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WESTERN GRAZING GROUNDS AND FOREST RANGES 



almost seven million cattle in these states in the three 

 years is a ready answer to the question of why beefsteak 

 is so high. 



State. 



Cattle- 



1910 



Texas 8,268,000 



Montana 922,000 



Wyoming 986,000 



Colorado 1,586,000 



New Mexico 930,000 



Arizona 651,000 



Utah 415,000 



Nevada 423,000 



Idaho 421,000 



Oregon 872,000 



California 1,572,000 



Washington 



North Dakota 



South Dakota 1,996,000 



Nebraska 3,919,000 



Kansas 3,997,000 



Oklahoma... .. 1,992,000 



1913 



6,056,000 

 812,000 

 542,000 

 1,093,000 

 947,000 

 812,000 

 437,900 

 453,000 

 442,000 

 639,000 

 1,964,000 

 405,000 

 714,000 

 1,278,000 

 2,509,000 

 2,476,000 

 1,639,000 



30,376,000 23,218,000 



Sheep ^ 



1910 1913 



1,909,000 2,073,000 



5,747,000 5,111,000 



7,316,000 4,472,000 



1,729,000 ,737,000 



4,729,000 3,330,000 



1,020,000 . ,570,000 



3,177,000 ,990,000 



1,585,000 ,487,000 



4,248,000 2,951,000 



2,581,000 2,644,000 



2,372,000 2,603,000 



783,000 501,000 



621,000 293,000 



829,000 593,000 



393,000 382,000 



278,000 316,000 



108,000 71,000 



39,425,000 32,124,000 



Short-horns on the Range. In the early years of 

 the western range business Short-horns, then called 

 Durhams, were the predominant breed. The long-horns 

 from Texas could not be classified under any particular 

 breed or kind, but were probably descendants of the 

 Spanish cattle brought 'originally into old Mexico from 

 where they spread to the Texas ranges. There they 

 were bred up mainly by the use of Short-horn bulls. 

 So long as the ranges were virgin and grass was plenti- 

 ful, J;he Short-horn breed flourished and held its own. 



The Devon was raised to some extent, the Mormon 

 people who went west taking a large number of Devons 

 with them. For years many of the herds in Utah and 

 those places where the early Mormon pioneers gained a 

 foothold showed the cherry red of the Devon blood very 

 plainly. As the ranges were filled up with stock and 



