DROUGHT IN TEXAS
THOUSANDS OF CATTLE SHOT SHORTAGE OF WATER AND FEED. P rmtt i*#o*i»lion—Bj Telegraph—Copyrifht. NEw”yORK, July 26. Cowboy firing squads in Texas are shooting cattle at the rate of over 1,000 a day to end the animals’ torture from thirst and starvation. Over 61,000 Have already been killed, and it is feared that it may be necessary owing to the drought to destroy 400,000 1 of the State’s herd of 7,000,000 beef and dairy cattle.
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Evening Star, Issue 21784, 28 July 1934, Page 17
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77DROUGHT IN TEXAS Evening Star, Issue 21784, 28 July 1934, Page 17
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