, 1876-11-07
CATTLE KINGS.
The immense Ranges and Herds
of Texas.
Comparative Profits Of Grazing in To1as
and Mississippi

and Mississippi.
~ 70 t.s Et'.or e1' y The i, 7ftsan* r. rot,o.,tnr
GRAND GULF, Miss NgV. 5'-lt - refreshing refreshing
In these times OF universal financial depression
to find even one vocation an exception TO tic
est oi tho country aua ssFee.a5 ."s.'
ana mules I'll IeSas aaa t',s oo".n' wtet' n un.s
erazs n! tl'e yea' round, Frqm s,ane . to Ma*, 4,
yu, rrospcr,us . condition , and satisfied with their
business ass .ne "ool ana usa, hI'" w. s,
and Southwest, whuro the cost of raising bull
loci, mr. mule ahoyo futcrest acco(1,t tlucs ,iut
,rs, rcanh II AZ ;''>''e ~ '~'~0'
'r" " T"roa no,,co much moro ottcnt,on Of ,ato
is given to prtvata pastures. In toltr ycafs paat
Mt lesst fsalf Of mnny counties west Of tho San
Antonio lllyer has been inclosea in Immense
PASTURES PASTURES hv nost and n1anls fences. All nus.
tufcs anu no torn. ihef, thc sn'al' stock nun
arc growing smaller md fewer, while large
stoeks nrn rrow]nn much larger. Few Of yulir
rcot,cra .hava any idea OF the extent to which Il
.,N ~ 49, III, 80. at ,,,I, ~
etos1' o'e'4 Ut h1n "'t vai,5 '''e o1'aso,'
thclr wondcrtncnt WILL s1se lew stoehs h'''!
pastures which ! hayo seen, with naf1os anu
figures. 80 IN nm
annually, Including purchases, abnut a0,0o1
heeyca. Foster Dyer, west Of the nraEos, nus
i9 aetss iI'svssd snd eaa e. s.aaE. st.e.
GID hei!ers, at 81 ~ god casl1 ~ T., C4ratlcrs -
lro., nort!, oi Austin, liavo 10 900 cattle on the
pla!Is 0brcn On ths uad.Io'1pe =, re-, has ss',g HMV
Fsss a.! ssre. wf'' Il stse, ss s' Sna HSS
head q cattle. A'"hlow Indy tnrthGr wcst ilns
t4o,C 700 eatt'u on the rians and sells a.lnually
$4,000 brcygs. Matthews: Coleman d. Matthews,
md i3o,00o cattle. They ship NJ! Annually. IN
ctnding purchases, a0.GGi,0U becycs.
Duyase q Ellison, Van @ Antnn'o, arove Inst !ast
al lcast double that number on the plains. ,Mr.
! King, west of tae Nuercs R!vcr, drew to kal.
sas ~ 0oo hecyes iron hts , oWs, raiscf, ad sola
at SGt peF LIS l!ead Ae as y ~ 3aloo aeres o. 1'as
snrc ca,p H. sn m!t n"m,bCr as h, III
13o,o0o cattlu Tnerc are many others whose
stocks arc ~ large TINT have not seen, TO say
succ.s s Tkis ssslns % increl,l,lo ID al Eastcrn o!
cvrn...a Northwestern man, ana set u Tonn'! @
numbers II very nearly correct; Aud i stsla There
s:rE 'an,e dlfn"ii9 Of the Guile on tl'o
''i viii g'vo one % ot r rmnny instances to show
THE IMMENSE PROFITS
Of thss business wien they can craze alt tho
year round. Il withhold the names. ~ 1t ts not
n,a.''s private bllsIness.) Four years ago, GER
tsin friends of Mine discussed tho 1,asturaec
question, and bcgan to b.,y M ana fence IN siirap
lands. They t.vo now ~, coo acres of pustnre}
a "stock cattle " arrs,unt, separate from hcet
accot,nt dob!ted 1t with al! purchases Of s'stock
cattle" fall nGes}, aud credited # with all sales
from said stocks at tho pr1ccs ruling there.
The account slsowH now $4lD,fge paid otlt III
four years for stock cattls u all ages, and
$520, ,0O0 sales from sad stock6, With llU,O ,OOD
cattle on hand, worth 81 per hrud, or sGt0, ,i)00,
l A. 1f fntf
profits in four ycars; and perhaps, did not use
over $}5, 900 cash iii these purchases. Sone
others lave done nj well, or even better, On q
smaller scale.
with their business IN tho past, though wool 4
lligller every yc1r (tor peopic .pM aatl and tic
va Eaa,g pSs s arS 6e$ s
the Southwest.
Vast Us these profits aro In Texas, I an
satisfied after i've years Of investigation That q
pny mich better, though on Il smaller scale.
closely, md know pretty vel! where
Of ! ,apcak. FiYo yeara aIso cl'traEoal n
, stock and pasture II would lind ehoap land In
+ good location. I looked, was offered dozen
but thought ought to do better, and failed II
mako tlls lnycstMcnt: Il would lave Iald, 1,1,. u
J | c.l. Now, for $4,000 / could buy, fenrr, ant
EtoSk l5O, boo acrcs Of better pasture, winter ant
: summer, than havu yet seen In Texas. This
: Tires tilnes tho price Ut tho plains IL Toxas
I But alas for the $sO,UO0. Should any OF yuu
rcadors Wish, could rcfer them to sacl, lor:.
I t,on. They aro few, where. saic from overflow
. 'A' WI TEXAS 11As ira DnAwoArKs
= as a grazing country from Which 3lissfssipr
t and Louisiana aro 1reo.
: i, Cattle loae In winter, generally, what the,
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