Show A Hard Winter on Cattle I ST Louis March 18Amos T Atwater I water secretary of the National Cattle and Horse Growers Association returned today He reports a great diversion of opinion regarding the losses sustained by the cattlemen of Texas during the past winter they being variously placed at from 1 to 10 per cent His own estimate is from 3 to 5 per cent The winter has been the most severe ever known in Texas and the drifting of cattle very great Last year at this time over 1000 000 worth of contracts were held by Texas ranchmen but this year not a dollar Mr Atwater thinks the days of free grazing in Texas are about over In the near future stock raisers will have to pasture their herds on their own lands and cultivate ground enough for fodder to carry their cattle through the winter |