80 important a feed for live stock
that the State Railroad Commits
sion is going to consider making
a special rate for it. The Com
mission will on Tuesday, Sept.
10, take up and consider the mat
ter of the adoption of an amend
ment TO Commidity Tariff No. 3S,
applying on sugar and molasses,
in carloads and less, providing
that blackstrap molasses in car
loads shall be subject to the rates
applicable oil cotton seed meal in
carlo ads The success that has
attended the feeding of this
molasses to cattle has commended
it to feeders in Texas. A cheaper
freight rate will enable them to
get it for less money, and this will
still further increase its use.
The inspector for the Bureau Of
Animal industry III st. Louis has
called down upon himself the
wrath of some Kansas shippers
who shipped some "uninspected"
cattle to that market. The rule
usually observed by the Depart
ment on shipments of scabby cat
tie originating in quarantine
State and consigned to market,
must be inspected either as they
are loaded or as they are unload
ed. Inspected when loaded, a
certificate is issued to the shipper
and they are allowed to be yarded
in native pens at the market if
free from scabs or mango, If they
are unaccompanied by this certi-
ficate, suspicion is naturally
erected in the inspectors mind
and the cattle must be inspected
when unloaded. If found free
from scabs, they are free to be
yarded in the native yards. If
rthey are found to have scab or are
in doubtful condition, they are
yarded in the detention pens until
inspectors are sure of their con-
dition, and are then transferred
to the section where they may be-
long. Whether this is the exact
language of the Bureau OF Animal
Industry order governing ship
ments or not, or whether it is the
Interpretation given by inspec-
tors, is not known, The st. Louis
inspector had the Kansas ship
ment unloaded in the quarantine
division and the shippers have
filed a claim with their commits
sion house for the deficit between
what they actually got and what
they think they should have re-
ceivedf but shey won't get any
thing. The safest plan is to have
the cattle inspected before they