, 1874-05-25

Balance to proat, exclusive Of 10 per cent In
tercst. sbA,4io
Tho only fault can find with this statement
Is tho price at which old COVE arc valued. A1r.
Loncrgan mny sell old cows at 922.60 each onco
Or twice; but 1t strikes me that, in making esti-
mates, $17 per head would be quite sufficient to
put upon this class Of stock,
Tie estimate Of Mr.. Lonorgan'a head may,
however, in tho mnin, be relied on; aud, If it
Ia correct, then We sec that, on an investment Of
Ego 600, in tho co,lrae OF three and half years,
tho capitalist withdraws all but 81, 4,000.-recoiv-
Ing, in tho meantime, 10 per cont intorost. aud.
at the end Of the above tin1o, finds his stoos OK
elusive Of horses, wagons, aaddleB, fixtures. etc.,
worth aG635o. This is indood
AN ADMIRABLE INVESTMENT,
and encouraging to new beginners but lot them
beware how they trust their funds in such en-
.terpriscB. To succeed like Mr. Lonorgan one
must have shrewdneas, patience, eclf-rolianco,
and my amount Of energy md capacity for
work and, ubove all, good luck. a storm, IN
Indian raid, sickness, cattle disease, or dozen
of unforeseen accidents may arise, whereby all
the profits will bo cut OH md the capitalist
bankrupted. It all goes we'll, then there is big
money in driving cattle; but it ia seldom oil
goos we'll for ovon six months; and, while many
lQ60s u 1Gh uIhA6 Alouo5 ALu 61uH 1hP4AA4 44I44.
Those who ,are familiar with Texas cattle-
hordng nre often amused at tho Importance at
tacllod to few Thousand head on tho Plains.
man will point to his 1000 cattle and say, with
pride, "Thcro is fine herd, and big ono, too;
will soon havo cattle enough to make mo d
: rich man," What would such owners say II they
could dce the herds OF some Of our
TEXAS cATTLE-anowERs?
On the Sautn Catutoa Riyor there lB ranole
containing "a. .132 acros. It is owned by one man,
nntl has on it G5 900 hoad Of CATTLE 600 horsos
1000 sheep, aud 5000 goats. ThlR immonHe
number Of live stock requires LOCO Haddle-
horses mud 800 11exicans to attend and hord 1t.
Ten thousand beeyos arc annually aold from the
rancho, and Il, 900 young calves branded.
There IS another ranche, on the San Antonio
River, near Goliad, which grazes 10000 head Of
CATTLE aud brands II 900 calyeB annually. The
owner Of this rancho HelIs s75, 900 worth Of stock
oacll yoar, and his herds nre constantly increas-
ing. In 1862 this man began raising cattle with
1,600 hoad, and his rresens enormous herds
and wealth are tho result Of natural increase.
On tile Gulf, between the Rio Grande and Tho
Neuces, IL q rauche containing 142, $40 acres. 1t
is on d peninsula surrounded on throe sldee by
water, and to iuooBe tho other aido has required
tho building OF
rrl1!ry-oNE MILES OF pLANK-FENcE.
Evory miles nlong the fence arc houses for
herders, and enormous stables and pens t9r
stock. There are yrnzed in this inclosure 10000
head Of eef-cattle, uosidcs All immense number
Of other stock. .....
A rauche OH the Drazos River contains $4,000
bead Of cattle, 800 horses, mud 10 llerdera. The
pwncr drives 900 cattle to market annually.
Thirteen years ago lie was . poor farmer in Te,l-
nebHee; but, selling his land, aud going to the
Drazos, he succeeded, by dint Of hard lahor, in
getting together GO COVE and 9 brood-mareH,
when 10 won't to raising stock. lie, haa now
aGH 7f 1fln
and ha IL still under % yeaIs of ago. This man
iB establishing stock-ralches Oh tho Platte River,
in Nebraska, where l.o now has 5000 head Of
cattle, aud expects to bring In III, ,0Q0 more
There il a ranehe on the Coucho Riyor, To1as,
where ain told ono man owns over 10000 head
Of steers al1 mich cows These are very Cattle
Kings indeed.
Thoro are hundreds might mention, but tho
following will suillco to chow who arc
QUIZ RICH UATTLE-oWNEnB:
Richard King. OH tho Santa Caturos hRs G5. 600
cattle. 10000 horses, and 7,000 sheop; hIr.
O'Connor, on the Sun Antonio, has III, 600 cattle
john l1itHen laB, OIL Brazos River, 10, ,000 hnrheH
John Hitaon Inns, alao on the BsazoH, to, 0U0 cat
tie; John Chisholm haa, on tile Conclio lliyer,
10000 cattle; William 1ltaen .a, has 5000 cattle
sSSs; George NsaSsrs a6ss; Charles hSera esa
10000; James Brown, 15,0A0; 9. J, johnson.
8,boo; g. i. Johnson, 1000; Robert s1oan. H.
600; Andesson aa@ sbtotefs oeooi ssa5oggina !
Chllders, 10000; Mr. Cunningham, 1900; MIR.
Mnskaw, 1000; Lacy L Coleman, 12.000.
Tho beat grazing oou'lties IN foxas are said to
bo Throolmorton, Stevens, Jack Young, CAlo-
l,an, Coleman, brown, Torrent, ElratI, Ga
manche, raloplnto,. Hill, and Johnson. They
lio along tho Ito 0ranlo, NouceB, Guadalupe,
San Autouio,. Colorado, Loon, Drazos, Trinity,
Sabine, ard TED Rtyors: From tl.em afe driven
arc slaughtered, paclod In steamers, or put ON
alive aid shipped to New York, boston, aud
other Northorn oitios. A great many cattle arc
annually driven North on foot to KanaaB, Utah,
Wyoming, a,ui Nebraska. Homo paHs into Ari-
zona. California, Nevada, Montana, and ldaho
but the mass puas !ato Colorado, Kansas, ane
Wyoming.
TIE PROMINENT DRIVERS
orc John Hitaon. WHO brought Up to tue plstto!
III ono yaar, 7,000 hoad; John Chisholm. whose
annual drive WIS 5000 loal; Frank Tnrksley,
1900 head; Mr. MoKldsiok. 1,0u0;. stephen
Jones'. 1000, ]. u. Martnns, 1,60oi 9, q
Cooper, 1000; 4. ". h U. p. Black, 500
JaneA Hart, 1000; a1r. Wilson, 500; ]. D. Hen
larson, 1900; William Forsytho, 1,50o; G; O.