The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-04-17
CATTLE TALK.
4 Ranchman Interviewed
Who Knows What he is
Talking About.
The Best Paying Business in the
Country-No Silver or Gold
Mine Equal to 1t.

It's cattle, cattle, cattle sll the time now
and the average western Missourian be-
liev es that he will, when be dies, 60 to an
! immense Texas heaven, the floors of which
shall be carpeted with luxuriant mesquite
grass while the indigenous long horns,
crossed upon imported blooded stock, shall
Craze and grow tat on ranges that are null
| titudinous and celestial.
Knowing that there was q ranchman in
attendance upon the district convention OF
| the NJ. Il. church south, now in session al
Sedalis, who knows all about cattle from
| the calf to the four year old, q BAzOO re-
porter hunted up Captain w. G. Bronsugh
yesterday, and said to him:
The readers OF the newspaper which
represent have among them large number
of cattle men. Exhaust this subject fer me,
please. Awhile ago half of Sedalia were
dealing In options ; nowit is cattle. 1t is
ranches. cattle. calves, the increase, the
profits, the places to handle stock, the cost
of beginning, etc., etc. but whatever it is,
it has cattle for its beginning and its end
ing"
Captain Bronaugh is young Nissourian.
full of frankness, cleverness, and abound
ing common sense. He is from our
neighboring county of Henry, and is we'll
known throughout all central Missouri.
He laughed hearty laugh at the report
er's eagerness, and began to talk of the sub.
iect as though he knew it as any good cav
alryman might know his horse.
The cattle business is the best paving
business in the whole land to-day" he de-
clared empha,icaiiy, "belter than any gold
or silver mine better than any trade, call
ing or profession; better than farming;
sitter than anything"
as it not being overdone?'
'On the contrary, the demand for cattle
is increasing yearly, while the price per
head is going up all the time"
care you not interested in large ranch
in Texas"
"Yes, quite large one. 1t is called the
Concho Cattle Company. The following
persons compose the company: DIR. q. Y.
Salmon, II. w. Salmon, w. C. Bronaugh,
5. H. Bronaugh, Frank Bronaugh,
F. p. Bronaugh, A. w. Kingsbury, Tay lor
Kingsbury, James T. Casey, George Casey,
VIM. Adair, John Hinkle and his two
brothers, and j. Kimbrough.. Save F
P Bronaugh, of Cooper, A. w. and TAYLOR
kingsbury, and James T. Casey, of How.
Ard all the balance of the company live in
Henry county"
where is your rancho, Captain ?"
I'm Coleman county, Texas. The range
Skenormous. The Colorado and Concho
eers water it. We have bought over
Eighty sections of land, with $40 acres to
he section, or about 81 200 acres, SO far.
Ne are still buying and mean to buy up
90 600 acres. The average price per acre
about 81 So"
"Have you fenced it?"
mot yet. There is no necessity for this
et,'
"Where do you operate from %
1.-The headquarters of the company are at
Fort Worth. The headquarters of the
anche are at Coleman, the county seat of
coleman county. S. H. Bronsugh is the
eneral manager. Sometimes am on the
anche, sometimes Major Harvey Salmon,
Dmetimes one of us and sometimes anoth-
{. Major Salmon is there now with
apt. F. T. BrOnaugh, of Cooper county,
nd the two Caseys."
1T appears to me that there are q good
Duy military titles among you"
f"Well, We fought for them, the most of
s. Major Salmon was in the Confederate
Fmy from the beginning to the end. So
ere the FIVE Bronaugh's. All of US broth
rs served with Joe and John Yeater, of
our town, and knew them we'll in the
rmy. They were good soldiers, too. The
70 Kingsbury's were also Confederates,
I'D the two Caseys. Capt James T. Casey
- wounded badly In the knee 1t Lone
ack, and is q cripple. We came out of
be war without dollar, but we went to
ork. We lost no time in unavailing re-
rets or repinings. However, / do not
ant to talk about the war, but about cat
e."
well, Captain, suppose Inan could
bw start on So, 900 in the cattle business,
hat would that pay him?"
"At least 100 per cent. the first year, and
Pm keep a doubling. tell you that
1ege is nothing like it on earth"
SLOW many cattle have you on your
anche ?''
about Il, 600 head. Our first purchase
as 10000 head"
And your railroad facilities ?"
THE nearest We have is at Baird, the
|unty seat of Callahan county, 100 miles
brth of the rancho itself, and fifty miles
om Coleman, the headquarters of
(e rancho. /: is three
3D., one-half days run to St.
uuis. Sometimes we ship by the Iron
untain, and sometimes BY the NJ, X. g.
Price per car. sos. 1 have also a
niche in Vernon county, Mo-, with 200
lad of feeding cattle upon it, and one in
enry county with 200 head more"
Are you interested 10 any more ranches,
bu ana your brothers!"
"No, but the Salmons sre. The Doctor |
Harvey with George and James Casey,
81 William Adair bought the Mitchell
nche close to Colorado City. Texas, with
10000 head of cattle. Also the famous
rank Byler rancho, range and all, with
600 head upon it. The price paid was
5000. The two ranches shipped last
ar over 1000 fine, fat beeves, which av-
aged $34 per head net The Concho COM
my last year branded about 5000 fine,
althy calves"
what did YOUR rancho and stock cost"
About $l50,OO0. We could get 100000
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