Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-05-24

ing whipped, turns to run, and to his
horror finds that the whole herd is after
him. AS one animal gets near him he
receives vicious dig from sharp horn.
He increases his speed, but soon
another animal comes up to him,
and another stab is the result. The
bully, with extended tongue and labor
ed breathing, is leading the herd, and
the herd, with extended tongues and
upright tails, are following = steers,
cows, calves, all believing loudly,
" Kill him! kill him!" And kill him
they will if the herders de- not stop the
pursuit.
After lesson of this kind, the bully is
a marvel of gentleness and considera-
ton. A calf could whip him. Once 1
left my herd for an hour. On my re-
turn, I was surprised to find the cattle
punched around deep pool in the ra-
vine. They were evidently greatly ex-
cited; the constant believing, the lash
ing of their tails, their craned neeks as
they looked over the banks of the pond,
all indicated that something was wrong.
Running my horse, and swinging a
heavy whip, L was soon among the cat
tie. They gave way for me. 1 rode up
water, was the subdued bully, ring of
excited steers and COWS standing around
him, but unable to reach him. l put q
stop to the fun and left the bully in the
water to cool off. did not see him for
d week. Then he Joined the herd as a
private.
If an animal in the herd gets badly
wounded, it will be killed by the others
if great care is not exercised. The
sound animals turn ruthlessly on the
sick or wounded ones. 1t looks hard,
aud the unthinking observer remarks
on the cruelty shown toward one an
other by dumb animals. 1t is simply
an expression of the instinct of the ami
mails, by which they expect to ward of
attacks of wolves. and to prevent their
prowling around the herd, by removing
the inducement to it. The animal is
wounded, badly wounded; the wolves
smell him; and, from far and near,
gather about him: The cattle, In their
wild state, constantly novel UP and
down the water courses; SO, when they
killed the sick animal, they left the
body behind. Now they kill the sick
one for the same reason, and daily feed
about his carcass.
In July the herd is fat; calves are do
ing well and are full of play; grass is
plenty and the herd, as q whole, feel
splendidly. They are easily amused,
too. Jack rabbits are plentyin Kansas,
and are never-failing source of amuse-
ment to the cattle. Accustomed to the
rabbits from their calfhood up, it is
simply absurd to see the actions of the
animals. A calf finds a big jack rabbit,
and, very naturally, is Interested in
looking at the wild beast. Cautiously
approaching him, she gazes open-eyed
at the small monster. Another call
Joins her, and they each regard the ami
NAL. Beginning to caper about it, the
attention of the herd is attracted, and
they all come up to have look. at the
Jack. He is made to get up snd jump
auaintly off. The cattle all follow; the
rabbit sits down, again to be forced up
and when he again jumps off they capel
around him, or, with pretended alarm
they below and run away.
Many men who came to Kansas ii
1869 went into the cattle business, bring
ing Eastern ideas with them. They ferJ
naturally built sheds to protect their cat
tie from the cold storms of the winter.
did this, and made mistake, The rea
son why sheds are not good is that tn,
cattle stand under them when the colo
winds blow aud refuse to leave th'
shelter to feed or drink; and wher
weakened by this lack of food they los'
vitality and huddle together for warmth
This huddling is very dangerous. Th
outside cattle want to be on the inside
and they pile up on each other. Thi
piling is called =" stacking" and whel
once begun, some cattle are sure to los
their lives. Out of one 4" stack tool
IL dead steers one morning. A neigh
Dor of mine took So dead beeves out O
one "stack." After losing the II steer
took down my sheds, and that ende'
the trouble.
| When the cattle of Texas are weak
ened by starvation and lack of water
they are unable to get up without help
| Then the herders are obliged to stall
them. This consists in taking hold o
the tail and yelling at the animal
When it struggles to arise, the herde
lifts on the tail, and so helps the feebl
brute up. He is rewarded for his kin
intention by having the animal lower it
head, and, with weak below of rage
stagger at him, intent to kill him.
Texas COW that has to be " tailed F"
about as good as dead; few ever g
over it. Again, when cattle are weah
they will deliberately commit suicide
have seen q steer walk into the deeI
est place in creek, throw himse
down and never make an effort to g
out. If pulled out with ropes and 81
on his feet, he first chases the herders
then coolly turns around and walks int
the creek again. Of all the cattle
| have helped out of the water, remen
. Der but two which did not return to
on the first opportunity aud die in i
believe they do it with the intelligel
purpose to take their lives. They Al
weak, sick, discouraged, have the blue
and life is burden to them; so the.
, lust as many men do under the san
. circumstances, commit suicide.
What do the herders do during Il
: long summer daysp 1 have known
; herder to put number of cents int
each pocket of his pantaloons, and whi
on duty play ''seven-up," one pock
. against the other. If the right pock
=. won the game, five cents would be t.
ken from the left and placed in it; if
: lost, the reverse.
/, In passing through western Kansa
the traveller sees small towers built
a stone on the tops of the highest hill
r Asking what these towers are for, he
! told that they are Indian watch-tower
a This sounds we'll, but it is not tru
: These stones have been piled up by Il
herders; they think if the hill were
y little higher they could see over sw'
4 in the prairie, or into ravine, al
:. would thus be saved riding there to s.
if any of their cattle had strayed.
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