The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1890 Page: 3 of 8
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LIME STOCK.
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rr.w lfrovide rfobu rack or jnangcro
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rrOViUdT tight Uoxe?- Tor
Kinus ot grain.
Plarfto make lip as good a variety
as possible.
No qne material can be considered
as a complete food in itself.
When anyone material is depended
uppn a lari
ountmust be supplied
than wit.
cty is niven;
Con
the Very best materials
for fatteningann tor
ital heat.
f the best materials
to sucutc a Rood de
vctoptri j?cs an muscle.
A Rddd flr-i tlic winter ts to
fedd hay afaA r' ' ' porn fodder in
the morninV ion.
Feed at only what they
will cat utfii yis a poor plan to
Jill the maF' lly replenish when
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"JB til
. .taar ui w
for' m
tlint rl 1(1
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if comi) iiiercu uiucu icss
grain wiirUeTclinn!d to keep the
sock in a good condition than it fed
Without.
Cutting arid crindintr the feed reduces
A- largely the per cent of was'e and at
i&J the sanie time affords a better oppor
tunity of making up complete rations.
with the majority ot stoctc leeaing
urrthrcshed oats without runhing
through a cutter is very wasteful : bet-
ter cut and add n small quantity of
bran.
A ton of clover hay a t6n of good
wheat or oats-straw and four hundred
pounds of bran make a feed equal jn
value to the same weight of timothy
hay if the clover and straw are run
through a cutter.
i It is a poor economy in feeding to
winter stock so that they will weigh
rtes in the spring than in the fall. If
a profit is to be realized a steady gain
must be kept Up.
' On the majority of farms dne team
if well fed so as to be kept in a good
condition will do' nearly or quite all
theliadling necessary and reduce in
(his . way the cost of wintering the
others. N. J. S. in Prairie Farmer.
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Feeding- Horses.
'The work-teams" especially should
be kept in good thrifty condition. It
is not good economy to allow them to
run down at this time and then be
obliged to give extra feed later in or-
der to get them ready for spring worki
SS.ViMZiiiDTszs as; with' nearly all other
r 7&t9cJ!' 'he best results can be
Uu'i&yTk&ding g00(j varjety.
ring the "winter more or less corn
can Always e tea wun prone. Anere
10 material that is superior to corn
for maintains animal heat and for
reason it can be made a larger
art of the winter ration than in the
ummer. wnen me teams are ai
work bone andtiuiscleris of more im
portance than heat or fat ; hence it will
be quite an item to supply such ma
terials as are best calculated; to secure
- - ... ...
this." One of the matenals that can
be used at this time is oats. Barley is
also a good feed fdr horses. Wheat
bran fed in cpnnection with oats is a
good material. Oats is a good feed.
Unthreshed oats run through a cut-
ting bc and asmall quantity of bran
added and mixed thoroughly before
feeding ; one qUart of corn meal two
quarts of bran with cut; hay or fodder
makes a very good ration during the
winter In the spring .and summer
more oats and'less corn should be given
giving plenty of hay and grass wherever
asupply can be procured readily.
The advantage in cutting the hay
or fodder and grinding the grain is
that it can be mixed more thoroughly
while there is much less waste than' in
feeding whole. Give mdre corn dur-
ing the; winter and Jess bran and o.ther
grain but in the spring and summer
give less corn and more of the other
materials. Sfime horsesjequire more
)(eed titan others and the quanity
shouldalways be granted according
to the needs of the animal. Sufficient
'kphould always be supplied to keep the
KJinimaJjn- good thrifty condition
if In feeding hay and corn-fodder care
ffihould always be taken not to feed too
1 1 much. It is not a good plan to keep
hay and oats before the horses all the
1 time. What thev will eat up clean at
If eaph meal is all that is necessary and
giving only this y lessen considerably
the waste
-N. J. i in Traine l'nrmer.
Condition of the Cattle Trarle.
Theattle ranges supply the "great
markets of the United States turned
off and disposed of about as'many cat-
alem 1889 as during the previous yfcar.
The visible shortage ot Wyoming ana
Montana beef was made up by the
" ranges of Texas and the Indian lent.
tory The whole surplus of cattle
JjTarketed during Ue year was of do-
mestic stock frora the farming states
The Pacific states butchers drew more
closely upon the ranges Of Arizona
and New Mexico Uian usual and ob-
tained onsfderable supplies from Tex-
as Texas shipped a good many cows
to Old Mexicq mstead of as formerlv
receiving a larg number. The busi-
less of the markets of the eastern cities
dicates a oectaea increase in supplies
led during 1889 These states are
able to lumiiu all the beet tor the
seaboard cities and always purchase
live cattle from the west.
