, 1877-02-22
CATTLE ON TIE PLAINS.
Exaggerated Reports Of Losses by
Cold and Starvation.
What the Livestock NIngnatcs Of
the West Have to Sny.
They Estimate the Losses During the
Winter at Not Exceeding One
Per Gent.

Dunn, trb. Frh n0.-At varfoua times
durjnc the Int two or three months there taye
annearc,i in Tns CntcAoo TR,urrr and other
1anrrs snccta1 isuatrt,es and brief letters from
the West stating that there were great losses
among tha cattlc herds on the plains t,f Western
Ncfraska. WvomInr. Colorado. and Kansas,
nwinr IN hcayy tnpws. terc1e COLL weather, and
lack uf food aud water. While It Ia true that
there hare bec, losscs from the atoye causes. It
or1.rsto1 hv ra..n,, tb,t IN +1t afo+,tr of
"esesA.eu W 'easou wa y" tns '.4o.t
cases the pesaons VINO nave c.feu.a.eo aosm
furious to one Of the most Important interests
~ tho yUc.t havc rcrcr fern contr.t1trtct1. cnr.
sa..a5 ~ s n.ss' y. .s.,.,iao, .I "~'~' o~''
'eeteu, o. tnuu.eu. '. sa.x..o,,,.., a.. m, ,n..
viewed in Omaha several Of tho heaviest, best
known. and bes. no.tcd cattlo men In the West,
",,1 ,aa,,n., fsa,n t,'s,,, IN f,",. IN tha rs.s
Being awar. that ch'caRo-whieh receive. aud
handles tic greater part Of tho cattle raised on
tile vast Rraxing plains Of tho Wcs.-looks With
3 ca,cfnl and anxlous Gro 10 this important
feeder OF her market, have carefully compiled,
ior the readers Of fHs lRtn0ss' the 'aess WHICH
I have gathered.
I'm, 81. E. KEITH.
VI WILL ',asse. se",' o',I y. IT, ...
"'th "honl ! convcrscu on the subject OF cattle
losecs, Is d member Of the wel1known stock.
ratsing tlrm Of Keith i barton, and las, With
ht, partner, been extensively engaged Ia tue
hm,,nc.. IN I'm ,rc.tcrn mart ri Eehra,ia
Tor Lie last ten years. He states that per
cent will cover the loss Of cattle raised In
Western Nebraska and uf cnttlc that have been
,vtr,rred thcrc o,,r scnson. and tl,at ncr cent
~, ~, Wv s..". ~" 1.."s sr,a.s .st.,.
W.. 'notc .Nsn soses ...e ,css s,!onk Ia't!.
which were brought up from Texas last fall 1t
seems that the cattle that have become thor
ouEhly ncc!lmated VII! cndufc nntn greater
1Inriships than those which arc freshly import
eu from Texas.
THE rRISclp4t LOSS
has been sustained W =. W. l!itf's ahu keeline8
licrus. lIn, who Is STU! TIC King o. western
cattle men, lias about AoMn catte n u his mefA.
md, KEELING between Jul aud 7,QU. ihese
| herds were 'n the western boundary oI Ne
| braska, and 'drlftcd " down along tlc South
I!atte River Out Of Ills herd or 4O,Q00
llst lost not oscr :!Io head. IL WAS uuFinE the
month OF january that most Of the deaths oc-
esirEel among iho Nebraska cattlc-''erds. There
md would not drift while the cold weather con-
tihucd. Dut It IL fact lint no cattie fcd from
! tlla Want Of iood, oil reports 70 ths CONTRARY
notwithstanding, although It Is true that they
suffered considerably T. sosne eascs for short
tin1c on this account. The chief cause OF death
Was The lack Of water bctween the North ai.tl
South Flatte lttSsrs, "Trip OF country from
almost soiidiy frozen orer. II was tho lack q
srn IRON Nv wG tao.h " e11 t 1non
pacittr tfalns wcrc occasionally delayed BY tlalf
starved md tllirstiuK cattir, which f,r sVII,o
rcafon or pthcr-pruf,alIly that They wero scek-
'hfer from the T'tbsr tbs i4sts y tbs
which nun: along tl,e Platte, and ones q I