The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-07-06
THESE WOMEN
RUN RANCHES
FIFTEEN MEMBERS or FAIR SEX
BELONG TO TEXAS CATTLE
RAasERss ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OWN LAND AND cATTLE-ARE
EQUAL OF MEN TN RIDING.

Boston Transcript: Ali Of the at
tendants at the meeting OF the Cat
tie Raisers' association here recently
were not cattlemen, says a Fort
Worth, Tex, dispatch. There were
some cattlewomen, who have a prom
inent part in the industry of the
who mount their ponies and ride yer
their sections, inspect their herds and
watch the roundup" They watch
every detail OF the ranches. Theirs
is a life for the most part "in the
saddle" and they are as efficient as
the men when 1t comes to riding a
horse and helping in the roundup.
There are fifteen women In Texas
members of the Cattle Raisers' assoc
station, who own big ranches in the
state.
Owns Sons Cattle.
Mrs. c. Adair Of Palo Duro, Tex,
who resides in New York ana London,
owns 10000 head of cattle on her inn
mense ranch in Armstrong, Donley,
Hall and Briscoe counties.
Others who own Texas ranches in
clude Mrs. w. M. Albrecht Of Weser,
Tex, who owns 1000 head Of cattle,
and Mrs. Fl. M. King Of Corpus
Christi.
Mrs. NJ. B. Huling, nee eileen Young,
of Lampasas, Tex, who owns los sec
tions in Culberson county, rides her
pony over her ranch and knows ev-
cry fot of 1t.
She gives her ranch her personal
attention. She was married to Mr..
Huling, an Ell Paso ranchman, in 1903,
and has two daughters, Eva Belle
Huling and Elizabeth Dane Huling.
Mr.. Huling died in 1910 and left her
in possession Of the ranch in Culber-
son county.
She is thoroughly conversant with
the ranch n its needs, and knows
every foot OF her immense pasture.
With her saddle and pony she spends
many hours a day. She looks after
the watering places, the fences and
any other necessary improvements.
Mrs. Huling's ranch is five miles
northwest of Toyah and comprises an
area ten by eleven miles. The ranch
is stocked with high-grade whitefaces.
Faith in Her Business,
'T have the same faith in Texas
stock and Texas land that my hus-
band had" Mrs. Huling says, land /
| expect to continue to develop my
ranch to one of the best in Texas,
with the highest grade of stock"
Mrs. Huling has added to the land
already owned, until she now owns
all of the school land, with the excep-
| ton of a few sections, and a part of
this she has bought and homesteaded
since her husbands death.
She takes particular care with the
water supply for her pastures. The
| Delaware creek, which is fed by
springs, waters the central portion,
The outlying sections are watered by
wells, some of which are not 100 feet
deep.
When the round-ups are held Mrs.
Huling is out with her pony survey
ing the herd as 1t is driven. And
when the branding is going on she is
there to help any way h can.
Sometimes she helps hold the sway
ing herd, and 1T is not infrequently
that she is seen pursuing an unruly
animal, and she always brings IT
back.
When a herd is to be delivered. Mrs.
Huling is present to watch the final
turn over and see the cattle count
ed out. She is assisted in the man.
agement of her ranch by Ed Young,
her brother.
Another of the interesting figures
among the Texas women ranch own
ers is Mrs. Samuel r. Coggin of
Brentwood, president of the Coggin
State bank of Brentwood, capitalized
at 5000, 900.
Mrs. Coggin took up the manage
ment Of the bank and the ranch upon
the death of her husband, the late
Samuel r. Coggin. She makes a per-
sonal inspection of the ranch twice a
year. She supervises the dipping Of