An Chicago increased Jicr shipments
of live cattle by about three-fourths the
total hlcreasctl recSipjs jhe (ncrc'ase
was largely tlisposeH clln (life pastern
sfafci ' ThcffoVelgif shipments alSoMri-
'cfeased iThcsouthensfatcB prober
made no sign either of-mcrease or de-
crease. An increased dutblt of about
800000 head of cattle In allwas con-
sumed without any change Oliver than
continued lowering of pnV.es. Such
was the cattle trade in 1889.
The year 1890 starts out with the
same powers of consumption but with-
out such strong supplie's to draw upon.
It is impossible to produce the run of
came irom 111c soutnwcsi wuuoui simp-
ly tutting down herds far below the
capacity of the ranges. The north-
western run niight be reached by draw-
ing upon the supply for the following
year.
The whole question of supples hangs
upoti the farming and breeding districts.
inese districts do not cover so much
territory and do not produce so many
cattle as arc sold and shipped out.
Hie number preparing for market is
an unknown quantity. -In some dis-
tricts there are more (ban usual in
others less. From miscellaneous in-
formation correspondence etc. the
preponderance of evidence indicates
that there is no greater number being
handled than usual in Missouri Kan-
sas or Iowa. Sections of Missouri
and Kansas arcsaid to be short of cat-
tle. Some Of the feeders have stopped
feeding and many farmers have sacri-
ficed their cattle ddring the past year
others are now shipping cattle they
fear to feed any longer.
The cattle business throughout is in
a stage showing a want of confidence
in the future. It is feared the market
is under control. It is feared the sup-
plies are still excessive. The cattle
trade is in precisely the situation the
sheep trade was in a few years ago
when every one seemed to have lost
confidence. At the time mentioned
sheep raising was undergoing the same
process as the cattle growing interest
is now and the result is satisfactory
to all who remain in the business.
As before stated in these columns
the Journal js obliged to acknowledge
the seriousness of a situation which im-
pels the immense runs oi cattle in
January but cannot see in it other
light than the' broad road to higher
prices through the range and farm
emptying process. With a positive
information of a large decrease in cat-
tle in the range country and indefinite
knowledge of the character concern-
ing the farming districts the result
seems to be only a question of time.
The industry must wait for the result
it is true. Last year the t interest
waited without a sign except the depth
of the sacrifice whereas today there
are evidence showing the great sales
have left vacant places on farms and
ranches' and that the cattle of the
country commenced decreasing some
time ago Texas Live Stock Journal
Possibilities of tue Native Texas
Horse.
I recently gratified a long cherished
desire aud paid a visit to your great
state making a tour among the large
ranches visiting some of your repre-
sentative cities. I had heard big
stories of Texas and was in a measure
prepared for what I was to see but
still was amazed at the extent and
variety of her natural resources and
the broad guage upon which operations
had beeri begun and were being car-
ried out looking to the rapid develop-
ment of various industries and how'
ready every one was to encourage and
help along any new enterprise that
would add to the general prosperity of
the state.;
My business led me principally
among ockment and it was onp cOn-
tinuous treat to wander over the broad
prairies and see how much nature has
done to make stock-raising easy and
profitable.
It was no doubt a surprise to breed-
ers in the older states to see aherd
come up to Chicago from Texas and
walk away with valuable and coveted
prizes as was done at the recent Fat
stocl? show but I did not wonder when
I saw the natural facilities for breeding
and feeding.
While in point of numbers the cattle
interest of Texas have a preponderance
yet there is a mine of wealth in your
facilities for raising horses top of the
finest class.
The names broncho and Texas pony
pre in the minds of many synonymous
With pure and unalloyed cussedness
and general wojthlessness.
I have been for the past fifteen
years engaged in importing Cleveland
Bay and English Shire horses and I
have all this time argued that Texas
has the material in her native horses
to utilize the blood of those two world
renowed breeds to the very best advan-
tage No pne can dispute that the
native Texas horse possesses wonder-
ful pluck and endurance. Now it is
folly to say diese two essentials can ex-
ist in a horse that is "generally worth
less;" a horse with great pluck must
have abundance pf nerye power; Tor
great endurance he must be composed
of not only good material but that ma-
terial must be properly adjusted and
distributed. JThe material the bone
muicle and sinews of the Texas horse
h of the best and while It is not abun-
dant nor the form elegant tl'ie little he
doct possess of material is placed
where It is all available and it now re-
mains for the scientific breeder" to- take
I-this diminutive athlete and mingle
with! it the blood of the most desirable
improved larger breeds and build tip
on the broad Texas prairies of lime
stone soil and rich natural grasses a
class and ultimately a breed of Amer-
ican horses of which the whole country
will be proud.
I'wns glad to learn that horsemen
all over the state are beginning to
realize the-necessity of more care in
breeding and are taking steps to intro-
duce foreign blood.
