Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-03-15
SHIPPING CATTLE IN HAWAII

j. Z. Cundell, writing from
KamuelR, Hawaii. to the American
Hereford Journal. says of TIE
methods that prevail in the islands
for shipping cattle:
Shipping ca lie in Hawaii is
quite different from shipping cat
lie in he states. We don't have
to Seit for The cars here and ne
stock taius do not Get snow
bound, in a wssh-out or otherwise
delayed. for the railroads do not
hardle the cattle here Wy much.
Most OF the cattle are slau Uttered
in Honolulu and they are shipped
by boa, 10 Hoholulu and To-. ,ded on
the cas- and t,kcn five or six miles
10 the laughter pens.
Mo Of the Inches that 20
down 20 the beac have their own
shipping ports. Two or thrae days
before The boat is to call for the
Cal lie, the fat ones are rounded up
and got ready 10 dive 10 the
beach, pref Y much the same as the
beef is gathered in the states and
driven to the railroad sta icc.
But ;he loading is not done re
same here o is it done so quickly.
1t is quite . cugioSi " to s Q
them for the first time. The cattle
l. driven in a small pen CT tn ee
sides and open towards the water
and by his The boat is pulled up rs
close as SIZE cIr set. which is in
most il. ,ances is aDodt tive ny
ya'ds ON the shore, ) anchored
there, her life boat loHere | AID a
tow LAC zen ashore. A life
bOst is anchored or mace iass to
the tow line pat way baci to the
ship and whore the water IS about
ton feet deep. Then Inc Shipping
horses are brouph into play,
horses hat are trained tn work
and ridden by naive cowboys.
They usually have at least TWO of
these shipping horses ar1 they
work alternately. One goes into
the water and gels his horse tenn
pered 20 the situation. Then ne
goes in.o he pen AID ropes a stee-
or COW fLstens In rope a. the
sad lie horn and WORKS il to the
edge OF he pen, where The dogs
are put 10 work. if there ere any
dogs about and most ranch men
have Jn.m or purpose for helDir =.
Then the cowboy puts mis- 5purs
to the horse and Gocs pllngi0g
into the water and the bullock in
his terror 10 get away from the
dogs. and the fact hat ne is helped
on by the rope, goes plungirg INTO
me waite right behind the horse.
Before he knows W at mas hap.
pened he is off his feet and swim
mag, as is also the horse. When
the end of the rrpe is thrown to
ne Gailors in the life boat and
they gel ,ie "na of the rope, it is
released from the saddle and the
horse is turned toward the shore,
while the bullock IS pulled along
side the life boat. his nose pulled
up out of the water and mace fast
to the boat. 1t is then towed
s'orGside the ship by the donkey
engine on board, the cattle all swim
ming. Another boat takes it's
place while tie second boat is busy
transfer ing is cattle to the ship
by mean Of a sling icing put
about the bulloch's body ami
hoiSted On board by tue sane
donkey engine, a distance o.
several feCt, where the bullock is
made fast 90 the rail ~ tie,ng
1t by the horns. They are in like
manner hoisted ashore a. f%louolulu.
Some Of boats tnat carry cattle
,Gn accommodate as many Us 75 or
80 mead on deck besides the
regular cargo in The hold. They
charge So per head regard ess of
size for TO miles or whitever
distance u may he from me ship
ping poin.