The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-23
II|nks CATTLE HERES.
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ouwboy, severely and s,srrsly practical
n reducing The business % . rigid
1ys1Grn che sfo<kmss 81 aonsans
hsve ciassified them selves into sseer-
Inen" and sshe-xtockm~a The sstsr-
men are Increasing They are those
Who. realizing ttss this i rst.ser ;
grazing country than = breeding eossfs-
Try. ere eetting osss OF ss<sek-sassssaE ~
tnat - fhey ear make the change
Tbev furuish the market fer the fau-
mn Of Texas, sew Mexico asd Arr
uoun. They are ready 10 bar ali of
the tw0-year-old steers The southwest
EN- breeder can suFpsT, and they pa
cash. They turn these young steers
on the Montana ranges 9raxe fbefh
there two year,, ard ulArz*s ffsfsa
for beef. That - tfse whole
bHsines. Of the stserHezs- Is = sHst
the Niedringbaus brosheFs are en-
gngesi In. They are pairing fof TIE g
tuo-year ODDS this year 81 - = head,
the Southwestern ccxmen deiivsftflT
them on the ranes. GA the same saF
that the HonsS company bought 100
bead OF Mes MerieaB txo-ss aT eaas
here for klsso brad IL sold train
load Of fours IN Chicago Tor 81 ~ q
bead. With 10 PEI cent ~ tie sysfsge
winter loss, and sifh aaeia Go = ssztts-
eeem<ns - caring for ssffss p 81
With a force 81 seventy Eve fs.en. Ntss
free grazing ard sstb The local taxes
as the only item OF srg&0se ssss The s'ts-
csspafion Of tie rnrgea. u - Fslatn tbat
the business lstlst retaFn far profits.
How much profits Well, sasns fess-
pIe who lire Ia this country aud
ought % know SAT- that tlse Montana
Yt1~rmen are realizing from - 80 -
pcy cent. on their inxestBAefs. lac
csttieuaen say that Is ts-O htga.
TO uhAt extent this ErexlnE bsisI-
ness has grown + Nhown by sn estI-
rsate MADE BIZ Major fattletssss. the
Austin. Texas. cowboy. lie has Just
delivered in Montana 700 two-gesr-
cid. salsexl ON his ranch Ia Mex
Nexsen. He SAYS that this gear The
cowmeu OF Tsxzs, >es Mexsso ARD
Arizona will deliver 1000 yeariings
and twos 70 the steernsen al Montana
and Wyoming. The relations be
tween the Southwestern breeder the
Nortaern graxsr are gsoEf,sg closer
every wear There ~ com man1ty nt
interests Instead ~ rivalry- The
Northern erraxsr acknowledges Without
the slightest hesitation that this
country was not intended for breeding
on large scale because ol the heafy
peyc<ntsge OF loss of the stock
In winter. Oa the other hand.
the Texas and New Mexican
eowrnau SAYS he cant compete
in beef making with country ike
this. where his Own steers vii grow
80 pounds heavier than he can ma
tire them, with corresponding inn
pYoyemen; in quality, The Montana
Texans sold by the Home company ia
Chicago the other day averaged la
pounds. and brought $3.50 per iv0 On
The sane day Texans of the same age.
which had matnred In their native
state, averaged between 80 and iss.
and sold for e. IS In the Same market.
Montana maturity means I'D pounds
IN weight and from see. 10 g. 81 per
100 increase In price for quality. In
that margin il found the explanation
OF the close relationship which Is de
yeiorlng between the Southwestern
and the Northwestern stoekmen.
Perhaps some ene has been inter
esied enough In this somewhat tech ,
nscai discussion OF the cos business 10
wonder how the 1900 err more
more Southwestern steers reach
the northern ranges. whether the
transfer isn't pretty expensive. aud !
what il TO be done when the country
settles up between the sections. thas
the trail. Well. the COW /
men have virtually discounted the /
trail distractions. Steers, II they are ,
young and only on the way from one
range tp another. nos travel by rail. /
The Southeastern breeders began hy /
driving their Young steers north. 1
Then they discovered that tsy saving 4
time an getting them on the negth. 4
ern ranges they coaia put them 1
into the winter in better form
and with less danger Of lo>wes. 4
Some herds SIN come hv lac !
old way. weeks on the trail. Rut the /
more popular tuetbgsi now Is 81 tlTige /
- the railroad ia the panhandle ef /
Texas. pat the steers alsuard the cars
there. bring theEn nefih the whole /
length 81 Colorado. ana aluaos; 70 the
center of Wyoming, 10 a Mace called !
Msndases. There they are taken
from the cars. bscaase IL i the north. !
ern terminus OF the railroad. ard
driven 80 miles north % Montana
But IL Is only the question 81 year or
txo when the nee.fs OF this transfer
between the southern ard northern
ranges will prunapt the building 81
one or more lines of road north9ard
through Wyoming into Montana, and
then the train loads 81 Young Texans
viii come all The Way through hy rail.
reaching these Incompatible ranges ia
time for the May grass.
But the itefn 81 expense A s-year-
old steer now makes the entire trip
from Texas or New Mexico ta Central
Montana Tor less than 81. Add to
that the coSt al keeping hlm two wears
In Montana at s. year. aud estimate
the risk OF the wiuter on his life
Subtract that aggregate from the ~
pounds ot additional weight, aud the
80 cents Ca 81 a hundred tor extra
quality, tho result at his northern
grazing. loa have the margin which
Is the sure pratt on grazing Texans
and New Mexigans IN Montana. The
sfcermen have already figured Il eat.
and are putting the profits ia their
pockets They have occupied the
ranges about ,lp Ia the limit. There
Is not room Cor another Hsme Cattle
Company in Montana. has there Is
plenty of rssosu Tor stook farmers.
tsesides the she xsocknaa. Mho stan
breeds, and the sherman. whe onss
grasses. there Is in Montana the
granger NAV his triha ipcrease ia
the hope ef The new state. for her
future development dspeads apsan
n .. "a.
eouses in with a little money. pizk =
out farm on the bottom land aEaug
the streams He has little bunch *
cattle, = few htFses. OF Flee / az sheep
which he let's rsaa ia the siEa@S ~
cns,leVs 81 the hslls back III hss gsrm
lie raises cfsaps enough ta make his
living, puts up hay oa the hessoaas for
the rAnEenseas And ends ths pvog.t as
his veasafe IN the gvawth " his hneeh
% STOCK. There i na danger os hts
hessi ct twenty ~ aus heAa ssxaylag
away, In the winter Re AFsngs theta
81 the tsrgn feeds tAem sixty 8ays
and esssfses All loss
What Is shs relationship tasE xeeF
the range sssssksaan snd lhc efSReeF g
In sae PAST the rapchgaan ana tAr
former have Hst S rate Nos aiaHE
sell Ia The szase ss~stan There hes
hssen, Il nsst eeet hase8esV, sss3tns az
aatakessaisn "lt - nt3ersas here
SAYS Esster eleuien og she fessasss ss
,iasss asli. The FawsvH1a n ard sae
granger. instead et seesvflaS each
other a. lasratefs rsii together TIE
granger hslAs tsuag hes ~ ssksck make
No impression ea tav -NmSe. AID the
Fsngvsasn = otst osgy sitting, bat q ~
~ have the gfsnases assF Ay. hzsss ia -