Middletown transcript., 1871-04-29
SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL

money handled along the hasc Of the
mountains in transferring this stock was
over 81, 250, 900. At Abilene, the grea,
Kansas cattle market, over 2o0, 900 head
were handled. The shipments in Septcm-
Der reached 60 900 head. mud in October
nearly $4,000 head This immense trade
may be estimated when il is stated that
il took II Il cars per day to transfer the
stock. and one bank IN Kansas City ham
died s.. 600. 900 cattle money. In Ne
braska the cattle trade with the South is
just beginning. yet last year 81 900 head
changed hands at Schuyler. and the First
900 in consequence Of this. i is likely
the trade Mt Schuyler in 1871 will reach
100 900 head Of cattle, and it will require
81 500. 600 TO carry il on.
Large MS the cattle trade may seem. il
is as yet in its infancy, not only in Texas,
New Mexico, Colorado. on the Plattc, but
throughout the United Satcs. The rapid
increase of our population, both from
foreign and domestic sources, demands
a corresponding increase Of food, and at
present there Is no product of cattle that
il anything like equal to tho demand -
Beef can b, raised on the plains, az de-
iscred, at six cents per pound and until
that is done there need be no apprchen-
sion of crowding the cattle market That
beef can ever be had in our days SO cheap
as six cents docs not seem probable, and
vet even n, four aud a half cents per
= mound large fortunes can be made 10 ca.-
lie breeding Il is ouly on these limit
/ less rhin$. where land is of little ur no
value. that stock can be ri-tA to great
l adeantaec But even the plains bound
less as they may sc.ia. nre FIST disapp ar
ing before tn advancing waves of popu-
laiion TcXHs the pt5at cattle hive II
the country las, during tie ro,; year.
received 3H.,4A0 settler, aud already
cattle erowef. here f,cl tati they must
so4a loak 5i4ewhcre FIR nuitammelled
ranges 4 { s. mHr, year. lik the past
fcw deduction, Of a million of aerrs of
pasture lanl. IN s.aelr as5n. and Tex-
~ will BE- 10 more ii arazing r'a'e thpn
T New York, Pennsylvania or Ohio. Yet
compare II, 81 States aul hos do they
stand nov? New Work, with her srttla-
man,- 80 wear. oll aul population aI
40 .0o. has rs 500, ofoSen aui ,tack
ca,tle, Pennsylvania with oger 3 oun Uut
pe lie. las 81 .0on: uhio. with ! nuu. .9ul
nrarle. has :. u .aBg: TeNa4 with sou .oet
people. has J SIN naa eatll. alHne
The rreat flafie Wiley IL. oyer
s .edH.0e aeres Il ueh pastures; hut
haw l50a with thrse aer / min grazing
grounds The non Paeiiif Rlilfoai
las already divided these laai. is9m iaeif
saztsin 10 their western extremity AMI
9as anl Villages arr sprngng NJ every.
where alane it, iron rails Hnl fatm. ara
heinz anenea nn every siie II ilem Ii
Is hi exasgeratian 70 ,at that th pel'lla,
tim .. III | mi. i stat, hrlere tie chs.
i iha fresetl century will reach probably
Ia I'm a4p af peef = Tasa thzfs vii
h. 10 Wrs, n settle mp. no great steel
rsngse. Int fafms anl eities aua eiiia5
aaA flfms everywhere nfe@isf fhai
iha>a mcn whp htgin now hY fai,ius cat.
lie on Government lanas anl are wis
enough II buy portion q The Mn3s q.
soon rs they arr otf,fal fer sale. Will lind
before they dia that these lanis Will bn
worth mnre to them than ,heit hfrd cyei
could haye been Ben Nale nnre said
that h. believed within tie present cen.
fury esarg acre Of eael Ian hgtwesn the
Missouri. River anl the California ea1si
will l. worth fifty dollars in eall Vii
~ this declaration at tic tim seemed Il
h 9lreaay heen realized in many lor.
tians of Nebraska. al.a Is likelf 10 e5mt
true in al our States and Territories wes'
Of lie Zig Mndfls 6.sat. Tim as art
lhe fortunes whieh arr beiue n.aie IN eatt
lie. sill greater will be the fortunes maa.
n mi ThaSe Whn af wises' will mnk,
al tn, sau IN ideir eaule aud ils no.
nenl lhe lanls are FIR sale hny all thra
faa eei. even il they have ta sell faa
If their herd 10 ray for The lands Tn
Homestead Inv rreeludes the possibility
# getting much land in one body, bnf l,'
haying and selling at fair nfifes snIiieien
ground. fer gfnzing purposes my be iat
i many years yet z-Pdt,ta.9 fam.