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A 7 ■*« in on Catt!e TlnNlug —lrs t.i/lute' ■ •lt;* with J.Q K‘ d, 1 F-:' '•• ..7: ;in KunBa*-Tian.v,“ih •■,;! li. .-little i ' . i 1 lt;lasea. f; u To •.lt;•*?” *.v.. 1 • ; tuque4* N1;) largo by a great deai jas 1 t Jit fact, ti.i .1:uiCOthlt;re;be ! of eattl f: * 1» i .nor h t' ;. any year «im 1870, wht I firs tv *:ti int« the .Iri.ivtbow)was Mr. Hod’s reply.“Hot •!. von nr . ’h ■ lt;- ' ’ i f ,‘ “Well, sir, the fact is, • I»cre is a 1 ntar- * for cot:i- '‘.lit'don j v to drivlt; tf t:i uj u rth. Bcs- ■ • t ■•err arc t «t a* mitr.vJT7 . ' - *’catt' • 1.1 tbo state as there used to be. ' 1 i ngos are becoming cir- j,cun: nbed, and sellers are being jbrought in by railroads, especially it in northern Texas, and they are taking land for farming purposes that u ;ed to be devoted tojta!stinefcr!tit inraising.* 10 va.viui vo5*alitpr;stiofit1sttinab..ri”prrriiiNrthlt;“About what number are to be driven north this yea*, or arc on the trail 1I should say about 180,000, jpe though some claim that 200,000 are on the drive.”“For what points are they mostly destined ?”The larger number will come up over tin.* western trail by Fort (inH’.n, and will be taken to Fort Dodge, Kansas. Some toOgallala, on the Fnion Pacific railroad, in.Nebraska, art 1 a few will be dliven to CahlweH, Kansas, over the old Chisholm trail. CO' the cattle on on the trail only about 00,000, are fur open market, the rest being contracted for.”“Who has the biggest herd this year ?“John Lvtle, I think, 13 drivingout about $0,000.“How was last winter 011 stock intiowharlt;gndothtlilt.it’ijv ♦rn1 exiis rmetinpovitpeneintbetinanititstotthIt was the severest winter ever experienced in the state, after thirty-two years residence. At first we feared it would be pretty hard onttocli, but ut the rjuing round Upwe found that the loss was not beyond the usual figure. The cattle drifted or scattered badly, but no more than usual died.”“What class of cattle arc in thedrive?”“Never better. They are in 0pgood condition and are coining up | . , in fine shape. The range in Texas 1( was never beter, and the cattle got a good send-off.”“Well, what is the general prospect in Texas for cattle supplies ?“It is a great stock country, ami the range in the southern part ofthe country is yet unmolested bysettlers. There will always be a big supply in the scate, but from year to year there will be fewer cattle driven North, until that bus-1 im\ss will be abandoned altogether.Texas will become the cattle market, and even now we are getting out own price there/’rjlt;tiewasolt;imte;prasWiar
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Burnet Bulletin
Burnet, Texas, US
Tue, Feb 21, 1882
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