The Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, October 2, 1903 Page: 4 of 16
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THE BRAND
MORE DIPPING IS IN SIGHT.
Opinion is Expressed That Clean
Cattle Will Soon Be Allowed
to Cross at Any Season.
Colorado, Tex., Sept. 30.—The
announcement made to the effect
that the State and Federal inspec-
tion season will begin Oct. 1 this
year is generally satisfactory to the
cattlemen of West Texas. John
Carlisle, one of our leading ranch
men, who owns a border pasture,
says this is one year that the Live
Stock Sanitary Board has done the
proper thing at the proper time, and
that the new regulations will be
generally satisfactory to all fair-
minded ranchmen.
The early season is going to give
a wonderful impetus to the dipping
business. That fact is already evi-
dent from the manner in which the
situation is beginning to shape itself.
There has been no cold weather so
far this season to intefere with the
development of the fever tick below
the line, and the presumption is that
Southern cattle are going to show
up pretty badly infected. They can
not cross until they are inspected
and found clean, and there is but
one way to clean them, and that is
to get rid of the ticks.
Dipping seems to be the quickest
method of retaining the desired re-
sult, and there is going to be more
dipping along the Texas line this
season than was ever seen in the
State before.
Last season the first of November
was the opening date for the pas-
sage of clean cattle, one month later
than the impending season. In-
spectors say that last season the
cattle were very ticky, from the fact
that there had been no cold weather.
The owners of such cattle had to
clean them before they could come
over. In the majority of instances
this was accomplished by greasing
the animals with diluted Beaumont
oil. Some of them used curry
combs and picked ticks by hand.
In fact, all sorts of expedients were
adopted for the eradiction of the
ticks. The difficulty experienced in
doing this will naturally influence
the adoption of the most effectual
methods that can be desired this
season, and as dipping is recognized
as more or less of a panacea by both
State and Federal authorites, the
dip is going to be called very much
into requisition.
The expense of dipping is some-
thing of an item, as the charge is
an average of about 25c per head,
but the average ranchmen prefer to
pay thejmoney and have the work
done, believing it to be the quickest
and surest way of accomplishing the
desired end. The mere dipping of
the cattle is not a guarantee, how-
ever. that they can cross the line.
They will have to wait ten days be-
low the line after being dipped and
then be inspected before they can
cross.
If the inspector finds one tick in
the entire bunch it will be accepted
as sufficient evidence that the cattle
are not clean.
Those who are watching the trend
of events very closely with reference
to the quarantine situation do not
hesitate to express the opinion that
the time is close at hand when clean
cattle are going to be permitted to
cross the line at any season of the
year.
It may be stated that this reading
of the stars depends very much on
dipping developments.
HE IS NOT KICKING.
An Odesso Cattleman Who Thinks
There is a Silver Cloud Behind
the Prevailing Darkness
in Cattle Circles.
"I am not kicking because cattle
are a little lower just now," said E.
M. Graham, of Odessa, when he
dropped into the News office for a
friendly chat Wednesday. He went
on : "They are not so much lower
anyhow. Let's look up your latest
quotations to see. You see cows are
off, but steers and yearlings are
steady. Then we are able to hold
our cattle now and they are going to
bring a better price by next season.
Look how they are shipping out their
she stuff. Why, where is the next
crop of steers to come from? The
number will be greatly lessened.
Then won't the demand for beef be
greater, but since the range has
been so depleted in number, won't
there be a scarcity and a consequent
higher price paid ? Mark my pre-
diction, we are not so bad off as we
think we are. Let everybody keep
a stiff upper lip—we are getting on
fine, I tell you. Now read your lat-
est quotations."
We turned to our daily bulletin
from Kansas City and found the fol-
lowing prices quoted :
Good grass beef steers, $4.50 to
to $4.75.
Good straight grass beeves, $3.50
to $4.00.
Good grass cows, $2.50 to $2.75.
Good to choice stock calves, $3.75
to $4.25.—Pecos News.
Advertised Letters.
Remaining in the postoffice at
Hereford for the week ending Sept.
30, 1903:
Mr. Clifford Acker, Mrs. Ola
Berry, John Brown, Miss Nannie
Barnes,, R. E. Bardwell, Mrs. Ola
Clark, Frank Duren, Jno. Fancher,
Mrs. Mary Garrett, Sarah Hodges,
J. E. Huffman, Mrs. Lucy Mills,
Thomas W. Roberson, W. B. Rob-
erts, Miss Laura Sheppard, Mrs. F.
W. Slater, Obie Smith, Marion
Smith, G. W. Sneathen, Miss Bettie
Vincent, Mrs. M. P. Vance, J. M.
Wood, J. W. Yates.
In calling for above please say
"advertised".
W. J. Walters, P. M.
a boom
does not, ultimately, bring about the best results to a community.
the panhandle
si NOT on a boom, but is enjoying the most rapid growth of any sec-
tion of Texas.
WHY?
Because only recently have the public at large realized the opportun-
ities which this northwest section of Texas offers. The large ranches
are being divided into
SMALL STOCK FARMS.
Wheat, corn, cotton, melons, and all kinds of feed stuffs are being
raised in abundance, surpassing the expectations of the most sannguine.
A country abounding in sjch resources (tried and proven), together
with the
LOW PRICE
of lands, cannot help enjoying a most rapid growth, and that is what is
happening in the Panhandle.
H
The Denver Road"
has on sale daily a low rate home-seekers ticket, which allows you
stop-overs at nearly all points; thus giving you chance to investigate
the various sections of the Panhandle.
Wr'te A. A. GLISSON,
General Passenger Agent, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
For pamphlets and full information.
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Weekly Stock Train
Beginning Monday, July 27th, 1903, and continu-
ing every Monday thereafter until November 23rd,
1903, or as long as the business shall demand, we will
operate our regular Weekly Stock Train for the season
of 1903, in connection with the A. T. & S. F. Ry. to
Kansas City, St. Joseph and Chicago markets. This
train is put in service in order to offer the best possible
facilities for the shipment of market cattle in less than
train-load lots from New Mexico and the Panhandle of
Texas. Particulars as to schedule, etc., can be ob-
tained by writing (See Local Agent)
DON A. SWEET
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Ray, J. & Vanderburgh, F. L. The Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, October 2, 1903, newspaper, October 2, 1903; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth142367/m1/4/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.