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Ranchers and the Cattle Industry

Ranchers and the Cattle Industry. Texas and the Longhorn. Texas had ideal conditions for cattle Warm climate year round Water sources Wide open range land Longhorn- sturdy, short-tempered breed originally from southern Spain. Cattle Business. Buffalo and Indians gone from the plains

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Ranchers and the Cattle Industry

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  1. Ranchers and the Cattle Industry

  2. Texas and the Longhorn • Texas had ideal conditions for cattle • Warm climate year round • Water sources • Wide open range land • Longhorn- sturdy, short-tempered breed originally from southern Spain

  3. Cattle Business • Buffalo and Indians gone from the plains • Estimate: 5 million cows in Texas 1865 • Buy for $4 in Texas • Sell for $40 in East

  4. Getting Cattle to market • Cattle drive north from Texas • Chicago stock yard • Hub for railroads • Railroads provided • Quick and easy shipping to Eastern markets

  5. Cattle Drives • 1 Cowboy for every 200 – 300 cows • Drawback to life as a cowboy • Low wages • Loneliness • Occupational hazards • Sickness • Weather • Stampedes

  6. The End of Big Cattle • Barbed Wire and land ownership • Overgrazing • Overproduction = low beef prices • Natural Disasters • 1883 Drought • 1887 Blizzard and “Big Die-up” • Cattle Diseases

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