Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-31
The LIVE STOCK MARKETS
Statistics for 1912 Show Fort Worth
Texas, Made Most Sub
stantial Gain


The only live stock market to show
substantial gains during 1912, among
all the live stock centers of the United
States, was Fort Worth, Tex, accord
ing to a comparison of the figures is
sued for the ~ months ending Dec.
81. 1912, by the Fort Worth Stock
Yards Co. and the figures of the other
live stock markets of the United
States, says Butchers and Packers
Gazette.
Every class of live stock shipped to
the local market. with the exception
of hogs, showed large increase over
the 1911 receipts and shipments, and
it was found that Fort Worth stands
third in number of cattle, second in
number of calves, fourth in the num-
Der of sheep and probably fourth in
the number of hogs. The largest gain
proportionally is shown in the num-
Der of horses and mules, and the phe-
nomenal increase in this class of live
stock enabled Fort Worth to forge
ahead of st. Joseph, Mo.
The total receipts and shipments of
cattle for 1912 was 1881 head,
against 69O,S40 head in 1911, showing
gain of S4,4S1. The calf receipts
and shipments for 1912 were $685. 1853,
against 1878 the previous year,
showing an increase of 71,245.
The sheep receipts for 1912 were
283,914 and 1S6,535 in 1911, an in
crease of 97,379. Horses and mules
increased 1864 in number. being 49,.
OPS in 1912 and 37,361 in 1911. The
carloads of all stock received in 1912
was 3s,5Os and 35,132 in 1911, show.
ing an increase of 1876 cars. The de-
crease in the number of hogs was
16s,622, being 3s7,579 in 1912 and $50,
POI the year before.
All of the northern markets. with
the exception of Kansas City. showed
gain in the receipts of hogs, which is
largely accounted for in the outbreak
of cholera in the North. Similar con
ditions prevailed in Texas and Okla
homa in 1911. Packers and commits
sion firms expect heavy run of hogl
early this year, as reports from thu
, territory adjacent to the local mar
ket show that there are many hog
which will be ready for the marke
before the first of March.
The Fort Worth market is shown t.
: have compared favorably with othe
markets of the country in the matte
Of prices and in the prices for hog
3 and horses and mules to have gon
y above many of them. The highes
9 price paid for beef steers during tn
+ year was 1925 per hundred. The to
: price for calves was $3.50, while hog
brought as good as $9.40.
9 The. gain in the receipts of horse
d and mules shows the growing impo
't lance of this city as a market for thi
q class of live stock and the positio
g the Texas mule is rapidly attainin
in the agricultural and commercii
d world.
k While the receipts and shipment
3 were larger for horses and mules tina
8. in 1911, the demand on the Fo
s. Worth market for high-grade ANNA
o. was as brisk as at any time in receI
is years, while the prices averaged $1C
a. for horses and $3.50 for mules. TT
ie tremendous amount of constructiC
II work going on in Texas, the irrigatic
ID projects under way, interurban CO
N struction, the building activities in Il
% cities of Texas and the foreign d
mand for Texas mules has given tn
animal an enviable position in Walt
among other classes of live stock.