Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-07-14
Farm and FlrpS1de.
G.gTTLh PHI.NCES or TENTS.

There aie five great natural grazing re-
g,ons in the world. The interior of Asia,
ON her high table lands, and the valleys of
Ter lofty mountains, have furnished rich
puSturagc, summer and winter, since the
time of Abel, who was keeper of sheep
and of label, "who was the father of such
H. live in tents, and such as have cattle"
This Asiatic grazing is greater in area than
all Europe.
The second pastoral country in point of
age is South Africa. All the vast region
lying south of the Kong Mountains and
Mountains of the Moon in ten degrees
north latitude to the Cape of Good Hope, in
Ihiriy-live degrees south latitude, feeds i'm
mensc herds of gramniverous animals the
year round.
The interior of South America is the third
great pasture ground. On her wide and
boundless Pampas countless he DIS of ami
mails Craze.
The fourth region is Australia.
The fifth is our own trans Missouri and
Mississippi country.
Texas is truly the cattle hive of North
America. While New York, with her t.
100000 inhabitants, and her settlements
two and a half centuries old, has As, 900
oxen and stock cattle; while Pennsylvania,
with more than 3,00O,OO0 people, has 72l,-
900 cattle; while Ohio, with 100000 pco-
pie, has 10000 cattle; while Illinois, with
2so0,0OO people, has SCI, 600 cattle; and
while Iowa, with 5000 people, has &c.
900 cattle; Texas, and forty years of age,
aud with her 5O0,OO0 people, had 900, 900
head of oxen aud other cattle, exclusive of
COWS, in 1857, as shown by the returns of
the county assessors. In 1870, allowing for
the difference between the actual number
OF cattle owned and the number returned
for taxation, there must he fully 5000, 900
head of hccvcs and stock cattle. This is
exclusive of cows, which at the same time,
are reported al 600 head. In 1870 they
must number 100000, making grand TO-
tai of 3, 100000 head of cattle in Texas, one
fourth of these are cevcs, onc-lourth are
COWS, and the other two-fourths are year
lngs and two-ycar olds. There would,
therefore, be $4,000 beeves, $4,000 cows,
and 100000 young cattle. There are ann
ually raised and branded $50, 900 calves.
Those cattle are raised on the great plains
of Texas, which contain ~, 1000 600 acres
ln tbe VAST rroiors watched hy tr,e pin
,;r,ndc Neuccs Gord.,In,n, 81, ,,tnr.
i, CuIorodo Loan Kroyos rrini,,. Saline
and Red rivers, these millions of cattle
craze upon! almost tropical growths of
vegetation. They are owned by the rancho
men, who own from one thousand To sey-
rhtN five thousand each
GREAT RANCHES
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uucleen Spanish leagues oi land or eighty.
four thousand one hundred and thirty-two
acres. 1t i, watered plenlifully by the
Santa CMuItoS river and its tributaries
On this rancho are the immense number Of
sixty live Thousand cattle, ten thousand
horses, seven thousand sheep and eight
thousand goats. one thousand saddle hor-
SEES and three hundred MeXicans are con
>t'ntly employed in herdins, gathering
and driving this stock.
Colonel klhg brands annually twelve
thousand calves ana sells ten thousand
pre' ca'V' Hc"'lN, anu '"Nes'S the proceeds
III STOCK calt'e' therepy addlhs TO MS vas
nerds IN ADDITION 10 their natural increase
o'cONNoR's RANcHE,
twenty miles below Goliad, on the San An
tonic river, is another princely estate. III