The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-11
The Roundup Outfits
Have Taken To The
- Western Ranges -.

The roundup season is ON in
Wyoming, Colorado, Montana and 9TH
er cattle states in the west. Some Of
the roundup wagons will be out as late
as the middle of July doing the work
that is generally finished two weeks
earlier, for this has been a cold. late
spring, following On the heels OF a
storm on the Laramie plains as late
as the middle of June-and such
storms catch the cows when they are
at their weakest n play havoc with
the newborn calves.
Cowmen unite in declaring the sup
ply Of range cattle is very low, which
is anything but encouraging to the
ultimate consumer of beef. In fact,
the average cattleman is inclined to
subscribe to the theory that never
again will there be an era Of cheap
meat in this country. All the avail
able public lands are being grazed to
the limit. Many outfits even run big
herds on the national forests in sum-
mer and are now moving to the sum-
mer range. But the area added by
the leasing of national forest land Is
not sufficient to make up for the re-
striction of the range caused by the
rapid settlement of the vast open
country that at one time was all in
SlaASo IA tIAS aoiiioil vi al
There are several cattle strongholds
where settlement has made little prog
ress. Among these strongholds may
he mentioned North Park. Col, and
the high plains country Of southwest
ern Wyoming and northwestern Col
orado. In Routt county. Colorado.
applications have been made for the
grazing of $4,000 head of cattle and
$4,000 sheep on the national forests
Yhj~ Thn~1 11ttY> l~~o1S~o
are considered too high in altitude for
successful all-round %ranching. and the
"~nester'' or small homesteader has not
bothered the cowman by taking up the
choice locations.
Bigger in Old Days.
Some Of the association roundups
are quite p%retentious. though one of
them is SO large as the average round
up of the old days. However, 1t ia
quite common to find an association
roundup consisting Of SO or 60 men
and with a "cavy" Of two or three
hundred horses.
The roundup outfits Of today are far
more elaborate than those the ''old
timer" put up with. There has been
little improvement in the covered
roundup wagon, with the tailboard
that lets down and discloses the
cooks Kitchen" But instead OF
sleeping III tne Opens tne HoueFn COW.
boy a a plentiful supply of pyramid
tents to shelter him and his compan.
ions. The grub is better and more
elaborate, Inc he can always get back
to the wagon at nightfall. and does
not have to spend the night on the
range wrapped in his saddle-blanket
The heavy. slow-moving steer thai
has succeeded the wild. long-horne6
steer from Texas, has made life easier
for the cow hand. The old-time steer.
were feet runners. and were hard tt
corral. They wore out saddle stock
at an alarming rate. and the old-time
'cavy" was much larger than thai
carried today, each cowboy having tt
be supplied with at least half a dozer
horses with which to do his work
properly.
It is interesting to note that a few
weeks ago W. cowboys in tho vicinity
Of Sundance, Wyo., rounded up anG
shipped to market the last Of the old.
time steers on the range in that state
These steers. three in number. were q,
least is years old. and had been ir
every roundup and "cussed' by every
cowpuncher from the Little Powder tt
! the head Of the Brazos. They were