, 1884-05-03
THE .%hOUND-UP."
f'ho Special Laws and Customs Pro.
tecting Cattle Raisers-
Gathering the Herds ut the Round.
Outstanding the Calves and
selling the "Mavericks"---
Facts and Figures

"a hAe9N utAuaAAD eISuBfl III II. OWtDk &c
the peculiar nature of the industry special
laws and customs prevail regarding It's pro-
lection. The cattle are placed on ranges
whicI may OF may not belong to their own
ers, IN fact these ranges are most generally
wild government land and are sometimes OF
euOrinous extent. This involves the neces-
sity for the employment Of ii large number OF
horses ami men TO properly cover the extent
or territory over which the cattle
roam. The liability Of confusion in u prop
erty as wandering III its nature as this makes
1t necessary Tor the different owners4t to use
many devices and precautions to identity
und protect their property and to adopt rules
.and regulations for tueir own government,
which it would be almost impossible to put
III a STATUTE book. but which are recognized
by all OF the courts as equitable and just and
Us binding upon the parties concerned as
though enacted by the regular law-making
authorities These latter include the system
OF round-nps, branding OF calves, regulations
regarding the disposition of unclaimed calves
Separated from their mothers called MAYER
ieks, and also those des.gnsl to detect cattle
g~teatng. IL.
II "RoUSD-uP" DIsTRIcrs.
In order to carry out thoroughly the sys-
tenn. It has been found niece ssary in every
state to form ia each roun l-up district Cat
tis Growers aSsoriutions, ia addition to
which each state and territory where the
S''o INDUSTRY occupies a prominent posi-
~" "a II state prsan'%iuop' IN colorado
'ncie Aro seventeen fouIilhP districts whose
associations meet t"ic' each year and u
auaV "ssoS-'t'"h ""ci holhs annual meet
ine'' "rss nn'noer OF the regulations OF
t'uS aSsoe'a'ioI' are incorporated as laws
In the stutut- books Of the state,
among them those providing for state
cattle inspectors and round. up COM
mlas.oheTs' lhese othciais are appointed
- a. s''eihot Ut tue sussesu' anu recon-
u'''.n =" rue state ASSOCIATION. Ihe
"oaiu sOate Inspectors consists OF hve
pioHeht cattle men, ana the roundup
CONSIST Oh three from ehch
:, neH uuVes are 10 see TO II that
un u safe laws hre eiiorceh ana associa'
. rug, ooeyed IN then srVerai districts,
au' y a General super sion OF Tue SUD
-, i"uui ups oranuIhs OF caves ana
sN''sii"s anu transporting Oeei.
GATHERING THEM IN.
The busy times are confined To the round
up seasons. OF which Their. are nominally
two. althou Ia the first, which begins about
May - and continues until Jun l, and the
second com'nenctn2 some three weeks later,
~ni e~ohtiniang well into August, are 50
nearly together that they might well be
called one seies'n. AT these ~round-ups. GER
taih dsslsnats"i men, accompanied by a fore
man or captain start from some given poin,
aud travel over all the ranges IN their di-
tr.ct They take with them wagons contain
Ing supplies Sitiicie''t for their probable stay.
ANA tue bran'.s OF every owner IN the lis.
trlct. A the WORK Is very severe upon the
horses- especially ~ cutting out from the
herd ,eich nlah lh' from 5 \ To eight horses,
ridin one, hai,iins tbs othsss and driving
them nlpI- "lth tue WISDhs, ln active