, 1874-05-25

Patterson, 5000; George 8. Roynolds, be500;
Ohsrlos doodwight, 5000, Martin oavon, 200.
forgotten. but tho whole number Of cattlo
fall far ehort OF
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND HEAD.
OF theao, porhaps 10000 10 to Montana, 1900
to Utah, 1900 to Nevada, 5000 to Wyoming,
10,O0D 70 California II, 900 to Idaho, and 90, 900
to Kansas and Colorado. Tho amount OF capital
required to transfor this Immense body Of stock
At .Abtlono, Kan., . year Or two aRo, 100000
honti Of cattio were handled In single soaHon.
In ono month (Soptember) 10000 bond wero
transferred, and in another month (octobor)
1ired 100 oars per day and q single latk IN
Kansns City handled during the sonson 90, 10000
" rhe @ Schuyler, Mob, eattle-traao has now
load changed banda thoro In ono seaaon, and
tho First National Bank Of Omaha handlod
$500, 900 Of cattlo-monoy.
Large Is the cattlo-trado may Beom, II is ~
yet
Tho rapid increase OF our population from for
o!gn and domestic SOURCES loatla to tho belief
TINT, for many years. to GOMEZ all tue boof that
can bo ratsod will find ready market at largo
profits to tho pIoduceF AZ present tho Psodast s
mand, aud tho profits nro enormous. beef
ought to bo raised on the Plains aud dellvered at
q cost Of 9 cents per pound, and, until it ts,
there need be no apprehension OF oyororowdtng
That beef can in our day be had 10 ohenp aB 6
contH per pound seems improbable} and yot,
oven At ~ cents per pound, think lnrgo profits
can be realized III cattlo-brceding on tho Plains
Of tho West.
IA population at tho Enst bocomoH more odonao
nyo-Btook Of ali kinds gradually locroascs. bo-
ca.lHo farmers need their lluds, and flnd 1t moro
profitable on R1nall piocos to raise cereals mud
vegetables. than cattle, horaos, and sheep. This
will, I think, account, IN greatmeasure,. for the
vnst increaao Of population over stocls In the
States during tho last few years. II Ia only In
large pastures like
THE 1lM1z1Ess pLA1Ns,
vhero land Is Of little or no value, that stool-
raising becomes profitable. Even tho Plains,
boundlees as thoy seem, arc fast disappearing
before tho advancing waves OF population.
Texas, the great oattlo.rancho Of North Amoricat
in ono year received over 100000 people, and
already cattle-growers there feel they must soon
look elsewhere for untrnmmoled rungos. fow
moro yealB like tho past two, fow deductions
Of million aoros Of pasture.lands in q single
season, and Texas will DO no moro Of
Ohio. Tho lands OF Texas aro nearly all TILL
nblo, rich-produoing lands. and one day tho
State will be denaely populated. Already many
etock.men. Orc driving out and preparing to
abandon the State as a eattle-growlng roglon'
''Texas is wanted for corn."
New York, with her settlements $50 yoara old,
and population Of 100000, has $4,000 oxen
and Htook cattle; Pennsylvania with ovor 8, ,0U0,-
600 people, has 721, ,0D0; Ohio, with 5000 900 i'll
habitants, has $4,000; and Texaa, with only
500, 900 people, has 8,800, 900 cattlo.
The Plains arc our s.
ONLY RELIABLE PABTURE-unouNDs;
they arc vaat, untillablo, aud rich in buffalo-
grass Tho valleys will bo aottled and irEi-
gated; but millions Of acres of uplands,
whoro .wator cannot DO carried,, will for
hundreds OF years, remain great paature-1elda !;
aud here, upon q thousand hills, will
grow the cattle that IRE to supply tho milton
Will, beef. It III no e1aggoration to say that,
within tho present century. our population will
reach 100, ,000 900, and tho United StatoH be prac
tically settled. There will thon DO no West to 80
to, but farms and citios and cities and farms,
euc,y,chere. Few realize how fast our country
is settling. I predict that those Who begin rails
ing cattle now, and are wiBo enough to buy their
ranches will. before tho end Of tho con-
tury,, If thoy live, seo tho lands OF
their ranches worth moro than their
herds could over have been. Before forty years
have passed, every ncro OF good tillable land be-
tween the Missouri River and Califoruin will bo
worth $50 IN gold. Those who wish to raiao
CATTLE and are Wisest. will buy the lands of their
ranches tho moment 1t ia offered for Hnlc by the
Government. JAMES s. BR1sDIN.