Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-26

Where b the best cattle coarsryf
Where can cattle Be handled OF rails
ed with small loss snd sure profs and
90 erueityf Unkesitatingsy Az
srsr 10 she seni-arid bels. Here are
the requirements % perfecs cattle
cnnrtrv Grass 10 usually start early
in the spring. say BY the middle Of
April The summers should be
warm The sinters dry, 20 that the
cattle viii nos tramp their feed into
the ground, where the hugs thai fol
ios them can not find H. Corn
should grow 70 perfection The
land should be comparatively free
from hog and cattle diseases. Such
Ind u the serni arid bait. lying BE-
tween the 9Th and Goth mersdfans.
snd extending from Dakola 10 Texas.
Within fhst area hog cbolers ID al
most unknown. The cattle are free
from disease There Is plenty OF cheap
corn Large crops Of mile; can be
grown On al the land. Wbeaf il al
most q sure crop The corn stalks.
wheat straw, snd mile. supply the
cattle with an abundance of rough
ness daring the winter. All poiats
OF the bell are convenient 20 market
The creeks seldom freeze over sciit
iy, and the cattle have free access TO
wsser. The ground seldom becomes
miTy. and the eattless feet SIRE siwsys
sound The business OF raising cat
tie. or Of feeding them, in the semi
arid belt is profitable There are
plenty of well bred ssd intelligent
people lie the country. The country
IS hesiihful There are good schools
ia every iowa. Land may be. pur-
chased on reasonable terms. but on
Iy the bottom land in The western
portion OF the semi-arid belt Is corn
Iasd- The best OF corn land. say
twenty miles from q thriving town,
can be bought for from so 10 $50
per acre. Near the towns good bot
Tom land can be bought for from $50
10 SIS per acre. The upland OF the
western portion OF the belt Is dear
st any price.
Ths increase Ia the number of
catile In the semi-arid belt during the
i've years last past has been most re.
markable. As long a. wheat sold al
remuneraiiye prices the farmers did
not pay much attention 10 cattle
growing. But when the price of
wheat began TO fall, and the value of
cattle TO increase rapidly. they real.
lied that 1t was no longer wise TO
burn their straw, or 10 devote corn
land TO wheat culture. To show
how closely Intelligent men who are
engaged in the same business employ
the same methods of thought and ar
rive ct the same conclusions, in-
stance the farmers of Kansas. Up TO
the autumn of 1881 calves We're free
iy sold by these men. After the
crop of calves of 1859 we're born, 1t
was rare TO see veal hanging in =
butchers shop. Almost all the
calves born In the semi-arid belt Of
Kansas since 1881 have been raised.
Last Spring. when travelling In Kan
sas, 10 region where but few cattle
we're held three years sgo. saw
small herds Of cattle In every barn
yard. The statistics OF Kansas for
1888 show that there were |. S0i, 34S
In the State in TIE spring OF that
year. There are about 900. 900 in
the State now. There has been a
similar increase in Nebraska; and
there has been an astonishing In
crease since 1880 in the number of
cattle in the Eve corn Ststes-amouat-
ing now To 1900. 000.-Frank WiIke-
son. in Harper's Magazine for April.