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cow will produce a calf nearly two-thirds Durham." 

 " In the commencement of your letter you say you 

 would in 1879 add 100 two-year-old Texas steers to the 

 herd. Why do you do that ?" " So as to realize sooner 

 from the ranch. In two years they would be full- 

 grown beeves, and sell, at $30 each, for $6000. If I 

 could put in 200 three-year-olds it would be still better, 

 for then we could realize on them the very next year. 

 On my brother's account, he being poor, I wish the 

 ranch to begin paying as soon as possible." " Why, 

 then, do you make him buy herd-horses at $125 each, 

 when ponies can be had at $40 per head ?" " Because 

 he should use mares and raise colts. I would give him 

 a stallion, and with five good Kentucky mares, which 

 he could bring out with him, he could soon have a fine 

 lot of colts. On a stock ranch everything should be 

 made to increase and multiply. Why, even the two 

 dogs, one should be a bitch and raise shepherd pups, 

 and those raised on the ranch would be far more valu- 

 able for herding than imported dogs." " You say you 

 would buy 100 Iowa cows and have the women start a 

 dairy ?" " Yes. The way to get rich is for every one to 

 work. My ranch is twenty-two miles from the Union 

 Pacific Railroad, over which every year butter is shipped 

 to the Pacific coast. Why, do you know, as many as 

 five car-loads of butter were shipped from Omaha to 

 California in one day. This butter comes from Iowa, 

 and I don't see why the people living west of Iowa 

 should not supply the California market. But there is 

 a better thing to do with butter than to send it to the 

 Pacific coast. There is Fort Hartsuff, Fort Russell, 



