Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-28
stock Raising In Colorado.

II is carried on, . must be gsnsrAly
knowr- fror Texas b Q rsg1on coaSi3
erXbly north Of the Union Paci6c mil
way, and great herds pa0 froz the
Lone Star State through kanaas, AID
up 30 the great iroa roads runsi.s esss
and west In Nev Nd xioo. in SOsthsrn
utarfes-the Fountain, the ST Charles,
the Maddy, the CuchAras. the Hneziano,
and others-in the great parks over
across the range, and over the plairs in
Colombo, NebrAsia. and wyoming. the
herds roam, and the raasss-os ride.
Between Denver and Jalesburg, on the
Union Pacific railroad, lay the immense
range Of the late Aylife, one side Of
which vas City miles in length. He il
said to have begun fifteen years ago
with q cspitsl Of Sl00. and his estate IL
valued at 81 ,50O, 900. IL was interest
/ ing and instructive 10 hear how one Of
his friends accounted for this unusual
success " Some people try to attend 10
several things, or to do more than one
kind OF business, but he only thought
of one thing for those fifteen years. and
that one thing was cattle. And attend
ing only to that. and working at it and
thinking about i. all the time, he came
to understand it wonderfully well, and
to have perfect Judgment about making
the most of stock"
A dissertation on the cattle herds Of
the Great West would occupy large
volume, and those who have chosen
other parts OF this domain than South
ern Colorado are doubtless competent
to "give reason for the faith which is
in them" and amply support the wis
dom Of their choice of location. To
as this same Southern Colorado seems
to present, on the whole, the greatest
advantages. 1t is traversed by rail-
roads, and accessible from all sides |;
and the climate is most salubrious, and
so mild in winter that the stock can re-
main on the range throughout the year.
Other things being equal, there are
many men who highly prize the grand,
ever.present spectacle and genuine com
panionship OF "the everlasting hills"
No doubt in other regions land can be
had more cheaply, and sometimes occu-
pied without fee or reward, but there
are sure to be counterbalancing disad-
vantages.
Above q certain latitude, and notably
in Wyoming, great losses hove occurred
from severe winters, and not very far
to the north the " Lo family" las tie
noble red man" Lo! the poor Indian"
lis called on the plains) come in to
disturb aud modest. All admirers and
advocates of these hyperborean regions
have, ample opportunities to rise and
ovvx1osn hn Tho v,loooonf $oplr IA.
clining under the spreading cotton
wood, and in the shadow OF the Sierra
Mojada, of singing the eclogues of the
valleys of the San Carlos and the Huer-
fano, for it is " not, that We love Cesar
less, but Rome more. 49, ''"' 't'''i'
We. have said that water was the
prime requisite, and the banks. of
streams are consequently first sought.
Government land is divided into sec.
tions of $40 acres Ia mile each way).
and quarter sections of 100 acres.
What is more simple and easy, We hear
some one ask, than to take up four
q uarter sections In q line along the
stream. and while we only own, strictly
speaking, o quarter of O mile in width,
to occupy, without let or hinderance,
away back to the divide (ridge between
that valley and the nexD, being sure
that no one will have either the motive
or the will to dispute with us the pos
session Of this arid areap Nothing.
certainly, except that q number OF able
bodied citizens beside yourself have
not only conceived this same idea, but
acted promptly on it, aud that. in con-
seq uence, the supply of water frontage
may be found inadequate to meet the
demand, and its 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
ing good location at fair rate, with
the improvements ready made. Then
he can buy his stock, mainly, If he be
wise, on the spot and in the neighbour
hood for, with the great Improvement
now taking place in breeds, it is no
longer desirable to buy largely IN Texas.
not Mexicans, as in old times, but gen.
orally stalwart Americans, quick Of
hand aud deliberate of speech, They
are provided with swift and sure footed
horses, generally, in these days, of the
bronchO type--a mixture Of the Ameri-
can horse and the mustang. 500 f'+'
It may now fairly I've asked, where
else in the world. and in what other
known way, Can q man sit down and see
his possessicns increase before his eyes
with SO little exertion involved on his
parte With the dawn the cattle are
grasing. Thin and gray enough the
Agrass looks to the inexperienced eye,
| but the ranchero we'll knows the tufts
of buffalo aud gramna growth, gauges
the value Of this feed as compared, in
tho matter of nutriment, with the rich
est greenswar,l' Of apparently mbre fer
title regions, and remembers that II
lgrows afresb twice Q year. Then, with
the utmost Regularity, and SOME time
before AbonJ the whole herd--the' splen-
did bulls. the plump steers, the red and
white ana roam and notified. cows-take
their accustomed trail. AID seek the
water with -nnerripg oertAintyUo Then
back to the grazing again, ,,spd .feed
until ''' -
80" "The embers Of the sunsets fires
Il 49, Alorg cid clouds barn ddsn." ''''i' d
and night brings them repose.-A..A