New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-18
earth. and they come pretty near forecios"a
their assumed title.
LIKE CATTLE-TRAIL DAYS.

Tn tho old cathedral DAYS il used TO be SAID
that the Indian must get out OF the SOL oeIoio
the cattle could do well. That time mas O ,
The settlers have got the soil in good cOhuliol
so far as the wilderness is concerned lney
have tried to plough it and haVc ralseu IL"
crops But neither the trees that the Govern
rnent urged them to plant nor the darnininS
of the draws has made the yields that they eN-
pected and there Is a general desire 10 IGl tnt
States west end be used for the things that IL
is capable of. The State Legislature at the re-
cent session disposed Of the state irrigation
plants, and thus admitted that the EXPERIMENT
was a failure The expensive windmilis are
being sold for a song and the department or
forestry will close the incident with report OF
the proceeds to the Governor. the desertioh OF
that mart of the state to the cattlcinen is tne
best thnl, that could happen to it, for they VIII
succeed where the farmers could not go
Besides this, there is a new king in the Held
alfalfa. This forage grass is so harry tnat
when once it gets hold. The trouble III getllh',
it started is more than offset by the permahehcy
Of the yield The cattle can pasture on IL ana
then il can he cut. Then they can pasture on il
again and then another cutting Four crops IN
season is not unusual, and the roots Oh inc
grass go down to the bottom or the SOL. me
secretary of the State Board Of Agricultural
Studies has warned the farmers not to SET IL OUT
in the orchards, for it will suck the moisture
from the trees and make them VIII ana suiItr
In the fields of this hardy plant the hogs can be
fattencd for the market without mouthful OK
other food ard they are being fattened IN TINS
way all over the west end of the state
The cattle are coming into this section almost
n fast as they did in the cattic-tlall Gays, When
tho herds were driven up from the ranges OF
the Lone Star State. Then. in one year, just
thirty years ago. the cowboys brought over
1IGoOtD head here. and they were the kings OF
that day. For several years this trade was III
the asce ndency. but il is now relesated 20 tne
rear by the four lines OF railways that are ouiit
TO the gulf One winter the cattle could not De
cold and thousands of head perished on the
Mains out here in the snort grass country Al
one little station sixty carloads of hides we're
Skinned from the effects OF the storms. Inc
cov.hoys also suffC red and a dozen or more OF
them nerished But that time has passed ana
the ARRANGEMENTS for the making or the snort
grass country a cattle region are comp.eted on
q sraIe that includes these contingencies. mere
are many unoccupied houses in the towns ana
they are being moved to the ranches for the use
Of the herders Cattle. and sheep too, VIII nave
shelter from TIE severest Of the blizzard Inc
cffeci win be TO make the profits more certain.
4 trip over the country around this town
shows a large number of deserted houses on the
claims and il is even worse in the further west
crn counties There one may ride for day and
see ONLY few houses of any description: ii IS
rho result of the foreclosures ana the fallure OF
crops in previous years The banks OF one county
are even making a nice thing from the deposltS
that the county places in their hands ana "nlch
il has no use for at this time. 1hat SHOWS no"
prosperous the people are becoming. Iney nave
got down to rock bottom and are ready 10 make
the hest Of things. over at G0Odland, aIouhu
tho store Of q one-tme capitalist, are the re-
mains Of twenty thrashers and twice as many
rpapers that the firm sold to a farmer ana Whlch
were taken back at the end of one season. Cropi
have not come until this year.