Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-18

Well Posted CattIemen Look for Better
Times This Year.

Well Posted Cattlemen Look for Better
Times This Year.
The cattle business Of Colorado viii be better
this wear than for years before, If the opinions
Of several of the gentlemen engaged in the in
dustry are to be accepted.
ar. J. L. Brush who Is constantly travelling
from one end of the great cattle belt to the
other. and who has viewed the situation
from Texas and from Northern Wyoming,
was recently in Denver, and he stated that
the Brush land and cattle company OF
which ne and Ex-Governor Routt are the pTIa-
cfple members, had been offered $50 each Sor
. 900 fOuT-year-Old steers placed on the ears.
rlis Is 2 pain on prices of previous years of .
about 81 q head. One reason why the demandS
for feeding steers IS greater this year IS that in
Kansas such great quantities OF corn nave been
crown and there has been 10 WaV OF shipping 1t
at a profit. The Kansas corn ralsers can see
NAY TO dispose Of fattened cattle, however, and
they are willing to pSy good Prices Tor rangers
There are in Colorado now about l, 400, 900 cat
Tie. Three years ago the number was about one
third more. The mild winters which have in
teryened have enabled many of the cattle to be
disposed of Al low prices TO be sure, out yet tC
ind p market, and now the situation IS very
favorable for ! profitable continuance OF the
business These !, .UJ, DJj catIie are ranging N
the parks OF the mountains. IN Routt county,
about and south OF Trinidad. along the streams In
the Eastern part OF the state. on the south side
Of the Platte for distance of about 100 miles,
and the uOTtl side of the Platte and La
POudTe 10 the Wyoming line. In South Park
Wet Mountain valley and st. Louis valley, west
of the Sangre de CrlstO range, there are many
cattle. Very few are IL pastures, comparatively
speaking, and il VIII probably be several yeare,
owing TO the condition Of affairs in the range
country. before pasJurage VIII become the rule.
II was not until after the war that the Colo
rado ranges became known generally and the
Wyoming ranges were even later IN coming into
notice Then adventurous men who had learned
something of the advantages of growing cattle
cut on the open range and the nourishing quail
commenced 10 come IN from the South and from
the Western states. Among these was John
linz, who died with over 5000 cattle ranging
over an immense area from the Denver Paclnc
on the west and the Platte river on the south to
the Wyoming and Nebraska lines. His
range reached as far as Julesburg on the east,
ana he employed even thousands Of men at times.
Some OF the great early StOCkgrOwerS are par
tally ont OF the business now. Among them
were Alfred Buffers, Fine P. Ernest and W. H.
II. CranmeT. Among the pioneers who still
pursue the business are II. H. MetCalf, J. l..
Brush, John l.. ROutj. the Messrs. Brown, the
Snyder Bros, Dick Bowling and George Thompl
son of Trinidad. The largest herds now in
Colorado are those owned by Mr.. Bowling, who
has q range near Wallace; the Brush land and
cattle company, who have 1900 head; the
Brown Bros. and Mrs. Warren, who own about
lN.#0 head, ana the Synder Bros. with T., 600 to
I4.Ua heaG.
But many of the large herds of ten or twelve
years ago have been divided and smaller owners
are to be found. The result has been the greater
care OF the cattle. more attention to the details
OF the business. and a far finer grade of stock.
There are TO-DAY Colorado cattle being fattened
IN Western Nebraska which will weigh 1900
pounds. Tins IS big enough for the most exact
ing buyer. The cowmen il the employ of the
cattle growers are OF . decidedly different class
than were found riding :he ranges ten years ago.
Then time was everything; care of cattle and
horses was secondary consideration. Now the
range rder IS expected TO look even tenderly
toward the weakiing calf and the mired COW, and
he Is not permitted nor does he desire to ride his
pony TO death, Denver Republican.