4 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



MILLIONS IN BEEP. 



PAGE 



An Interesting Letter from One Who Knows — A Generous 

 Offer of a Fortune — Just what can be done with Money 

 and Brains — Figures that Tell 59 



CHAPTER VI. 



GREAT LANDS IN THE SOUTHWEST. 



Texas Cattle-Kings — "Who they are and what they own — 

 Mammoth Ranches — Letters from Cattle-Owners on the 

 Plains — Cattle-Grasses 73 



CHAPTER VII. 



MORE ABOUT CATTLE-LANDS. 



Interesting Letters — The Testimony of Generals Reynolds, 

 Meyers, and Bradley, Edward Creighton, Alexander 

 Street, and Governors McCook and Campbell — The Fu- 

 ture of the Plains 81 



SHEEP-FAKMING IN THE WEST. 

 CHAPTER VIII. 



GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. 



The Raising of Sheep — "Where it is Done — The "Wool Crop 

 of the "World— Sheep-"Walks of the Plains— A Fortune in 

 a Clip 93 



CHAPTER IX. 



GREAT PASTURE-LANDS. 



"Where Sheep can be best Raised — "Who the Sheep-Owners 

 of the Plains are— How the Ranches are Managed — Letters 

 from Sheep-Raisers 106 



