Ranchers and the Cattle Industry

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RANCHERS AND THE CATTLE INDUSTRY

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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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RANCHERS AND THE CATTLE INDUSTRY

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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

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Cattle Business

Buffalo and Indians gone from the plainsEstimate: 5 million cows in Texas 1865

Buy for $4 in TexasSell for $40 in East

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Getting Cattle to market Cattle drive north

from Texas Chicago stock yard

Hub for railroads Railroads provided

Quick and easy shipping to Eastern markets

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Cattle Drives1 Cowboy for every 200 – 300 cowsDrawback to life as a cowboy

Low wagesLoneliness

Occupational hazardsSicknessWeatherStampedes

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The End of Big Cattle

Barbed Wire and land ownership

OvergrazingOverproduction = low

beef pricesNatural Disasters

1883 Drought1887 Blizzard and “Big Die-up”Cattle Diseases


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