The Republican journal., 1876-12-28

10 return, however. TO our subiect-a a
lalk about cattle. Ii seems as il the next
| lew years We're to largely change the beet
supply OF the East Instead OF coming from
eNas, IS now, the best and most viii
come from the old buffalo ranges in West
| efn Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming.
there are now more cattle on the plains
IMAM ever before, Large numbers from
me Texas ''drlye5' instead OF being mar
| keled nj once are driven westerly over tht.
| ranges to feed a lew months before being
sold Generally cattle winter we'll, with
out shelter or much if any feed beyond
what they get by grazing Last winter was
open and mild, without any hard storms
or severe weather But the winter before
that was unpreccdentedly cold and thou
sands OF cattle persisted. On the average
the stockmeu take chances and come out
without much loss from exposure; but it
/ is found best to be prepared for storms
and extreme weather, and it is now custo-
mary among the most experienced herd
rr@ to have shelter and feed for their ocks
during the winter
The plains cattle men are not wholly
dependent upon the ups and downs OF
Eastern markets Some of them have 4
'isti N'i4ltti'i i''t tIltil tt'Ato IlOlii bIit
markets of Denver. Chevcnne and the
larger towns Of Colorado and Wyoming,
and large numbers arc driven into the
mountains to supply the miners camps
The sales to butchers in Denver last sea-
SON amounted ~l50,UOU, and to the noun
tam trade SIG, 900. During the past
summer there has been Il brisk demand
from the san Juan country and from the
new towns IN the Black HIS. There has
been a good deal Of risk and much loss in
trying 10 drive cattle INTO the latter
region, owing 10 the frequent Indian raids
and stampcdIng; but where 4 man could
get through safely he had no trouble in
disp0sing If his beeyes at n high price,
Eat cattle are worth s cents per pound on
the hoof ut Dcadwood ~ the older set
tIed towns along the line OF the railways
in Colorado and Wyoming the price Of
beet is moderate, but high enough to give
4 good profit to the drover At Denver
the price IS from > - to ; cents II retails
in the hutcher-shops at 10 cents for round
steaks, and lj for sroin. The market is
easily affected, in an upward direction, by
an orershipmeut to the East, leaving IA
supply OF marketable beeycs short, or by
Il stampede in the winter NelT often
cold, windy snow storm will be followed
by an advance, as iOr instance, last spring.
when beeVeS advanced to > cents per
pound on The huot and for some weeks
retaled at the butcher shops at 20 to Is
cents per pound
But at the low prices for beet cattle now
prevailing the plains droyers have no very
diSc0uraging outlook What depresses
the Texas droyer and entails upOn him
ne''V5 io'9es mas very m little enect upon the
Go'oi"''o IloNe1' nc to7V u raI9laS
'eo' e. ana .ue LOSSES ny S'aiii Ptoe' tlieN-
i'lS ''''' iIi'liiI5 '''e ''ot ie"i'H 90 3ieaI
~ !" ."o i'7'l i'lEeI county, nc NoIo-
''. g -! ~ ''"9 'Iio 80 iiIa 'oei'
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1asg at tbn mercy nf the enacniatoI.s WHO
'-1 81 'l4'' 1iNA ~ INV - wiz
every spring 60 down early into the cattle
d;st,ictt avn enrnad tlo noet doIntrI ac-
,nnnts 81 Tie rro,ncrtq In. the comi1o
seasons trade II the times are dull and
thn d,.otn, ha,l ~, tbn,- bara an Aha Lnt.
fen, ahanrna fo f,.iGbtan and .nnpala him
'rh,. rre,1lt IS larne cnntraots for bcryoq ia
be delivered At such q time 10 certain
shir,;r, ,,,int~ Nrh,I,. har,la hora I,r.
inG the past tew seasons. often been bought
mn II q, Der head or cnlled out at 1:5 per
head This Is from - to 80 cents per 100
Mounds GROSS From the wear 1867. when
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