New-York tribune., 1870-11-05
TEXTS CATTLE.

inst very InterestDg article on oatersns
| In Texas from which make extracts ~ follows;
Texas ia truly the cattIe-biye Of North America Whs
New-York with her fOD0O0D inhabitants and her 7ote
ments half centuries Old. has $4,000 oxen anh
stock cattle while PENN yaDa, with more than ,.0aos
ma ma c4fIe While Illinois, with so 200 people T.
900 cattle aud while iowa. with laoo0 peep,s bas
her 500 100 people, had 265o,61O head of oxen a,d
| other cattle exclusive of cows IN 1857. ~ shown
| by the returns .f the County As-essors y"
1870 allowing for the difference between the s,tgai Du
ber Of cattle owned nd the number re,nrneh ne ios
stock cattle. This IA excin-ye OF cows wbicb, AZ the
tiIne, reported AT 6O00O head In lo,1 ueJ
head Of cattle In Texas ODeontb Of theoe are bceyes
fourth cows sud the other twofourths ara year
| ngs and two yoar olds. There would therefore, bo
9glOo boeves. e5Oc0 cows, and l9O0Ooo young cattle
These cattle raised on the great plains OF ieHp
| which contain i51.oo.0oo acres; ,,, a., 49,.
Gmadalup Antonio, Colorado. Leon, Brazos Trinity
sal aud Rcd Rivers, these millions Of cattle grazs
upon almost tropical growtbs OF vegetation. They
owned by the rinchemen, who own from 100 y, 7oos
will describe twcof these great ranches. which
will represent to your readers he large rancnrs @ .. s ~
cattle hive On the santa Catrtos Rver " inc rsncne o
| Col Richard King known ~ the sahui ,a.niS 5iaS
Rancho" This rancho consists OF nineteen spanish
y 10y the santa Catruos River and its tribItsre, On
-addc-hores and 800 Mexcans are eonstanty e~p'''e"
in hearine gathering, aud driving this stocs IN ,.
Col King brands annually 1900 calves and seIis io.s ,
beef cattle yearly ana nyes beT se in addition to er
natural Increase OC;onnors rancho, 20 miles below
| estate lie had 10000 cattle in 1852. branded LII
calves and selling from 5000 W sv 80 ~, ,,h 0
were laid in 1852 when he commenced grazing with os
cattle The RDdean1 Gsnsns aa tn I Sss owned by
kennedy contains 49, $40 acres: ~ y erne pe%hnsds %
The waters OF the Gulf The other side Ii fenced by
miles plank fence Every three mes OF ihs ienos
ha. te rancho for xican herders In this inclOsuro
aTe 90 beef cattle alone besides the other stock These
three types Of the men IN the older cattle growing
The frontier counties are all rich stock Jack Young
| rent Elrath Comsnehe, Palopinto, Hit. and Johnson
are all great stock counties. These counties cOmpIls
The country drained by the thousands of streams that
form Rio Grsnde. Nueces, Guadaoupe san AutOnlo.
Colorado, Leon, Brazos Trinity sabine and Red 'sr-
is Of the best watered regions IN America Ihs
| bluffs and table lands bordering and between thess
streams are covered with "bnnch" " s oiltao, si aia
are John Hitson, who has 5000 cattle VIM ultLson.
who has $500; g. W slaughter, 200o head; j. Lynch.
5000 head Geo Beavers 5000; Chas Rivers, io.oS:
James Brown 1900; G. j. johnson, 5000 T. JACKSON.
