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act as treasurer of the organization, and will receive 

 subscriptions to the stock at his office, No. 10 Spruce 

 Street, New York City. 



"David W. Shekwood." 



The following letter to Wilkes' Spirit will be of 

 interest to those who have read this book : 



" MOEE CATTLE-GEOWING OUT WEST. 



" Dear Spirit, — Observing several articles on the 

 cattle-project at the West lately in your paper, I there- 

 fore have simply taken some pieces from my scrap- 

 book, and can myself vouch for their being authentic, 

 being a pioneer of six years' standing. Stock of all 

 kinds grazing the whole year seems marvellous to any 

 one at the East. When they take into consideration the 

 altitude above the sea-level (7500 feet), temperature 

 frequently twenty degrees below zero, the whole story 

 is in a nutshell. The grass naturally cures on the 

 stalk and becomes hay. Of bunch-grass there are sev- 

 eral varieties, — two named Triticum strigosum, Stead., 

 the best for cattle ; Stipa spartea, Trim., often called 

 porcupine grass. Of all grasses which grow without 

 cultivation in any clime on the face of the globe, we 

 doubt if there is any which possesses as much nutri- 

 ment the year round, or upon which stock fatteu 

 better than the bunch-grass of Wyoming. Clover, 

 blue-grass, and the far-famed mezquite of Texas sink 

 into insignificance when compared to it. This asser- 

 tion will not be questioned by any one acquainted with 



