Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-12-29
Cattle Kings Of Texas.
SOME OF THE LARGE STOCKS HRLD-PRofirs OF
TIE BUslNKsS.

SOME OF TIE LARGE STOCKS HELD-FhOfiISo VI
THE BUSINESS.
a recent letter thus speaks In Texas l
notice much more attention OF late is given
to private pastures. In four years at least
half of many counties west OF San Antonio
river have been inclosed in immense pas
lures by post and plank fences. All pas
lures and no corn Then the small stock
men are growing smaller and fewer, while
large stocks are growing much larger Few
Of your readers have any idea OF The extent
TO which a single man. OF hrm Will, Will
carry this business. For their wonderment,
| will give a few stocks and pastures which
| have seen, with names and figures Allen
q Son, east Of the Brazos. have 40 600 acres
lnclosed, 80 600 head OF cattle, and ship an
nually, including purchases, about 10 900
beeyes. Foster Dyer, west Of the BrazOs,
has II 900 acres inc.Osed, and 46 900 head
Of cattle lie bought IF one party last
spring 5000 three-ysar-old heifers at 50 in
gold each. Caruthers & Brother, north OF
Austin, have &C. O00 cattle on the plains.
U BrIen, on the GuadalOupe, has 80 900
cattle Mr.. Lowe, west of the San Antonio
river, has 10000 acres IN pasturage and
100 900 head OF cattle. 4 widow further
west has 10000 cattle on the plains, and
sells annually 5000 beeyes. Matthews.
Coleman u Matthews, Rockport. Texas,
have 100, 900 acres Of pasturage and $50 600
cattle. They ship annually, including pur-
chases, 30 600 beeves. Duvuse u Ellison,
San Antonio, drove last spring to Kansas
66 600 cattle. and must have at least double
that number on the plains. Mr.. King. west
OF the Nueces river drove to Kansas $4,000
beeyes from his own ranch, and sold at S33
per head. He has 100000 acres OF pasture.
100 900 cattle. and 10 900 horses and mules.
NJ Kennedy, his nelghoor, has 100 600
acres of pasture, { 900 horses and mules.
and 49,, COO cattle. There are many others,
whose stocks are as large. that have not
seen, TO say nothing OF the 10000 to 30 600
stocks, bot tins Will suffice. This seems IN
credible to an Eastern. or even North
western man, and yet IN round numbers is
very nearly correct. And still there IL
very large elimination Of the cattle on the
plans III five years past. | will give you
one of the many instances to show the I'M
mense profits Of this business, when they
can Craze all the wear round. withhold
the names, as II Is not my province 10 make
public the details OF any man : private busl-
ness). Four years ago certain friends Of
mine discussed the pa>turege question, and
hogan to buy and fence IN cheap lands.
They have now $50, 200 acres Of pasture.
are y stematie in all their business, and
opened q stock cattle account separate from
their beef account, debted II with all pur-
chases Of stock cattle (all age-), and credi-
ted it with all sales from said stocks at the
prices ruling there. Tae account shows now
Sll6 900 paid out 10 four years Tor stock
cattle OF al. ages, and $500 900 sale. from
said stock, with ITO 600 cattle on hand,
worth So per head, Or $500 COO AMI the
account out Of debt, making $4,000
profits in four Years, and perhaps dad not
use over S35 600 cash 10 these PURCHASES.
me Others have done as well, or even bet
ter ON smaller scale. The wool growers
are equally a. well satisfied with their bdsi
uess IN the past, though wool Is declining,
while cattle are growing scarcer and higher
every year tor people viii eat), and the
vast grazing plains are being gradually but
surely taken up by small farmers emlgrat-
ing 10 the southwest.