Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-02
THE COWBOYS INSTITUTE.
Bill Nye Gives Some hints to WOuld-be
AmAteur Cattle Kinga

Amateur Cattle Kings
No one can 20 through the wide terri
tory Of Montana to-day without being
strongly impressed villa the wonderful
growth OF the great cattle growing and
grazing industry Of that territory. And
yet Montana is but the northern eX-
uemIty Of the great grazing belt which
lies at the foot OF the Rocky mountains,
extending from the British possessions
on the north TO the Mexican border on
the south, extending eastward, too, as far
as the arabic lands Of Dakota, Nebraska,
and Kansas.
Montana at this season OF the year is the
paradise of the sleek, high-beaded, 2-year-
old Texas steer, with his tail over the
dashboard, as well as the stock yearling,
born on the range, beneath the glorious
mountain, sky and under the auspices of
roundup No. 81.
] do not say this to advertise the stock
growing business because it Is already adj
vertisCd too much, anyway. So many
milNOuaIres have been made with free
grass aud the early-risiug, automatic
braudingiron, that every man in tAe
United states VINO has a COW that can
stand the journey seems TO be about to
take her west aud embark in business as
"A cattle king.
But let me warn the amateur COW man
That IN the great grazing regions it takes
good many acres OF thin grass to main
tain the adult steer in atlluence TOR twelve
months, and the great pastures at The
base OF the mountains are being pretty
Well tested Moreover, | believe That
thcse great conventions Of cattlemen,
where free grass and easily acquired tor
/ tunes are naturally advertised, will tend
4 D. ONersLOck the ranges at last and founder
the goose that now laws the golden egg.
Ials Of course, is really none Of my bust
ness, but il ] didn't now and then refer to
matters that do not concern me / would
be regarded as reticent,
Wy intention, however, in approaching
tho great cow industry, which, by the
way, is anything but an industry. being
I'm lacJ more like the seductive manner
whereby pIOmissOrY note acquires per
cent per month without even stopping to
spit on us hands. was 20 refer Incidentally
90 the proposition Of an English friend OF
nine. 'Ehls friend, seeing at once the
great ma Enitude OF the COW industry and
the necessity for more and more COWBOYS
has suggested the idea Of establishing a
cOwhOvs' college or training school for
selfmade young men who desire to be-
come accomplished. The average English
man VIII most always think OF something
that nobody else would naturally think
Of. Now, our Cattleman would have gone
on for years with his great steer emDori-
um without thinking OF establishing an
institution where poor boy might 20 and
learn to rope a 4-year-Old In such a way as
to throw him ON his stomach with a sick
ouiug thud.
But now that the idea has been turned
loose ] shall look forward to the time
when wealthy men who have been in the
habit Of dying and leaving their money to
other Institutions will meet with "a change
Of heart and begin to endow the cowboys
college end the Maverick hotbed of bron-
| cho sciences.
We live in an age of rapid advancement
| in all branches OF learning, and people
who do not rise early in the morning VIII
not retain their position in the procession.
/ l look forward with confidence TO the day
/ when no cowboy will undertake 10 ride
the range without a diploma. Educated
/ labor is what we need. Cowboys who
/ can tell you in scientific terms WHY tits
| always the biggest steer that cats
/ "pigeOu weed" IN the spring, and why he
/ should swell up and bust on a rising
/ Chicago market.
| | hope that the day is not far distant
/ when in the holster OF the cowboy we viii
/ find the Had instead Of tho killad, the
unabridged dictionary instead of Mr..
/ Remingt0n's great work on homicide As
! IL is now on the ranges, yOu might ride
| till your Mexican saddle achel before YOU
would fnd a cowboy who carries a die
tionary with him. For that reason the
/ language used on the general roundup is
at times grammatically incorrect, and
many OF our leading cowboys spell "cav-
! yy-yard' with a "k.'
a college for riding, roping, branding,
cutting out, corrallng, loading and un-
loading, and handling cattle generally,
would be q great boon 10 our young men
who are at present cropping in dark and
pitiahle ignorance OF the habits of the uu-
tutored COW. Let the young man first
learn how 60 sit up three nights in sue
cession, through a bad March suowstOim
/ and "hoid" herd Of restless cattle. Let
/ him then ride through the hot sun and
! nlkali dust a week or two, subsisting on a
chunk OF disagreeable side pork Just large
T. enough 10 bait trap. Then let his horse
fan on him and iniure his constitution ana
preamble. All these things would give
the cow student an idea OF how 20 ride the
range. ihc amateur who mas never tried
I tor.de q sbitiish and sulky range has still
+ a great deal 90 learn.
The young Maverick saYaut could take
j q kindergarten course iu the study 90 cow.
I brands Here wild field opens up 90 inc
/ SCHOLAR The adult steer lu the great
| realm Of beef Is now walking Chinese
wash hill, Hindoo poem in tine original
. iunk-sh0p alphabet. @ iour-ngsod Greek
I inscription uuuctuatod with i,m-ams. q
uOstap0eTs notes 0f riot, a bird s-eye
/ view of premature explosion iu q hard
/ ware store.
The cowboy who can at once gropp'o
! WITH tut great problem or Whtr. 20 put
/ the steer with "B bar b" ON left shoulder
I "key circle q" on left side. "lteuri ID
/ Heart on right hip. len ear crop. waffle
| o. waffle, and seven hands roJud. with
/ "Dasb D Dasn' oa wight shoulder "yout-
ed" waffle ON dew Iau vented. and tr