The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-08
CATTLE RAISING has A BOOM,
A GREAT DEMAND FOR RANCH
LAND ~ NEBRASKA
II IL q Result OF the High Price or beet
--Rnnchmcn Believe That the Present
shortage WIN Soon he Met small
Farmers Going Into stock Raisinv.

shortage WIN Soon he Met small
Farmers GOing Into stock Raising.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 27.-A great deml7t
for grazing land has sprung up in Nnh-.Ska
in the last two months. Only the otN,r day
the state Land COMMISSIONS returned
from a tour of the counties OF Holt, Brown.
Rock and Cherry. in the eastern par ~ ths
Nebraska cattle belt or range country.
during which he leased 1900 acres. every
one he had. in the -four counties rluai
and at prices higher than were ever fore
obtained
Two years ago, when the last leasing
trip was made In that region, there were
thousands Of acres left unoccupicd This
time every inch of lani offered was snapped
up al prices greatly in excess Of the legal
requirement.
One Of the most satisfactory a. vol A,
significant features Of IL was that resident,
and MOI, Spectators were the bidders
Commissioner Follmer saws that the GREAT
impetus recently given TO the stock-ra ing
industry Is responsible for the high prices
secured.
This demand for grazing land "a IL
origin in the general belief that the noyt
few wears. at least, will see big money in
the cattle business. Much has heon said
recently abou. the great falling OF I'm 'hs
supply OF beef cattle. a. compared with the
demand, which has been vastly increased
In recent years by the growing export trade.
Prices have been going steadily up ami
they are certain TO 20 higher. Hence =
rush 10 get in on the ground floor and ths
swapping up OF vacant lands.
Tho ~, anI Ioups of cattla r1isipg Ia
the West form an Interesting history. Tbs
possession or ownership 81 a bunch NJ cat'ls
wa for wears the sign manual of aNluence.
The stockman ranked higher than the
banker.
The big money Of tho early davs 'onp'ai
hundreds of inexperienced men To put their
faith in cattle as n doubler Of capital A
hard winter, an untrustw worthy foreman
and organized bands Of cattle rus'!ors
soon squeezed the bubble, and for years
cattle raising was looked on as an I'm.
profitable venture.
Following close upon the failure ~ many
big cattle companies came the individual
raiser. the man who knew the bushes.
and stayed with his herd the greater part
OF the wear. He made money and is still
making il.
The cattlemen Of Nebraska are not IN
clined TO agree with the prediction that
the production Of beef cattle will not. IN
the future. keep pace with the demand.
They say that il is the history of the hI-i-
ness that periods Of high prices come,
but tina they are the result OF conditions
that can he remedied-
II is almost the invariable rule that whan
cattle are high. the farmers turn to raising
them and when wheat or corn in turn g,ns
up they rush TO that industry. The catti'
men therefore predict that the present and
the threatened shortage will 10 met IN
time by the little punches OF cattle from
the farms.
Paul Frsuen. a big cattle raiser Of Mer-
rick county. says:
THE next few years will find thu IA.
mers turning more Of their land into ga,'
and moro Of their money into cattle. gAWN
the farmers Of the West increasing ther
Of cattle il will be only a matter Of time
when the demand is again overtaken.
Meanwhile, Of course, prices are bound
to Increase, because only a few Of the hg
ranchmen have succeeded in discovering
a way TO stop the great loss Of the winter
due 10 the insuficiency Of shelter. On
"A dig rancr " ldhtN IsfIf iHpiirN VIA ihh''
cattlemen can afford 70 invest 10 furnl.l
means Of housing the cattle and paving
for the increased help this entails
Smaller ranches will he the rule in tie
future. ] have 400 acres and II Is ZIG
enough. We do not feed on a large scale.
but We select the better breeds.
Native cattle, that is 10 say. high gra'e'
Of Shorthorn. Hereford and Poll"i Angus
are good money-makers We turn tI-~@.
when finishing them for the market. mp
A big enclosure with sheis and barn,
they nave free access TO water All Their
choice Of feed.
we grind all grain, crust raf corn,
run cornstalks, sorghum and other cI q
fodders through a cutting machine, ."
them alfalfa OF sugar beet pulp. and iu -
months they are ready Ia top IA" maj
Th- method Of fesding i, gradually t' &
introduced among the farmer aug ''F
are finding II very profitable, he'.Hr Old.
hfty cent corn and seventy-o"nt Sh'a'
-On. II my neighbor-. 7 Is Hoo F.'
probably f'~.i= mon. cattle than any r'
man IA the world. follows au.'.'r
Which IL making hin nch RAPIDLY 10
r.lsutS " I'D cattle from TrNa- All t'
err plalns and often fs-.is aU.ppH a .
.Ihs-e are turned into th" feet 10
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