No doubt many will make the mis-
take that has been made in so many
northern states and think that they
can jump at desired results by one
cross of an immense stallion on the
small mares but all such will soon
realize that they cannot violate or
change nature's jaws ; promiscuous or
random breeding has always been and
will always be prolific in failure and
and disappointment.
By dividing marcs into classes and
then judiciously selecting stallions
suitable for the different classes
a wonderful improvement can be
made by one cross. Scientific English
breeders have been patiently and per-
sistenly at work for centuries improving
their domestic animals and we may
learn many valuable lessons from them.
Starting with a diminutive horse in-
ferior to the native Texan they have
created two breeds of noble animals
that have not a peer in the known
world in their respective classes I re-
fer to the Cleveland Bay and Shire.
The former the result of over a cent-
ury's careful breeding stands a mon-
ument to the skill of the Yorkshire
breeder. This grand horse is recog-
nized the world over as the royal
horse of Europe and the only pure
bread coach horse in the world and his
blood has gone out to improve the
native stock of all horse loving civilized
nations.
The Shire is recognized as the most
perfect model of a draft horse combin-
ing requsite weight bone muscle and
sinew of the finest quality formed and
moulded into the most perfect propor-
tions for utility and beauty in a man-
ner found in no other draft horse.
Geo. E. Brown Aurora 111. in Farm
and Ranch.
Getting There.
Until recently it has been the boast
of the north and especially of the north-
west that they were peculiarly the pros-
perous agricultural sections of the
country and with them none could com-
pare while the south plodded along so
far in the rear as to be lobt to sight.
But what's the matter with the south
now and likewise what ailes the north ?
Texas Farm and Ranch takes every
agricultural paper of note in the United
States north and south and if they
are to be relied upon the old con-
dition no longer exists. The western
papers tell us that the surplus products
of that section will not pay interest on
the farm mortgages. The northern
papers tell us that farms by the hundred
are abandoned because they can no
longer support theirWners. In Kan-
sas and Iowa they arR burning .corn
for fuel because they cahhot pay for
hauling it to market; inIinnesota
and Dakota farmers are wanting bread
because their crops have failedsfqr two
years In Vermont and New Hamp-
shire even the sap orchards and cran-
berry marshes have passed qnder the
hammer milch of them for taxes and
generally the farmers'are in distress
that deepens with each succeeding
year. But how is it in the south ? By
common consent from Georgia to
to Texas the farmers are bettering their
condition every year' and are now
more generally free frondebt and con-
sequently more independent and con
tented than ever before. Why this
difference ? In the west the railroads
are blamed - like the avaricious miller
who took the grist and gaye his cus-
tomers the.toll they claim the mono-
polists' share of s produce for haul-
ing it to market ; but are they less ex-
acting in the south ? ' Are not railroad
charges higher in the south? And
then where is the "home market" the
protectionists promised and for which
the farmers of the west and north voted
so early and eagerly a little more than
a year ago ? No one will claim that it
is the superior industry and more thrifty
habits of the southern farmers. Then
what can be the cause of this great
and palpab'e difference in favor of
the south? Nothing js easier to de
termine. It is simply natural advan-
tages. Come south ye mortgage rid-
den drouth-stricken and blizzard-blasted
farmers of the north and help us
to enjoy and further: develop them and
grow up with the country. Texas
Farm and Ranch.
A correspondent; cif the Diiry World
says ; "I am surprised so Iijtle is said
about pumpkins as an article of food
for dairy cows. ' Perhaps our famili-
arity with this old-time food leads to
its neglectjust a$ the farmer's son
goes past the homespun beauty of
neighbor's daughter for the more dash-
ing attractions of some city bred miss
only to see his error when it is too late.
You correspondent tells us about en-
silage hay corn fodder bran oats
conr etc. sometimes they even men-
(ion roots but never a word about
pumpkins' and yet this old-lime food
is one of great consequence. It is
easy Of production producing immense
returns both for the ground occupied
and for the labor expended. It is re-
lished by all kinds of neat stock and
by hogs. It is mtrishing and healthful
for then' at all seasons but rriorc es
pecially during the early winter months
when they first come on to dry food.
Milk cows in particular arc greatly
benefitted by at least one mess dailv.
It is laxative and anti-scorbutic just
the thing needed when otherwise dry
food alone is available. Stored in a
cool place that does not freeze very
hard they can be kept in a ood con-
dition till in February. Texas Stock-
man and Farmer
I hereby certify that t have given J.
'F. Clark lessons in refraction and no
commodition (or the science of fitting
glasses). I pronounce him efficient
and feel assured he will give perfect
satisfaction.
Rojit. F. LkMond M. D.
48-lf Oculist and Aurist.
Large line of samples of the latest
styles of fijlj and winter goods just
received by that popular tailor Mr.
