The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-20
CATTLE COMING
INTO PASTURE
Osages Expecting Sixty
Thousand Head From
the South
GREEN IS SHOWING
New Contract Makes Basis of
Pay Gain Made by Cattle
on Pasture in Weight

pONCA CITY, March lg.--Sixty
thousand head OF southern cattle IL
the estimate placed by tho railways
on the number that viii be brought
90 the western Usage county pastures
and those northward In the Flint
hill district Of Kansas. In the west
ern Osage county pastures tho native
Ernss IL already commencing to
green. and the cattle Will begin 20
arrive within the next few weeks.
Al the present time the pastures arc
practically abandoned and have been
for several months. only an Occaslon-
nj horse or steer being seen. Usage
residents. as rule, do not anticipate
as many southern cattle ns usual
some Of the pastures. particularly
those farther north. nro being lenscd
on now basis this spring. The
rule docs not apply to amy consider
bile portion OF the Osage. aa the
pastures there are the property or
the Usage Indians and are leased
under federal regulations. hut In
number of instances. where tn.
pastures are privately owned new
leasing provision IL being tried out. /.
and that ~ az follows
The cattle will be weighed before
EOlnE INTO 'UN UdENuIt anu AIfH
again when taken out, whom the
season is over and tho cattle snn'
10 market, The pasture owner is
Ia receive four cents per pound for
the amount of gain made. by tho
entire herd. II was n ToNit cattle.
man who made this particular CEN
tract, but II IL one that viii be
written by q number this spring. In
the past the pasture rentals, as a
rule. have been 30 much per animal.
allowing 40 many acres for each
animal. Under the new plan, Il IL
believed the pasture owner VIII not
permit his pastures TO be crowded,
AZ there will be a greater profit In
the amount OF gain made by perhaps
smaller herd.
n.e records will show that Rrnd.
ualiy more OF the Usage Indians, and
particularly those OF part blood, nro
going into the cattle business than
heretofore. In numerous Instances
they are taking up the purebrod lines
but others are going into the In
dustry along the old lines OF pastur-
Ing and fattening grade stuff,
Three hundred ana sixty head OF
grade steers were purchased. tho
past week. by Clement DeNoya, a
m nber OF one OF the most promln-
ont OGbkt tuFnlltts lft oWhr
a considerable grass acreage In the
western Osagc. about as miles north
east OF this city. and Just as soon ar
the pasture is sufficient he will turn
this herd In. In the meantime he
is feeding them on shelied corn and
roughage. OF which there II such n
iargs@ amount In that section that
has not been used. There are hun
dreds of acres OF cane. kaftr and
similar crops In the Usage that VIII
never be uaed some OF u has never
even been harvested. This a be-
cause. resulting from the decline IN
tho market, no cattle were fed In
tho Usage tho past winter.
Cooperative shipping plans for
cattle are being tried out In some
sections OF oklahoma and Kansas
at the present time. This action
follows that ~ tho wheat growers,
cotton growers and others organizing
to market their own crops. At the
present time such n shipping asso-
citation In being discussed IN this
county, according to the county farm
agent, william n Gray lie has n
report from member of such a
shipping association In western Ok
lahoma. who says.
we have the returns from tnt
second car OF livestock shipped and
on our hogs. while the 12 head oi
cattle I shipped netted about 81 NOR,
we received si,2b more per hundred
per head than l was offered locally