CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Introductory . .9 



Preface 13 



CATTLE-GROWINGl OUT WEST. 

 CHAPTER I. 



THE LAND TO THE WEST OF US. 



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

 ulation and Decrease of Cattle — Cattle-Kings of Nebraska 

 and Wyoming — The Herds and Where they Graze . . 23 



CHAPTER II. 



GREAT LANDS AND GREAT OWNERS. 



Ranches along the Platte Eiver — Herds in Wyoming and 

 Nebraska— Their Increase and Profits — Cattle-Kings — 

 Great Stock-Drivers, who they are and how they Opera e 28 



CHAPTER III. 



ESTIMATED FORTUNES. 



Profits of Cattle-Raising in Nebraska — Manner of Managing 

 Herds — Some Notable Eanches and the Profits . . 35 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE MONEY TO BE MADE. 



An Investment of §25,000 for Six Years and the Probable 

 Profits— The Same for Five Years— The Cattle-Supply . 45 



