CATTLE DISAPPEARING. 347 



were many thousands of cattle on the Little Missouri, and now 

 nearly all of these have disappeared and have been replaced by 

 small bands of horses, which stand the cold better, and, being 

 of course not so numerous as cattle, allow the grass a chance of 

 recovering itself. The large ranches will eventually be succeeded 

 by farms, where a certain number of cattle, sheep, and horses 

 will be raised, and where, being fattened on corn, they will 

 fetch better prices. 



