, 1876-12-25
The Cattle Of the Plains Superior in
Quality to Those Of Texas.
Tho Big Owners. md Extent Of
Their Possessions.
Something About the sFCow.Doys"
and "Rounding.Up."
The Shipping Points and Profits
OF the Business.

y" aesou"I u SUNG ~ tio 'atEe hcfue anu ..
the important eattte lntcrcsts o. that State' II
mas occurred 10 me toat soou aenl might also
oe sn'a aoout eattle'fa's1ne on the plalns' IL
may hot 10 eehcla''y KNOWN thae the oia oal-
la'o ranges afc 1ast hlling up "lth fine nerds.
10 making tsIp from EMS 10 box Elder, on
tle hansas Faenc' OF lrom Doaeo Clty 70
fucblo' on inc Aehisof1' TOPEKA q snnta 70,
or from Jn'eseusg to Laramie CITY, on the
Union Faca'c Hailroao' distance OK IRON :V1 to
300 miles, one need not look very ahnrp 70 SEQ
that catilo seem 10 no plenty, anu, at some
places 10 taifIy cover lho PLAINS II Is only nFo
or aix years since tho ca&t'e mcn began to
pitt the'f "dnVes" IN any coneocfablo
numbers wcii OUT on TO inc p'alns 70
srazei anu oelofo taat time very &c" permanent
ranches ~ese essaohsncd' no" tne.o afo nun
afcas OF herus, eaeh numbering from ono 10
aso thousanu catt'c, anu so!no running "a h9h
as len ana twenty 'houhanu' aionE tHe smoky
hill Inc Arkansas fallef, ana INC Laramie
rIa!ns' Inc fIatto anu Arkansas lar up TO
the'r very sources, tne asFlao separating theiF
hcad.watefs, tle ioot-h'lis, ana Tue PARKS IN the
very hcaTS ol li'e ROCKY -, Mo1nsa'hs' nave ocen
lounu Eoou paeIufaee' Inns -..-.--..
BUSINESS HAS 'Sch6Ashu hAr1nLf'
iho assessment returns LOT Inns year snow that
the9e a1e aoou. ooo'ooo l'ea'l q sAt'1e IN eolo-
fado, anu ABOUT as many more a'one INC vest
eFn borders o. Kansas ann ID Nebraska ana IN the
territory Of wyoming 1hoso most extensive
~. eneaeea III Tue business ate oid le3as aroV-
c!s. Inc ea.tle eamo 'ateelIs a1 asst' from
4e3as' p"t uu,1ne t!o pass lntee uF 'ou1 years
largo imPortatlons oI biooucd bulls and Grado
cattle have been made, and u great deal Of at
tsntion ia paid to breeding IN. The result la
.1s..I, ,oe,, l., .,,t ~ ,,,,tnt,.r. - rs1r..,
alrcauy seen III Ihat tnc Quntat|ou6 OF Coofado
and Wyoming beef in tho Chicago market arc
higher than ti,oso Of Texan.
eua5 oe saiu 49, s''a. nsee0'ty ease tAo catr,c c,
interests OF th1s SECTION their Htort' lhe
"driycs from Texas IN 1873 aud 1874 numbering
from a50,ooo to 850.O0o head each year, wcro
fourd ~ hc for IN crcea. ~ thc dor,on;, f,r
.oanu ~ W .a ~ @ ,.n. ~ .no as.u ~,
profitable marketing, nna urovcrs who could
nfford to hold o1 md not sell at the low prices
prevailing began to figure out the most
.,,,, ,,.",a ttro,.,h ~. ,,,t,,.a, a-s s,,.n A..
WEI A.tue sA'oefu stu "r"'sA a".' ee'n suo
trade should improve lno fast gTnstng-
grounds Of the plains lay to tho wcst OF them,
Knnsaa Icpis,a,,,re hclnr1 t,,o mntter sono h..
4s""os1 r~S wv .""u,A a1'o ~
estaolls.nB VIVA. - Nno"n ~ sne oeAu 4'ne,
plAclng limits which wero changed from time to
time, within which Texas cattle were not
allowed. Tho sh,pntnp notnta ,yere hv th,s
ms.r,s o-a1 fu..I,nr rvnst.r"sa tsa, s4'o
Msaao ~. ao,su a. Ant s., ~ s,s,.s 'o 2sat "
year, until now, instead OF Ao''eno ana Empo-
RIM the droycr coming up from the Red River
must change his couree and strike for the mil
.oan t,s.s ~ 49,. :, hs ' ~. y. po.A.o 1...' ..'
cattle come up for .npment At stations a uM nos s
in tho centre Of the plains, and the cattlc find
such good grazing that unless high prices tempt
an irnmedlRtc shipment to market they are held
back. -,