| Show Cattle Keiiorts CHICAGO February Voluminous reports concerning the condition of cattle irom the great stock ranges was published here to day of which may be summarized as follows TexasThe loss along the northern tier of the Panhandle counties where the prairie fires destroyed the feed is heavy On the range south of Mobeetie and Fort Elliot the loss is estimated at EUiotithe 80 per cent It is laimed however that on the whole the loss in Texas will only be about 5 per cent Montana The stock is in good condition condi-tion Cattle have wintered well so far Manitoba Ranchmen report a favorable favor-able winter and cattle coming through in fine condition KansasIn the western part of the State there was a heavy loss on account of the unparalleled blkzard in January stockmen admit that the number of cattle frozen in the country tributary to Dodge City will reach 25000 head Colorado The cattle on the plains have stood the winter well and the losses are less than 2 per cent In some of the mountain parks there is still danger dan-ger of great losses as the ranges are overstocked and feed is scarce Wyoming Cattle have never experienced experi-enced a better winter No snow since January the 1st The warm weather keep the streams open Along the Platte for three weeks the mercury ranged from G9 to 70 degrees above The loss will not exceed 1 per cent |
