4 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



MILLIONS IN BEEF. 



PAGK 



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-FARMING 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 



