The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-07
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The taIe9s=Rt nf fhe live sftss
worfa wsii ,s~ seaser.a ua Texas
tuging th. seek us March Is so 81.
THE ftrsi three days of that ~ees the
Texas Cattle Raisess association ALL
bold It's regular annual convention
at Fort worth aud the last three
days siil he taken mp wifh tn. fat
stock sho@ of the National Feeders
aud breeders association at the
same place There viii hs good
deal doing. and she tso events Viii
gather stoekmeu from all parts Of
the eountrs
Addresses from tnnu Of national
interest. are to b. leading features
OF the Cattle Khss.rs convention
Hon James 4 Wilson. secretary of
agriculture. viii make tala, and
" hen he has anything to say II ts
the production OF experience and
brains that II worth the while of any
man 10 listen to- Senator " A Har-
rls. a leader among th. Shorihorn
men of the country. viii address the
convention on Markets for Our
Surplus Meat Products" Judge Sam
H. Cowan. attorney for the Cattle
Raisers' association. aud a high au-
thority on the Legislation and law af-
fectiug the shipping OF cattle. will
tell OF his experience and obsersa-
ton in an address entitled Recent
and Proposed Legislation in Which
We Are Interested Prof. W. G..
Curtiss Is an acknowledged authori-
cattle. and he Is likely 10 impart In
formation that Is worth money to
every man who Is in the cattle busi-
ness r. w Tomlinson OF Denver,
Colo, secretary of the National Am
erican Live Stock association. has foi
his subject Purposes and Objects
Needing Joint Action by the Nation
al Live Stock association and Stat
associations--Meth and Sphere
Of Mutual Work And Col. c.
Slaughter. an old-time cattlema
with modern ideas, will tell OF I'll
Passing Of the Range, the Probah
Extent OF This Change, and
Bearing on the Future OF the Cat
h Industry OF Texas.
The cattlemen's convention "
= adjourn on Wednesday. on viii
6 day the Fat Stock show opens. I
: deed. feature OF the show is az
, vanced a day for the benefit of tn
cattlemen. for on Tuesday nigh
there Is to be horse show. Some o
the finest horses in the country viii
be on hand and this display viii
prove a leading attraction. The resi-
of the week will be given up to the
regular work of the show, conclud-
| ing on Saturday night with parade
! of all the winners among the horses,
mules and cattle. 1t is worth while to
| mention that this coming fat stock
show will have 5000 entries. made
BY 176 exhibitors, the total number
being made up of 322 Shorthorns.
3S5 Herefords. 65 Red Polls and Abb
erdeen- Angus. $500 or more carlot
cattle and hogs, about 500 sheep,
and the balance made up of horses.
mules and poultry.
At the first show, held in 1896,
there were IS entries. made by six
exhibitors. all of them being cattle
off the grass
The citizens OF Fort Worth will
provide many entertainments of
social character for their guests.
There will be smokers, balls. drives
over the city. and special entertain
ments by the Mystic knights of Bo-
vina. an organization recently per
fected in Fort Worth which Is 10 the
cattIemen what the Hoo-Hoo order
is TO the lumbermen.
Altogether il will be week of do
inr and seeing things In Fort Worth
aud the Texas climate Is halmy and