The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1904 Page: 1 of 7
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Wc have received the agency to
the public school books, adopted
the state, and will be glad to receive
ers for same either from pupils from
Hereford school or from those of the
irrounding country. We also carry a
complete line of school supplies. Call
rtien in need of anything in our line.
i We «re new in poeseeeion of J. P. Harding ' prescrip- ► ♦ J
tion file dating from the present time back five
or six years and we can refill any pre-
scription from thi file.
T. M. COULSON <SLCO.
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CATTLE SITUATION.
West Texas Stockman
Future of the Cattle
ii in Hands of Packers
prices have been down,
down—to the bottom! Well,
hope that they have gone
limit in one direction at least.
The indications are that they have.
There is undoubtedly a considerable
shortage in production!® consump-
tion is not decreasing, either at
home or abroad, while war and
Rumors of war will have a tendency
to elevate rather than lower the sell-
ing price at the packing houses, the
only place to sell
"Not a cattleman that I know of
is making money under present con-
ditions'," said Col. E. C. Slaughter
and, as is well known throughout
the southwest, Col. Slaughter usually
speaks by the card when he talks
about cattle. "It's easy to figure,"
he continued. "Take land that is
worth, say $2.50 an acre, and allow-
ing interest at 7 per cent and count-
ing in taxes the cost is about 20
cents an acre for grass alone. At
the lowest calculation it will take IS
acres per head—in many cases more,
and you have a cost of $3 per head
forgrasing alone. The expense of
looking after the cattle will run
from 50 cents to $1 per head. Lump
it in and say that the cost of carry-
ing 100 cows is $850, not calculating
interest on first cost.
««The calf crop has been exceed-
ingly short, not more than a third of
the usual crop. The man who
branded 33 calves from 100 cows
this year is fully up to, if not above,
the average. Keeping the mothers
of these calves has cost $350, mak-
ing the cost of the calves between
$10 and $11; they are worth about
$7. You can see how much money
there is in it for the cattlemen.
Then, too, his cows are a year older,
not worth so much in market. Well-
bred cows, ev0n if they are fat, will
not bring more than about $15. Yet
many cattlemen will be forced to
market a part of their stock cattle to
get money for running expenses.
Others will sell out altogether in
disgust with the cattle business.
"The result will be a further
decrease in production next year yid
the supply is already limited.
"For grain fed cattle, prices are
comparatively no better.. With corn
ai SO cents a bushel grain enough
hm made at present prices of
. ly for the feed. Of course
ir hmd. the cattle, the better
will bring in market,
U>hmi>n karf Stock
more
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to have
in continuing to raise cattle for the
market.
"The situation is in the hands of
the packers. They make the prices.
They claim that they are not making
money now—that the retail butcher
is the man who is getting it all.
That may be trbe, I don't know, but
there's one thing certain; judging
from the retail price of beef some-
body is making money out of the
cattle business and it isn't the
producer.
"If present prices continue it will
drive so many men out of the cattle
business that the packers will find
themselves short on the raw material.
Will they place themselves in such
a situation? I hardly think so. I
give them credit for being men with
brains and I reckon 'they are all
pretty familiar with the story of the
goose that lá|ft the golden eggs.
No, as I see it, prices are bound to
go up but the cattleman is getting
caught pretty hard right now.
There was a lot of land put in cotton
in the west this year—they can't
grow corn out there you know. I
don't know how the land will stand
cotton cultivation but unless there is
a change in present prices the cattle-
men will have to do something else
than raise cattle. However, I look
for the change."
The Negro.
Seventy-five negro cotton pickers
are working near Hess, and rapidly
cleaning one field after another. It
is understood, as soon as cotton
picking is over they will be shipped
hack to Texas.—Tribune-Chief.
It is to be hoped so at any rate,
for if seventy-five negroes should
settle permnently in the Panhandle,
it would be only a question of a few
years when our otherwise glorious
country would be crowded with the
black faces. As it stands today,
our citizenship is at a higher stan-
dard than in other sections of the
state, owing to the total absence of
the negro here, and we look forward
with regrets when the thick-lip race
shall gain a foothold on the broad
prairies of West Texas.
New Confectionery.
James Head has rented the More-
man building on the corner, recently
vacated by jf P. Harding, and is
preparing to put in an up-to-date
line of confectioneries. The build-
ing is undergoing a complete reno-
vation and will soon be in readiness.
James has many friends in Here-
ford who join the B*and in wishing
KSm tuMNififi.
