The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-09-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Texas Cattle. Ranches in Washtngt. II, How
Estimated in Value and How SO Texas
Property, How Affected by the TX ulSiOn Of
CattIemen from United States Public Land.
WASHINGTON, September 6-It
seems that Texas ranch property
grows in value. In this city shares
in thSe ranches become, instead of
stocks and bonds, and cotton, and oil
and what. the subject matter of spec
ulation. On Bankers Row, near the
treasury building, found the curb
stone spectators discussing the value
of sharts in the Rio Grande live stock
importing company, owning a ranch
of $4,000 AGES il PreSidio county;
Sl0OU00 are TO he invested in cattle
driven from government lnds in the
Indian Territory. The Rio Grande
and smaller stream constitute for
twelve miles the wire fence about the
western and northern boundary of the
ranch. Its stock shares are quoted
at a premium. General James y.
Barnes, the original founder of the
International Railway company, has,
believe, $4,000 IN this cattle ranch
scheme.
TIE CATTLE BUSINESS IN WASHING
TON CITY.
1t WAS astounding to hear a specu
lative chief clerk of the United States
treasury telling a patent Office attor
ney that So, 800 would buy 4044, from
three to seven year sold, and 1l42 two
year-old cattle. l give the precise
figures because l would submit the
statement to your cattle growing
readers and learn whether there Is
anything wrong in the statements
made by the vendors of this ranch.
They are commended by
the best known citizens OF Texas,
and have secured public conf
dence in this city, We are told that
cows from two to eight years old will
bear calves each year, and less than
two per cent. dies before becoming
eight years old. Therefore, each two
year~old heiferS will have value Of
S12; three year old, S17; three-year-
old beeves, $50: and all cows over
three-years-old, SIT. An male cattle
are to be sold at three years old and
all cows at eight years old. Losses
are estimated at one in seven and GER
tainly five of each seven COWS, be-
tween the ages of two and eight years,
bear calves each year. The vendors
of this cattle ranch further tell US that
81 per head is to be added to the mar
ket value of the cattle for each grade
of improvement of breed. Is this
correct estimate?
RAPIDITY OF REPRODUCTION.
Cattle multiply in a ratio geo.
metrially progressive, and the
tabulated statements show that
within ten years we will
have, as proceeds OF the invest
ment in cattle. $957, ,123 the value of
improved stock On hand and will have
sold steers and male cattle and old COWS
of the value of 1862, $40. We will also
have at the end of the ten years, A.
600 acres of land then worth from So
to $40 per acre. We will certainly
have grand balance of s. ,845, ,093, and
deducting the original sum invested,
we would still have the land and
earnings of more than million and a
half in value or more than 123 per
cent. per annum on the original in
Vestment for ten years.
This ranch above described was put
upon the market here and In the
manner defined and with the facts
aad value as stated 10y newspaper
man who would undertake, since thus
successful, the sale of another. Moth
ing can be done with small ranches;
but stock companies, with half mil.
lion capital, may be organized here in
Baltimore.
NO TICKS IN THE SOUTHWEST.
1t will be proper to state that the
vendors of this ranch, or rather their
agents here, tell the subscribers tC
the capital stock of the company
that there are no ticks on
COWS in western Texas. These
pests drop from cattle as soon as
they get into the latitude of Presidio,
and other western counties of high
latitudel l am pursuaded that would
prefer milk and peaches and cream
from a COW from which the ticks had
dropped before the milkmaid began
claWing at the teats. Therefore have
l invested somewhat in this Preside
ranch, and therefore this confiden-
tial business letter to the public.
Have l acted wisely? We get the
$4,000 acres at "bottom prices" Ghe
title papers and power oil attorney to
make deeds have been ordered from
Austin. y.