Tikker. itf
AGENTS WANTED.
Agents wanted ln.ou.nr county JIIk IiuIiipo-
menia to pooil men to lutroilnoo our vrk. For
tcrtniul(lrPM (onoloiq Mump)
1 IS Texah I'aimiAir Co lMltiiH Texas.
Agents' frotlU per month; will prove
It or pny forfeit. New portmltN Inst
out. A $3 60 Sample kimu fiikr to all.
W.H. Ohldestor & ioliSM Howl St. N.Y
H. L. BENTLEY
Attorney-at-Law.
Abilene -:- -:- Texas.
Will practice in nil the Coutts in Ti) lor and
adjoining counties in tie Supreme Court
and Court of Appeals and in the United
States Courts.
Office : Over First Nat'l Bank Pino St.
MONEY ! TO LOAN
ON
Farms Ranches and
City Property.
Low rates and on timet to suit borrowers.
Vendor lien notes bought. Ohoice tracts ol
land in Taylor county for sale on long time at
6 per cent interest. Call on or write
0. Villeneuve
Attorney-at-Law.
Office over Abilene Nat'l Dank Abilene Tex.
W. H. EDRINGTON
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
Resident Agent Polo Pinto Alin-
ing Co. and Colorado
Fuet Co's. Coal.
Representing Now York Life Insur-
ance Co.. and Travelers Acci-
dnot Insuranco'Oo. of
Hartford Conn.
OiHco over Jflournoy Bro'o. Store.
DEATH TO PRAIRIE DOGS!
We have been engaged in the extermination
of prairie dogs the past three years and have
given satisfaction in every instance. Our sys-
tem is the only sure means of destroying the
dogs. We visit rnaches personally. Con-
tracts solicited. Terms reasonable and satis-
faction guaranteed '
Referencies T. E. Lloyd M. W. Shelly
Ed. Harris Frank Foster G. W. Wells lien
Jones Steve Wilkerson A. D. McNalry V.
P. Miller Merrick Bros.
PAYNE & JEMISON
Headquarters at Fulwiler Uros.
ABILENE - - TEXAS
THE TEXAS & PACIFIC
The GREAT POPDLAR Route
AND THE
SHORT LINE
To New Orleans and all poluts" In Colorado
New Mexico Arizona and California.
THE FAVORITE ROUTE
To tlie North East and Southeast.
Pullman Palace Sluplni Gars
AILY between St. Loufo Dallas Fort
. worm ami ui rasoi anu aiarjiian
and New Orleans with-
out change
The only line offering choice pf route? to points
In the Southeast via Texarkana Slircve-
port and New Orleans.
See that your tickets read via The Tcxaa &
Pacific Railway. For tickets rates or any in-
formation call on any of the ticket agents of
The Texas & reilia Railway or mJdreu
H.e.ARCHEKraMAgt.
JOHN A. GRANT Gei Mangr.
Jl. W. McCUI.LOUGh
O V. &T A. DallaifTexw
virr
EVERYBODY INVITED.
DKINK AND BE MERRY"
a
Artesian Water for Abilene a Necessity
But in the meantime remember that our well
at Cedar Springs yields a barrel a minute. No
rotten wood or curbing in our wells. Water ab-
solutely pure as shown chemical test mde by
experts. Ask your water man where he gets
your-water and use none but that from Cedar
springs. JOHN CAMPBELL
' Proprietor.
Rollins & Young
ADVANCE STYLES!
All Combine to Please and AttractI
We are now receding the best selected lirte of Dress Goods Tnmmingi Notions Clothing
1 Etc. ever brought to this market. Don't fail tp see our
Challies Carina Lustrine Lattice Canvass Cloths
All-Wool Battistes Plain Albatros Check
ed Albatros Striped Alb atros Strip:
ed SergesHenrietta Cloths
and SATEENS
Before Purchasing Dress Goods.
iLXiiisriEiRsr
and examine before making our purchases.
MILLER BROS.
Photographic Art and
Enlarging Gallery.
Photographs Views Steroscopics
Old Pictures enlarged to life size
Water Colors and India Ink Portraits a Specialty
All work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
A nice assortment of Picture Frames on hand.
MILLER
East Side Pine Street
LUMBER
Shingles Sash Doors Lime
Cement Plaster.
ALL LUMBER
duality Guftrantwi
CtorrnJtyii7
EXAMINE THEM AT
Cameron & Phillips'.
NOVEL DESIGNS
To say that this linn ts complete does not
do it justice so wo shall ask you to call
No trouble to show goods.
ROLLINS & YOUNG.
BROS.
ABILENE TEXAS.
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Hoeny, John, Jr. The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1890, newspaper, January 24, 1890; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth330647/m1/3/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.