CATTLE-GROWING OUT WEST. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE LAND TO THE WEST OF US. 



The Great Grazing-Lands of the Plains — Increase of Population 

 and Decrease of Cattle — Cattle-Kings of Nebraska and 

 "Wyoming — The Herds and Where they Graze. 



The increasing interest felt among all classes of 

 people East regarding stock-growing in the West and 

 the profits to be derived from this occupation induces 

 me to offer the public information gathered at various 

 times during a residence of twelve years on the Plains 

 among the herds. 



Let me premise by saying that in the whole world 

 there are but five great natural grazing-grounds, located 

 in Central Asia, South Africa, South America, Austra- 

 lia, and on the plains of America. The first is larger 

 in extent than all Europe ; the second is as great ; the 

 third half as much ; the fourth as large as South 

 America ; and the fifth, the boundless plains of the 

 United States, contain 1,650,000 square miles with 

 over a billion of acres. 



These pastoral lands of ours have never been under- 



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