The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1884-05-24
Cattle Raising in Texas.

Articles numerous and correspon-
dcnoe innVmerohle hays apnnnrnd In
the daily and weekly papers, in peri
odicals and stock journals, dwelling
upon the cattlo interests Of Texas.
1t isa theme well worthy the alton
ton of capitalists, of enterprising I'M
migrants and of the beef producers of
America. Capitalists Should investi-
gate as by 10 dong they can find
places to invest their capital where
large, certain and unfailing dividends
are to be secured. Enterprisingi mmi-
grants, even with limited means, can,
in this business, establish the founda.
ton from which in a few years COM
potency, if not handsome fsrtunes, can
be secured; and beef producers find
here alocality where the percentage Of
increase in numbers is greater, and the
cost of production Of beef is less, than
anywhere else in America.
Lands carpoted with unfailiDg grass;
and on which sufficient water and pro-
lection abounds to proftably run hold
and grow cattle, can be had ut less ex-
pcnso in Texas than elsewhere, while
the present and constantly increasing
facilities to reach paying markets as
surcs a ready sale and rapid consump-
ton of all the beeves they can pro-
duce.
There arc many ways in which the
business has been and will y future
prove profitable. Among these arc
first tho establishment of ranches sim
ply for breeding cattle. The profitable
way to start an enterprise of this kind
is to secure by purchase or lease foot
hold in the grazing fields of west or
northwest Texas, sufficient for TuA-
ming the number of cattle intended
ana their probable increase for pc
| Rod of five or ten years then stock
this with young, healthy cows and
sufiiciency of bulls. Give the herd
close care and proper attention, and it
will only be short time before q
\ Handsome interest will be returned on
the money invested and a large sum in
value be realized from the increase in
the herd. Tabulated statements aud
carefully prepared estimates have so
often appeared in our columns that we
will not go into details in this article
but content ourselves by stating and
stand ready at any time to verify the
aNa l.nN n AN
90 invested d in cows, ranch and out
fit to run them, profit in the way of
annual dividend can be realized Of 10
per cent. on the outlay, and herd
worth $4,000 had by the investor az
the end of five years. This estimate
is made on basis OF selling of the
steers Mt yearlings and retaining the
T heifers. Again, the same amount in
{ vested in stock cattle would give more
, handsome returns, provided the sales
of beeves were reiuvested annually in
females. The leasing, if done, would
not be confined to tho securing lands
from State Land Board. individual
owners and railway companies have
an abundance of suitable land for
ranch purposes, and can be had ON
profitable terms to either capitalists in
, large quantities or small men by the
sections.
The demand for cattle to stock out
side ranges, for beef, and for dead
meat traffic, is annually on the in-
5 crease, consequently the fair prices
! now ruling will not fall but on the
, other hand ia almost certain to rise,
and the business Of cattle growing,
while it may not, and doubtless will
not give the enormous profits Of few
t years back. II certainly is on more
certain and reliable basis, and in Texas
can be made TO pay and does now pay
, more steady, certain, reliable and lar
y ger profits than any othen channel o
{ production in the state.