The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-09-13
ROLLING ~ wna,,,s
Cattle business a.
Better Than ~, IN South -

o'hihs could emphasize i. y
ful possibilities Of the soa.s s s'a
cattle ranges more thai W
r men rs,o OF cattle recently 70 ~, o.
CHAMBERLAIN, and it is aonA made
remarkable results baya 'uO'illi i
Ia. tanned in any legitimate nv, ursf s'a
lrv II appears almost incr s o. ~
men with comparatiye,v ..'sdlOls
oegin with could, in a do - caDas
So acquire property that - s,,,. veg
yearly income Of from %. s,eldsa
goo, and yet the cattle rar s,s" y
Dakota contain many such
Among the most snooa
cattlemen, three were rsn. .ul q
the shipments from cbamh sssns
week, In the persons Of ca.s, 'aa
Charles X. Howard and una a ~
The punches marketed by eso ae
gentlemen Were about eo.a, IN y
and represent at least saO oaS y
or them VIII make Additions, .s s,a
yet this season. sl'pae
With but 100 head or~so M,
embarked in the cattle busina nv
years ago, and ii is now es,,n,. ,
he annually markets s750Oa
cattle, and yet has bunch !,
feeders on his range.
The record Of C. X. Howard !.
generally known, for ne has =.
period of years been a consnion.a
ure in the Northwest. Anon, ~
failed in business for about sIOaas !
he retained the faith OF bis 80
who staked him on modest s..sJ
the cattle business. Their to,,s
not misplaced, and he Is now ~,
read his title clear and shin ahou. J
900 worth of cattle yearly ANA \
retain a large bunch Of feeders :,
ranges.
Corbin Morris is another OF ina NJ
examples Of what energy and str,s,
plication to business can aceomnlI,,
South Dakota's prairies. His sbi,r.
are estimated at 100000 yearly AMI
he began in the business workin,
others until he had accumulate |,
Gent capital to go it on his own /,
To-day he has one Of the lareas, \.
or cattle that roams the prairjes
These successes are remarkable
yet they are in no sense eycan,.
The prairies are covered with mo,
have. during the past ten years |,
very modest beginnings in many y
gathered together herds OF cattl.
sheep, which if sold. would mr
the most generous Of Completeness
w. Seaman, Colin Macbeth. ]. Oh
erson, William Dent, Henry & Va
Kaufman & Winter, w. w. And,
and hosts of others. have become
stantial capitalists through the II,
mentality of the stock industry.
is IL remarkable I'm one sense that
industry should weld such subsa
returns. and that there are no faI
to be recorded among those who
engaged In the business, for in moi
place in the world are the conil
more ideal for cattle raising Tia
the prairies OF Western South ia
The grasses are. according 10 scie
tests in several of the agricutura
leges of the West, the most muir
of any of the wild grasses Of the
try, while water is abundantly SUI
In the numerous streams or throus
agency of dams which hold the 81
water. The cattle, too, range upO
prairies throughout the entire v
and the instance is, indeed, rare,
hay or shelter have been necessar
The shipping season now comm
promises to be notable in the sens
more South Dakota stock win be
upon the market tnan curing an!
season in the history Of the state
eral causes contribute TO this
During the past season there has
an immense expansion Of the Ind
The total number Of cattle upa
ranges has increased like mage
there is a general feeling that the
Is gradually becoming overslf
The high prices. too, have an Inn
upon shipments, and il is states
the value OF shipments from w
South Dakota alone viii this yea
coed the sum of s3.O0O.OOO.
Cattle raising in South Dakota
longer an infant industry.