The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-03

100000 COWS sold in western Kansas
| this fall and the beneficial results to
Kansas City of such an immense addi-
ton to her permanent cattle supply can
hardly be estimated 80
Frank Cooper of Offutt, E1more &
| Cooper was just boarding a train for
| Montana when he was asked if he had
given any attention to this western
! movement of cattle. less, The said, the
movement has been very heavy. 1t is
from New Mexico, Arizona and Old
Mexico to western Kansas. The cattle
| have been bought by men controlling
water. Some are new corners and 9TH
erS are those who have been trying to
| farm and given it up as a bad job. The
grass out there is the best for many
| the cattle business of Kansas City from
this stocking up of the western counties
| of Kansas
Il know of one bunch of 1000 head
and another of 1,500 head moved into
western Kansas recently said F. r.
Stoller of the StolIer Commission COM
pany, and there have been many 9TH
ers. These cattle are going onto land
hitherto classed as farms, but in which
farming has been abandoned. There
has also been large movement of cat
tie into eastern Colorado near the Kan
sas line. which should be figured as
Kansas City territory as WE'LL
All the land in western Kansas
taken up some years ago for farming
purposes and since found Improbable,
Will soon be stocked with CATTLE" said
j. H. Waite of the Barse Commission
company. Il know one man who has
a section and &, half with water, which
practically controls Z goo acres of good
grazing land. There are many such
! locations, though lately there have been
a good many wells dug, making more
home ranches. A large area in west
ern Kansas is fit only for stock graz
, ing until irrigation makes more head
way. think that from 10000 to 20, 900
mead or cattle have gone into western
Kansas this spring and this is only a
starter. They have been put on the
| choicest locations, as was natural, and
now will follow the stocking up of the
second choicest land, much of which is
almost as good as that already occu-
pied. In some ways these last loca-
tons will be better for the country than
the f1rst ones, as they are made up
smaller outfits by men who go in to
build up homes and good ranches
Kansas today has more cattle than
ever before in her history. When I
first came to the stockyards years ago
a native shipment was a curiosity Now
the bulk of the trade is from Kansas
farmers in lots of one to four car loads
DIFFICULT TO GET GOOD STOCK
One h1ndrance to the rapid restock-
ing of the ranges is the difficulty of get
ting the cattle. Some are buying the
cheaper cattle of the south, intending
to improve with grade bulls. The calf
crop is not sold close this year, show
ing desire to increase the individual
holdings. l look for good prices for a
number of years in all grades of cattle
The prospects are very bright in Kan
sas City territory
1.-The insurance and loan companies
Which own much land in western Kan
sas are now leasing it for grazing pur-
poses" said j. NJ. Paine of Paine, Dun
can & Co. They fence the land and
lease it to some man with a cow outfit
who grazeS cattle at so much per head
say about 81. These cattle are brought
from the south, grazed in western Kan
sas and then come into this market for
sale to eastern feeders. 1 think there
have been over 100000 brought into
western Kansas this year, SO, coo of these
being stock cattle for permanent loca-
done on borrowed money and much of
it comes from Kansas City. This cat
tie movement into western Kansas is a
big thing for the state and for this
market. 1t all comes here in course of
time
L. H. Allen OF the Kansas city Live
Stock Commission company views the
the eye of d philosopher. He believes
that the man with a hoe was off his
beat when he strayed in that direction,
but sets no limit to the prosperity hich
may come now that the true religion
has been discovered. He said:
I believe that fully $4,000 head of
cattle have been located permanently
in western Kansas this spring. There
would have been more had the supply
been greater, but for causes well known
it is difficult to get young stock even in
the southwest, where it has always
been available at low figures before.
Now that the land owners of western
Kansas have discovered what nature
intended for their occupation they can
keep on increasing their cattle area out
there so long as irrigation does not