19 



Ron*** Used 



Used Cfrticfkf For Sh*t>. 



Usad For Botfc Cattle ami Sh*<*. 



Desert. 



3. LOCATION OF THE RANGE COUNTRY 1 



Notwithstanding the fact that the above figures are partly es- 

 timates and were made at different times of the year, they are 

 sufficiently accurate to represent the general trend of conditions. 



A marked increase in cattle is shown in each state from 1870 

 to 1890. This was the period that saw the establishment and 

 growth of the big bonanza cattle ranches thruout the entire West ; 

 when beef cattle "kings" were at the height of their prosperity. 

 During the next decade further increases are to be noted in Texas, 



!U. S. Dept. of Agr., Yearbook 1908, p. 232. 