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I yet have a supply of seed rye
and would like t«* tkw
wishing to sow this
Experts Claim It is the
of Inoculation
In a recent bulletin the agricultu-
ral experiment station of the Ter-
ritory of Oklahoma gives some inter-
esting directions for the prevention
of blackleg in cattle. The only pre-
caution necessary is the vaccination
of the cattle twice each year, while
the animals are young, it says.
During the five years the station has
been distributing vaccine free to the
farmers and stock-raisers of Okla-
homa, 400,000 vaccine points have
been distributed. In spite of this
free distribution the officers in
charge of the station say that many
of the cattlemen wait until one or
more calves in their herds die with
the disease before they take precau-
tions for the protection of the rest of
the herd.
The belief is rather general among
cattlemen that the animals are in-
fected with blackleg through eating
or drinking some tainted or poisonous
food or water. To disprove this
notion, the Oklahoma station con-
ducted experiments into tl\e cause of
the development of the disease in
young cattle that seem conclusive.
These experiments consisted of iso-
lating two calves and drenching them
with the pulverized meat of a calf
that had died of the blackleg. The
calves were kept up for a week after
the drenching but no noticeable ef-
fects followed the drenching.
At the end of the week the calves
were inoculated with the one hun-
dredth part of the amount of táinted
meat that they had put into their
stomach by drenching and the result
was that one of the calves died in-
forty-one hours after inoculation and
the other in fifty-two hours.
From these experiments the veteri-
narians deduced that the disease was
certainly the result of inoculation.
How it is done is of course a mys-
tery, but the presumption is that it
is done by an abrasion oT the skin by
striking or scratching against some
object containing the germs, or that
after the wound is made the germs
of the disease find their way into the
open wound. .
«Blaze Away Gridley Whenever
You Are Ready"
Was the noted command to the
famous gunner who fired the first
shot in the battle of Manilla. • It
was followed by the greatest naval
victory ever won for our flag.
A pity but every young person
with now an opportunity to secure a
practical education and prepare to
win in the battle of life could read
this command and appropriate its
meaning.
He who is ready ought to "blaze
away" now. Why wait until after
Christmas, when you can start now?
The most skillful general that
ever maneuvered an army on an
American battle field achieved his
success by getting there before the
enemy expected him and making
things happen when he got there.
The same is true of the great cap-
tains of industry, they don't wait for
Christmas to QQine, or jthe moon fa
full or something to turn up. They
"blaze away" and turn something
up-^-a fiery lesson to young people.
Wait till after Christmas and the
opportunity may be gone forever.
We urge that every young person
who expects to go to school later
write to-day to Tyler Commercial
College of Tyler, Texas, for cat-
alogue, and not wait till after
Christmas. This school is a live
wire and takes no vacation. It and
the business world" are big enough
that you can enter any time and get
equal advantages.
Lost.
Between £. B. Orr's and Mrs.
kfinH
K ijiw
The White
New Home
and
SINGER
«Sewing.
Machines
I handle these three leading, standard Sewing Machines. I
am selling these high-grade goods at a much lower price than the
agents of the East get for them. I do not ask a "great long
profit" that agents usually get. I will continue to sell on the
installment plan or for all cash. I will take your old machine in
on deal. A life-time, guaranteed machine for $20 cash. We
handle the best oil for all makes—also needles and attachments.
Ed ni APTf furniture dealer
. D. dlallv, and undertaker
W. B. Mersfelder
HEADQUARTERS FOR
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Dry Goods, Groceries and
General Merchandise
We ¿re prepared to take care of the ranch trade in every
particular. Our stock of dry, goods, groceries, feed and
ranch supplies is complete and we will make them to you
at prices commensurate with the times. We appreciate the
liberal patronage extended us and it shall ever be our pur-
pose to give our customers value received for their money.
We have in connection with our business a livery and feed
stable. Make our place your headquarters when in town.
W. B. Mersfelder,
JOE CARTER
TOM CARTER
CARTER BROTHERS
Livery, Feed and Sale Stables
GOOD SADDLERS
GENTLE DRIVERS
Special Conveniences for Drummers
HEREFORD
TEXAS
The patronage of the general .public is cordillay solicited
C. L. Davis S. H. Mount
Davis <Q. Mount
Real Estate:
Bargains in Ranches, Farm Lands and City Property. If you
wish to sell your property we can find a buyer or if you
vipb to purchase property, we can suit you.
let us know your wants
The Three-Light Restaurant
A complete line of confectioneries and cold drinks can
always be found at my place. Have first-clas res-
taurant in connection and serve meals at all hours,
both day and night. ji
J. H. TURNBOW, Proprietor
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The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1904, newspaper, November 18, 1904; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth142394/m1/1/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.