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respect excellent, and two or three of
the hotels in Fort Worth will compare
favorably with any in the Southwest.
bbe fort mortb tunton
Stock Jarbs
Has over 500 acres of ground, a larger
tract of land than that owned by any
stock yards in the West for similar pur-
poses, and one that for drainage, con-
venience of location, and railroad
shipping facilities, could not be im-
proved on. There are ample yards, pens
and sheds, and a commodious building
for a hotel, live stock exchange, and
offices of commission merchants. A
good market is here established for
cattle, hogs, sheep, horses and mules.
Owing to the native pasturage the year
through, and the mild winters and small
expense of raising cattle, they can here
be produced and fattened for market 25
per cent cheaper than in any State, and
50 per cent cheaper than in many States,
and it can be established as a fact that
50 bushels of corn will finish and fatten
a steer in Texas as well as 80 bushels in
the latitude of Chicago and Omaha.
Texas is the only State producing both
corn and cotton seed in large enough
quantities to justify extensive feeding
and fattening on those products. Cotton
seed is easily preserved, cheap to handle,
and makes an excellent quality of
beef. Cattle can be shipped from
Fort Worth direct to New York
as quick and as cheap as from
Central Kansas or
Nebraska. Fort -:
Worth has for many -
years been the live -'
stock center of Texas ' i
and the entire South-
raising, feeding,
shipping, or dealing
in cattle, live or do
business in Fort
Worth, than in any
other city or town inthe United States, and the location of
the stock yards and packing house here
more fully establishes her position as
headquarters for the owners of the
7,000,000 cattle of Texas, which is over
one-seventh of all the cattle in the
United States.
abe fort M1ortb Ipacktn
50ouse.
The largest institution of its kind in
the South, and the most extensive south
of St. Louis and Kansas City, is now in
active operation, and represents in
ground, buildings, machinery and work-
ing capital, an outlay of over $600,000,
and has a daily capacity of 1,500 hogs,
and 250 cattle. No longer can it be said
that our hogs are shipped to Chicago or
Kansas City, and sent back in the form
of lard, hams and bacon, the cost of
shipping the live animals having been
deducted from the price the producer
should receive,
and the con-
sumer
having
to pay
the ex-
'. 7:ctra cost of shipment of
the manufactured pro-
duct. The people of
Texas consume each
year over $21,000,000
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Texas & Pacific Railway. The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest, book, 1896; St. Louis, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61116/m1/63/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .