HORSE-RAISING IN THE WEST. 



CHAPTER XL 



HOESE-EAISESTG IN THE WEST. 



"Who the Horse-Raisers are — How they Manage their Herds — 

 Profits of Horse-Baising under Favorable Conditions — Horse 

 Notes. 



Hobse-gbowing on the Plains has hardly yet been 

 established as a business ; nevertheless, something has 

 been done, and the results show that it can be made 

 immensely profitable. Of the herds I have visited I 

 may mention those of Creighton & Alsop, Mr. T. A. 

 Kent, in Wyoming Territory, and Nelson A. Storey, in 

 Montana. Creighton & Alsop began with 300 brood- 

 mares. They raised a lot of yearlings, two-year-olds, 

 and three-year-olds, and told me they had never been 

 fed or sheltered. The colts were large, fat, and as fine 

 as could be raised anywhere. The mares were closely 

 herded, but never given -grain or stabled in winter. 

 Mr. Storey began a few years ago with about 200 

 head of California mares, and his herd has rapidly 

 increased to 1300 head. His ranch is on the Upper 

 Yellowstone, and he neither stables nor feeds his stock. 

 He is a careless breeder, and takes little pains to im- 



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