The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-02-13
PROFITS nv CATTLE RAISING.


Interesting Paper Read By Col, a.
Allen at the woodward convention.
The following paper was read by
Col T.. A. Allen at the Woodward
Cattlemen's associatiou.
Profits IN cattle Raising
A great deal has been said and writ
ten on this subject. IL is one that IN.
terests nearly every farmer aud ranch
man throughout this country and
why should 10 not9 IL Is business
in which they are vitallY interested.
Perhaps there has been more expert
ments practiced ia trying 70 bring
about the best results in cattle raising
than any other industry in the United
states. Young and old, high and low,
rich and poor, have AL taken a turn at
csttle raising. / might 60 further and
say that some Of the gentler sex from
time 70 time have invested the profits
they made out OF the millinery busi-
ness-some have succeeded. Eou
great stalwart men must not think
you are the only ones who have
studied zoology, either in the pen,
farm prairie, or in theory. / venture
to say that greater per cent OF men
than ladies' engaged IN the business
made poor success. The reasons are
obvious, the men want - get rich too
quick, in other words they want to
control the earth aud put their brand
on 1t, and be called cattle barons"
and kings" ride n carriages and 90
over the country touching the nigh
only, while the ladies, "bess EN-.
have been content with saying ~
have a cattle ranch and / am going TO
show these men that | am going to
stick TO the business and make some
money, and / won't wear bloomers
either"
II has only bsen few years ago,
along in 1881, -, 3 and that 10 was
thought by very large number, aud
by those who were smart, snrewd bus
mess men, that all one had TO do was
TO get some cattle and ranch. engage
a manager and a score or more OF cow
boys, erect fine ranch houses, get
some fast horses, pack OF grey
hounds then invite friends In the East
| TO visit them, have a good time gener-
ally. and in the mean time get rich.
! Alas How soon their fond hopes are
| paralyzed Many OF them left the
country walking on their "uppers +"
! Was 10 the fault OF the cattle business?
/ No. They had put too much money In
| tally sheets, COW tracks and expenses,
| coupled with a knowledge Of how to
| take the ball by the horns, or 10 prop
esIy swing the lariet, or how 20 burn
"a brand, these being some Of the es-
seutials well known 70 old COW men.
! Most of that class invested Ia cat
! tie properties, for that is the way they
| spoke of their cattle business, cattle
/ properties" being a term imported by
| mammals boys" from the East I do
not want To criticise quite "a large num-
| Der OF intelligent men that went into
the cattle business, whether from the
East or the North, who have given
tue cattle business much thought, who
/ invested their money judiciously and
| followed up the business in every de-
tail. like men OF judgment in any
other line, and for such / have the
! highest praise and regard There are
many such men new engaged in the
! cattle business who have made a sue
cess Before the boom in the castle
/ business IN 1881, ., 3 and a. we sell
dom or ever heard Of cattlemRn fail
/ ing n the business. The great ma ior-
ity OF those oged ia cattle raising,
/ whether on farm or ranch, had grown
up from boyhood on top or side Of =
! bronco with lariet and branding Iron
| in his hand; these men were eminenJly
/ successful, and they deserved 10 be;
| they braved the heat and hot winds OF
/ long summers and the winter blasts
/ had no terrors for them Then, on
I the trial 10 market with their beefs
/ they slept with one eye open, and
whe ther IL was rain or shine, light or
dark, they always had the cattle
ready FOR the trail. And when they
| got the cash for their cattle they i'm
/ mediately with few eXceptiuus) re.
/ turned home with some presents for
/ those near and dear 70 them rud they
! paid and squared all accounts A more
! honorable set OF men were never en-
gagged In any business; they loved God
I and feared only the ievil they we're
/ liberal aud just with their seilowmen,
hence their success ] nave spoken OF
| these things which have happened la
] the past 20 show some of the causes
why there were failures in the cattle
I business, and the reasons why it was
successful 20 better govern those now
I engaged In cattle raising
I have been directly engaged in
breeding, raising driving feeding,
/ shipping and handling cattle ia every
way possible for the past thirty-three
( years, covering the country from the
/ Mississippi river 10 the Rocky moun