The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-06
LIVE STOCK
TO-DAY 3 QUOTATIONS..


aEEF CArrLE-Butchers stock 3k.
BAggEs Cows-Fat 2 as q cents
saIpPIsG-SkG9i cents.
srCCX-Per head, SgdSlS,
NfrCH cows-with calves Sl1efss0
sFPiNGEEs--Per head, si00SSO.
HoGs-Corn-fel, &C. gross timber fat ga 9AS;
sxTFr-Mutton, sses'. cents stock per head
HoRsEs-Exua line, per span, soO@s5OG fancy
harness, sl506s2oG livery harness. sISeoSl75
farm, s5O0sl25 ponies sl5as90.
MuLEs-Exua heavy 5l25Gs2o0 mediura $500
slCO small S0a|u
A Cheyenne, Wyoming correspondent writes
10 IN chicago Drovers' Journal MS follows Two
years ago made trip 10 the northwest and
took In the great cattle ana sheep ranges OF
Montana aud Dakota, and at that time expressed
the opinion that the great grazing grounds of
the northwest were the finest In the world
Aflcy having travelled over Colorado ana NyO'
ming, au still of the same opinion. / shall
not vt this time discuss The relative merits OF
the dintrcUt ranges al any length, but viii say,
for the btae:,t OF those who know nothing of the
northwest range, that II is the best watcred, mas
the best grass, and makes the best beef OF any
of thcmthat the winters are no worse than here,
aud the loss Of cattle is not as great Nso Is hero
In Wyoming To-day there are In Colorado
over 100000 head of cattle valued NJ $50 per
head making the total value of tho herds s2i.
10000 In Wyoming there are as many more,
making IiS 00J,OO0 for Colorado and Wyoming,
Twenty three years ago there were none, and no
man was wild enough tn believe that cattle could
live here m winter II was true that the vast
herds Of buffalo, deer, and antelope r00med over
these plains and lived through the winter, hut
no one though, cattle could do il. In 1852 u Mr.
Green RaqpCll found himself, in the fall, near
where Denver now stands and, fearing winter
was settling In, abandoned a few oxen which he
had, aud mounting his pony, started for the
east btCOurSc he expected the cattle WuUM
perish, but when he returned the next spring
he found the cattle fat and In good condition.
ana from this circumstance dates cattle raising
on the plains IN 1860 u few more were brought
here: but the people becoming discouraged
most OF them Went back cast, taking their stock
with them, SO that when tho winter of co set in
but few cattle were left in Colorado, or In Jeilcr-
son, rs II was then called. These being mostly
oxen, the increase was light, but they wlntcred
lluely. In 1861 but few were brought here and
in 'Gl few thousand head were driven here
from Iowa and Missouri They were poor and
iout-sOrc, and when the terrible winter
OF 'U3 set Ia, they were in poor condition. and
many of them persisted. The following summer
was worry dry one, aud the grass was poor
ana the " alter low, that when the winter Of CSC
set In the outlOoCk9s indeed gloomy enough, bu
part oil the cattle nme through, Those which cs-
capped from the mountains and got ont on the
plains came through all right aud that fact set
tied the question, for they had learned that The
cattle must leave the mountains and that the
plains was the place To winter the cattle. In
1861 John Chisholm, Charles Goodnight and u
70
which they turned loose ON the plains aud which
came through all right In 1865 John HitSou
John llil and Frank Pope and others brought
large herds from Texas, and the winter of G6
set IN with 100000 long horns on the plains No
losses occurred that winter. As these cattle
could be bought in Texas for a. per head II
struck terror To the men who were breeding
American stock, and as the Texas herds in
creased deadly icud was engendcred which
soon broke out In riot, which resulted in the
destruction of over 10000 head of Texas cattle
ana tho loss of several lives. The
contest was finally settled in tnyor of the
long horns and then all eattlemon on
the plains ran into that class OF stock. About
TINS time some one history does not say who
tried cross Of n Short.horn bull on the Texas
cows. The result was go satisfactory that others
soon followed and the good native cattle of the
plains are the outcome of that experiment.
These cattle soon drifted north and wintercd as
well there MS they did in the south. During all
this time Oregon mud Washington territory had
been raising cattle until they had large herds,
and as there was no outlet they were very cheap.
and some bOd-heartcd fellow, In 1867 crossed
the mountains and brought some of these cattle
over into Montana, they passed through the
winter all right and during the next ana sue.
oecding years large herds of these cattle. which
were much larger and better than the Texans,
were brought over and scattered east of the
mountains, until there is to-day in the north
western range over 100, 600 head of cattle, Such
in briefs the history of the origin of cattle
raising ON the plains, nm industry to day which
represents over slO0 900 600 and in which over
1850 persons are interested.