Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-02-16
0KL AHOMA FULL
OF FAT CATTLE
Early Market Movement from
Drouth in Texas
Drove Herds North.

peen So many cattle WlnteTed on the
ranges In this State In great part this
was caused by the drouths In the lower
Texas Panhandle country, making It
necessary for the cowrncn to find other
pasture for their herds, and i'm addition
TO many thousand head left on the Okla
homa range from last summers feeding,
hundreds OF additions! carloads were
brought up from the southland The cow
men have been fortunate, too, for there
has Been plenty Of flowing water in tire
Usage nation during the winter months.
and the homesteadors and ranchers have
Found a ready market for the corn kat
fiji corn and fodder raised last season.
iAus early the nio>.ment to market
from tho winter pastures of this state
oas started al.menting tho food sup
p$ o' the nation and furnishing ma
tet!al for the HIS packing houses of the
COZ nal Wet. According to j. NJ De
l,a- err The livestock agent for the
r'rru hallway company, there were u.s.
t. ao"t in the Usage country alone this
Nii'"v NJ TeNa. cattle. and IT will not
J" "Ic until The annual spring move
M"Ht Of cptte from the South to the
pastures will Begin As soon rs the pas
tT,e begin to green tho annual move
t"nt starts, and the Usage country will.
> usual. accommodate Several hundred
thousand head during the coming sum
Nor. Because Of 50 many cattle being
Ninterod In the State the inbound ship
mcnts Will not be as great as usual.
something accurate relative to the
caltlo business in this State can be
tnnod from the figures recently made
public ny G. T Bryan, president Of the
Etate hoard Of oari,,,,,,,-o
ro mast tno ,.oors ,atsi ,so,oo
bcod sbInnao fr,,,, -. .,o...,
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nott,.o '"" mus ''''''t '"'
re P'a''S th' NUMBER
' az 'VV''VV He'd. ne
v'"' 'nF N'a.e eNPends $2N'''
''i,E ]" 'he TICK eradication bust
80 "ioi'o' - - OF interest IN this
.'i'"e1 ION mat me department has
''""u t"e arSohlcai din less expensive
Ina leSS injurious to cattle than the
'ld method OF dipping in crude oil.
THE MOVEMENT TO MARKET.
The snring ,ro,.orr. 90
4 X la
re,. states Of ,bo ,,,,a, .tt
"a spring supply is one OF annual in
,,'. l. "nN,e'y even 10 me PACK
., -, 'iiuVh "ePe"oS upon
~. e''. anu q"ai''E received from
''., N'' d" way company las
-! nus N",'9Poi'ea "HO'o cars 10 me
.'E'' - LOUIS ana Kansas city
ma Ne'a. w" other railway conf
I""''S' nay ing the same connections.
't'1 "ISo hUAI ohd the total number
o. cars sent from Oklahoma Last
tpIlh+ were close 10 10000.
ia aGdIton 10 Wlntering cattle on
The pastures Of the Usage and other
lrdlan tribes and also in the extreme
western portion Of the State as well
ther" are forty-one cottonsced oil
millS in oklahoma, including .hrco in
Guthrie alone. that have facilities for
Nintering ana feeding IG4 600 lead of
cattle annually. As 4 rude hose cat
tic also come from Texas. ard after
rcmaininG in the feed pens for aho,+
mo hundred DAYS they become 2 mart
Of the spring shipment OF cattle 20
market
l'or the STRANGER -.is,,inr tho co,,o,
growing section of the country tina foed-
ing OF cattle ?. oil mills ia ,,Davs an
Interesting sight. The cattle nens ar.
similar to the shippt1g yerds ,nairtatrod
~ railway co1ruaniee tn nrac.,ca1l,.
every town IN those wards great
wooden trouxns or managers are nlaced
AVERAGING " feet in larrth and tbros q,
y-i5th Gr~ici>-i rscuttiee for ,ro,o~ir.