The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-11-10
FEATURES OF PAN
Writes in Western Trail Describes
Pretty nuch the Whole Plains
Country.

western trail Of the great KIT
ranch, describes practically the
whole plains country"
He says in part:
THE Staked Plains is dotted ev-
cry few miles with circular depres-
sions or lake basins, sometimes
several miles in circumference,
which after heavy rainfaIls, con-
tain large quantities of water,
The drainage is tow ard the east
and every five to fifteen miles a
grassy ravine or draw traverses
this LAND, sometimes wide and
deep, sometimes narrow and shall
low.
The large proportion of crisp,
bright, bracing, sunshiny days
makes it a salubrious and delight
full climate to live in. Outdoor
work can be carried on here almost
every day in the year, sun-strokes
are unknown, the nights are al
ways cool, and this section is des-
tined to become the abiding place
of vigorous, healthy, hardy race
of people; and a climate that con-
duces to that condition in the hu-
man race will also conduce to a
good healthy condition of all the
domestic animals,
The wealth of this tract in its
natural state lies in the abundant
supply of it's excellent grasses,
There is probably nowhere else
such a fine sward of valuable grass
es as is found here.
First of these in Importance,
quantity and universallity stands
the true buffalo grass, unsurpassed
for grazing purposes, which, as a
winter forage, is without an equal.
and is greatly relished by all graz
ing animals. 1t is a low growth,
rarely more than five 20 six inches
high, and it cures during the dry
season on its roots into perfect
hay, which recent tests at the ex-
pertinent station at Manhattan,
Kan, show to be considerably su-
perior to the Kentucky blue grass
and very much better than tim
othv.
Next probably comes the curly
mesquite, which is also very album
dant on these plains, and in the
habit of growth closely resembles
the true buffalo grass; natures on
it roots and affords an excellent
pasturage for all kinds of stock in
the fall and winter. No grass
stands drought better than this; at
such times it dries up and appears
dead, but in few hours after a
warm rain it becomes green to the
end of the smallest branches.
The different varieties of gram
ma grass are also very abundant
here and make excellent pasturage.
The blue and white gramma are
unsurpassed for grazing purposes,
and no other grass better with
stands the tramping of stock, and
they also cure in the turf into
splendid hay, Other valuable spe-
cies of grasses abound here, among
which may be mentioned the blue
stem and bunch and sedge grasses
(Which are most in evidence where
there is a large proportion of sand
in the soiD and many others which
afford excellent grazing and are
more or less with those already
1T is our firm conviction that no
country under the sun is better
adapted than this to the stock
farmer, This conviction is ground
ed on fifteen years experience in
raising cattle on it. The present
owners came into session of it
before any wells had been bored or
fences built or Improvements of
any kind made upon it. Now there
are over 800 wells, 1900 miles of
splendid barbed wire fences, eight
division headquarters buildings,
and numerous line riders and wind
mill greasers' camps upon it, be-
sides general headquarters, two
several farms and other
Improvements, and everything nee