900; Rob sloan. $4,000 (haf Durham socEl; Anderson
Bros 500: Coggins Parks 2oOOe SAM Vaughn, 6oce
Martin Childers 1900; Cunningham, sOoi manoAo"'
John Httsons rancho is in Palo Pinto County on tho
Brszos River. where be has 5000 cattle ne nas 70 ssi
de horses and He drives about OUO head of
cattle north annually. Eighteen years ago ne was Nors
ing from daylight i'll dark in Rhea County
burning logs. and clearing the land 10 raise little corn
e ssd kSew weya' that Il Would take the
wears OF natural life clear away the trees and wear
labor for life, sold his land and with Gu Texan cows
and nine brood mares turned ms iaee toSard ae tns
and the grass regions of the brazes, Less han
score Of years have passed ana ne naS ooVp ne.i
VI esps Old h six feet IN hight and broad shoudere has
an honest sunburnt face, with square nnset under
frmer giving him more determined look than would
otherwise, hut for dozen or two encounter. with the
and Unsuitable COmanches, who knew HttsOn and
his old long muzzeloadng rifle WELL and now know him
With hi n ns naye on oisSn sm With M
ser and received ten shots in minute instead OF one In
fiye minutes They must have thought the old rine
| he
BERTH unless they creep upon hn s the huner does
upon the buffalo bull he does not dare to face. Mr. HIT
son is establishing the south Plaee. old
Fort Morgsn for use as his general ISTtGern heusr
10000 head there for sale next season John Chthonon
on TEa o. whe ls carries d @ b
ness princely scale, and whose experience Is Teh
like that of Hitts0n OF the thousands Of owners Of the
large means They have built themselves up from small
beginnings. ike Hittson and Chisholm.
The surplus stock is disposed of by packing by Shp-
ping by steamer to the Gulf states by driving due norh
northwestern route to the Pecos river where the drove,
divide, some going TO Arizona and California by the
river crossng Ar and above Rents old fort and thence
along the eastern base OF the mountains through Colo
radO and across the Black HILLS, to the nion Pacific ai
road and the great valley and yomg
Utah, Montana Idaho, Nevada and the Pacific state.
The beeyes selected before the herds leave the
Chicago and New-York ii thin they arc Left IN The val
leys OF Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska 20 fatcn.
The amount of money handled by bankers aiong the
base Of the mountains from Cheyenne Ia Trinidad is
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amount but II cannot be less than Al 10000 Every set
tier who comes into any OF these mountain territories.
mine that is opened, every Indian who goes
and fed soldier who l. brought into the
country, creates additional demand for stock cattle
and beef As astounding as these figures may SEEM the
supply has not been nearly adequate 20 meet the de-
mand Great preparations are making IN NorthWestcrn
Texas Ia gather together herds which in numbers have
| not been heard OF before
Abilene has been the great market this year At that
figures Of 100000 head. The shipments the month OF
september amounted to head, 1888 loads
III carloads per day, for the great cuTGeids Iowa.
Missouri and Illinois. IL IL anticipated that the sEip
ments Will reach 5000 in October This great cattle
trade at Abilene, which has assumed such gigantic pro-
PORTIONS Was initiated in 1861 and has therefore counted
only four In 1867 5000 head OF stock
ceived IN 1863, ll5,0oo; in 1853. 10000; In
1870 20O,0J In 1863. one bank alone in Nal S,s
City handled ea,00O0O cattle money The cattle
driven and sold here from the part the
State, the Rio Crande the Red Rivers. At Schuy
Ter, ths year. which experiment only, 27,OOO cat
tie sold Tie Irst National Bank OF Omaha
handled $50 go IN OF his cattle business
informed those who know that 400OO csttlo
could have been sold IL they bad been at Schuyler. Next
year II II hoped the supply Will reach lC00JO, tho
demand for Nebraska, Iowa. south western Mime sofa
| aud Dakota will certainly require that number.
Packing il OF the great oi dspOsng of the
cattle Of Texas. Allen Poole of Galveston "a,
immense numbers OF cattle at Galveston Indauul. and
at ShreN cport and other places I informed that
they more cattle than any other nIu In the STAT.
with and merchant marine, and in every i.e
buying market of Europe Refrigerator o, "a
foTw ard anNous To. to take the place OF live sncuts
cheaper healthier ana with no loss by long with
market of the Missouri River and west Of the sierra
| NeN .das VII receive beef from Texas.
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