Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1901 — Cattle Too Poor to Ship. [ARTICLE]

Cattle Too Poor to Ship.

The cattle of Arizona are so poor on account of the short pasturage caused by drought that the Southern Pacific, it is reported, has issued an order that cattle from Arizona destined to points in Texas on the Texas & Pacific road, cannot be accepted for through shipments, because the T. & P. refuses to take the cattle, owing to their poor condition. The order recommends that shippers prepay to El Paso, locally, and that the shippers there m-ke their arrangements with the officers of the T. & P. for further shipments. This order practically suspends shipments by this route from Arizona. The recent rains have done much good, and it is said that cattle are rapidly recovering with plenty of green grass and a good outlook for winter feed. The northwestern and central sections of Texas are full of coal and valuable mineral wells. Kohl-rabl grows well on loamy soils, whether heavy or light.