Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-30
Stock Raising In Colorado.


known, from Texas 10 region consi,i.
erably north Of The Union Pacific rail.
way, and great herds pass from the
Lone Star State through Kansas, and
up To the great iron roads running east
and west. In New Mexico. Southern
! Colorado. on the Arkansas and its tribu.
taries-the Fountain, the St. Charles,
the Muddy, the Cucharas, the Huerfa.
no and others--in the great parks over
across the range, and over the plains in
! Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming, tho
herds roam and the rancheros ride.
I Between Denver and Julesburg, on tho
| Union Pacific railroad, lay the immense
range Of the late Mr. Aylinc, one side
OF which was fifty miles in length. lie
Is said 10 have begun fifteen years ago
with capital Of 500, and his estate is
| valued at 81 10000. 1t was interest.
ing and instructive 10 hear how one Of
his friends accounted for this unusual
success: some people try 10 attend to
! several things, OF 70 do more than ono
/ kind OF business, but he only thought
| Of one thing for those fifteen ycars. and
/ that one thing was cattle. And attend
ing only 10 that, ard working at il and
/ thinking about it all the time, he came
/ TO understand 1t perfectly we'll, and to
/ have perfect judgment about making
the most Of stock"
\ dissertation on the cattle herds Of
/ the Great West would OCCUPY largo
volume, and those who have chosen
other parts Of this domain than south.
ern Colorado are doubtless competent
/ to give a reason for the faith which is
in them and amply support the wis.
| dom oi their choice OF location. To US
| this same Southern Colorado seems 10
present, on the whole, the greatest ad.
van tages. 1t is trayersed by railroads,
and accessible from all sides: and the
/ the climate u most salubrious, and 20
mild IN winter that the stock can re.
main on the range throughout the year.
! Other things being equal, there arc
many men who highly prize the grand,
/ eycrchanglng spectacle and genuine
/ companiouship Of "tbe everlasting
hill.." No doubt in other regions land
/ can be had more cheaply, and some
/ times occupied without Zee or reward,
/ but there are Fure TO bc countcrbal8nc.
( ing disadvantage.
] Above certain latitude, and notably
I in Wyoming, great losses have occurred
Z from severe winters, and not very far
/ TO the north the "Lo family" a. the
noble red man--"Lo! the poor Indian
-is called on the plains come in to
/ disturb and mo!cst All admircrs and
/ advocates Of these hypeTboresn regions
/ have ample opportun!es 70 rise aud ex
/ plain be ours the pleasant task, re-
ciiniug under the spreading cotton.
wood, and in the shadow Of the Sierra
/ MoIada, of singing the eclogues Of tho
valleys Of the San Carlos and the Huer.
J T. a -.
/ less. but Rome more"
We have said that water was tho
prime requisite, and the banks of
streams are consequently first sought.
Government land Is divided into sec
tions Of $40 acres a mile each wayl,
and quarter sections OF lG0 acres.
What more simple and easy, we hear
some one ask, than TO, take up four
quarter sections along the line Of the
I stream. and while we only own, strictly
speaking. a quarter Of a mile in width.
/ TO occupy, without let or hindrance.
away back 10 the divide ridge between
/ that valley and the next, being sure
! that no one will have either the motive
or the will to dispute with us the pos.
session of this arid areag Nothing,
/ certainly, except that number of able.
}
I only conceived the same idea. but acted
promptly on it, and that. in conEe.
! quence, the supply Of water frontage
may be found inadequate 10 meet the
demand, and it's market value conse.
/ quently and proportionately increases.
There are always. however ranchmen
willing to sell, for one reason or anoth.
/ er, and no one need despair of obtain
srRE f~.w IL
4 the improvements ready made. Then
he can buy his stock. mainly, if he be
wise, on the spot and in the neichbor.
hood for, with the great improvements
now taking place in breeds, il is no
longer desirable to buy largely in Tex.
as. Then come his "cowboys,r or
herders, not Mexicsns as in old times,
but generally stalwArt Americans.
quick Of hand and deliberate Of speech.
They are provided with swift and sure.
footed horses, generally, in these days,
of the broncho type-a mixture Of the
American horse and the mustang.
Ii may now fairly be asked, where
else in the world. and in what other
known way. can a man sit down and
see his possessions increase before his
eyes with 50 little exeriion on his part.
With the dawn the cattle are all graz
ing. Thin and gray enough the grass
looks TO the inexperienced eye, but the
ranohero we'll knows the tufts OF buffalo
and grAmma growth, gauges the value
Of this feed as compared, in the matter
of nutriment, with the richest green.
sward of apparently more fertile regions
and remembers that it grows twice
year. Then, with the utmost regular
ity, and some time before noon, the
whole herd-the splendid bulls, the
plump steers, the red and white and
roam and mottled cows-take their ac-
eustomed trail, and seek the water with
unerring certainty. Then back TO the
grazing again, and feed until
| aIlaa esnlsrs q the snnsft fire.
Along The clouas burn aouu
and night brings them repoac.