60 LAND AND LABOR. 



dent of the " Scotsman," a newspaper published in 

 Scotland, in a recent publication, writes of cumbers 

 of gigantic cattle and grain farms that fell under his 

 observation in 1877, in various parts of our great grain 

 and meat producing sections. I make a few quota- 

 tions from his " Food in the Far West," published by 

 William P. Nimmo, London and Edinburgh. Of 

 Texas he says : 



"Two of tbe largest cattle owners in this neighborhood are 

 Mr. Allen and Mr. Butler, the former of whom has a fence along 



the line side for no less than twelve miles Mr. Butler's 



ranch is under the management of a young, practical, intelligent 

 Scotchman, extends to over 27,000 acres, all enclosed, and is held 

 in connection with an arable farm of over 900 acres a few miles 

 farther west, where Indian corn and sugar are grown extensive- 

 ly and successfully.'' Page 37. 



On pages 42 and 43 he says : 



" Many of the large owners are nonresident, the number of 

 squatters are few and growing but slowly, and hence the popu- 

 lation of this district is limited and wide spread. There are a 

 few 'broad acred squires' here. Captain King, Nueces County, 

 possesses 150,000 acres fenced, and about 200,000 unfenced land, 

 and owns between 40,000 and 50,000 cattle and 5,000 sheep. 



Captain Kennedy, also of Nueces County, owns about 



140,000 acres, all within fence, and about 40,000 cattle ; while 

 Messrs. Coleman, Matthias & Fulton, of Aransas, have 210,000 



acres within fence, and own about 100,000 cattle Mrs. 



Rabb, Corpus Christi, has 50,000 acres enclosed, and owns 15,000 



cattle There are many others who count their acres 



and cattle by thousands." 



A farm of 350,000 acres would furnish area suffi- 

 cient for twenty-five such cities as New York, on 

 Manhattan Island. 



