Show Iii Ii r t f i i lf f St Story of the ie Livestock Industry Ind us try of the State of N Nevada evada BY GOVERNOR JOHN SPARKS i i If U W the he live livestock stock sto f N vod Ami nd to 10 convey can It to 10 th the mind of ot true t ruo conception of ot Ui u Importance growth r I d mn It to 10 IO o k to lU the beginning 1 explain con oon und which hivo 1 exercised n for forI I 00 1 and not tree free from elIs hav ha retarded development I In a Il manner j The fhe claw of tock t brought to toI I was IIII ir of v lIry ry Interior inferior and especially that placed on the i rattle i und h p of ot Spanish h de were werl MIl driven ii en here from whore they Ihy and n 1 their had ranged l foi tOI years I without any attempt to 10 Improve their or maintain th lr The flu only object In I them here hare WM WI to the pd d rane In California and th Idon It l not probable that the bet best w c for tor that thaI purpose of Iho lio lr This class of stock as us It Il 1111 as constituted tho II of ot the Industry of ot thin state It Il served however the lite pur f I Olle of ot demonstrating tho Iho superiority i I f of ot our climate coll bT SiS tind 1111 forage I I for or the tho development growth f of or livestock to tl the highest of or perfection l the lode was opened op n 11 f up thou of nr people rushed to the ramp camp the cattle pre I f brou ht hen In a II starved and i j i dying tl condition the lh t ts with meats as linn an WI anyone an on could dc de der 11 r and were si ld ut tit fabulous this th 18 and anI encouraged 1 mn tb til In the business In u 1 1 l p WilY way with t desire to h Im Improve prove their stock Tho process was r 4 slow lol and liS but succeeded re rei i ii i well wellI I 1 1 Iii 7 The IH 19 history to lo tome loJ J l 1 me by hy stockmen men wh who had actual ex f Ii of tho j and received by mo us UI un undoubted r l doubted truth lruth I I tr t 1 i Shalli Coming t I r first came cam to Nevada In My 11 i at al time were vory fa ta t 1 toward the us liS usi liSH H t i country Bev e fral ral years experience ir i have hll not no changed chall el I till the IIvo j I ii tock In liml somewhat I I i i I J l those of ot early times but i I 1 i i there were then urgent fur tor de lIe ij t ii y M I a 1 better class of ot animals for tor torpt pt l f I breeding The Tho practise nt at ati 1 i i Wt i r I I that time of or buying bulnA cattle In Texas t I placing llIs them on tile the i X I I of or Nevada militated ery 1 l the tho for ij i ii legitimate 1 I mate breeding purposes lIS a the feed I 1 i f i I was wall tho th cattle shipped to toj j r market and no 1111 Increase left lett behind 1 In those days the native cuttle I I ill r were to tho lo 10 local B t 1 1 ff cal ral for tOI mutton Later h I t i on however Texas lexaR found a better mar marf lit ket keto and Oregon tho van re reduced reo t r to a I minimum We S may there 1 f t f tore fore conclude that thaI about 1871 practical I I I Hi 1 cal ul cattle nil sheep b ceding begun i r i mid ha hall continued to Increase e both In 1 td if 1 number and excellence of ot animals 4 J I It WIH but bul a short there thereafter I after that our hl tn to t I t j f sheep to Sun Francisco j tJ rom their heir own herdit which hR not 1111 f lx 4 only been continued to San fian Francisco co i i l jl but they b forced their WilY way Into Int Inte e Ij markets and ulC fully com comI I with the of ot lIs J iy I i i Kansas r f F p I J J lJ f II HIj L h f l I To this assertion I 1 will quote from tr railroad statistics furnished by b the Southern company from r In iiI ItH covering u II period of ut eV n 1833 IS to 10 1903 1 03 Jr the of ot cattle callic shipped by the tho thoa laid a hi company to points beyond our nut bor wr border del der Kor seven Helen named there were tons of ot shipped out of or this Il Milc le according to rail railroad road ro 1 approximation 11 tons to the cur The Ilie r IK III of ot cat 1 during tho 11 II d Ks Is ID O to the tar we have shipped for tur the jears Thin Is III the tho of ot hy 0 the for tur deter determining mining the of ot cattle transport transported ed by It for fOl that thal period Hy lI examining the mme fame table I find that tonnage of cattle were car carried ried from points I to points pol pIs In other states during tile yearn 1903 1003 and 1901 Adopting tho name method of oC ap lip approximation a u above we car carloads loads Inu numbering animals ex IX exported ported As 5 cattle were almost all ull beef heet cattle on Oil their way to market computation will show II h that If I this sur surplus plus hall had been equally divided among our population every cIer man woman und child In Nevada would have hae been entitled to within a 1 email fraction of ot two llo tach Sli Sh to III One 01 I have hll 1 not hoen able to get Iet Information tion even ven by hY approximation II that would amount to III maIO a It as to tito number o sheep ah ep whipped to market dur during ing In the last year yeal or 01 the number now In III the state 1 I believe how however ever that In III numbers 11 and now held tho will exceed that of the cattle und held six to one olle Tho cheep business ls IH controlled and anil bv br owners who operate on lillIs tulto and In to t o tar far as ns the welfare of tho state Hulo Is 18 con the tho difference Is III as easily one from rom thu Iho other na nil ht or 01 good from evil CIU The unwelcome or Intruding classes an ale those who tome ome with bands other States havo no fixed habitation own no and Im no Intention tion of ot becoming citizens but IJ ll Who come for tor the purpose of 11 devouring our unbalance eating out our Cd mid leave desolation and destruction be behind hind This system H lem requires two men four tou or live Ito ponies and II I III about sis alx lio do t to manage o tour four or Ito thou lI 1 p They ascend high mountains during lu ln spring summer HUmmer In III I tho ho fall tull to thu plains below elow I or to lo the from which tho cume to winter I Shearing comei find and tho suno round rounel Is III gone over each year The wool clips bring In III a II handsome divi dividend ami mutton always 1 bears a Il food price They claim to In loam till tho pub public lic III domain but OH a I rule they till are tle not particular the th domain Is III public or OL private If It Is III of oC feed ea A I There hll In I ho iver an nil honorable ills Unction to 10 be made In III of ot another of or who havi 11 aI been h ell of U havo Invented lell In III 1111 1 In Introduced 1 tu tIll blood In III tho country and havo havu cue can fully rull and kept their theil fice rree III This clam III hus de deservedly IIo Iere l Several In III the state number from OOOO to j jOO R OO head and no Is III foi In III a 1 well founded belief hell In III tho nt or our people II that profits may mn the tho will 10 1 thu II Hi to the III and Im 1111 Improvement provement of lit lhor lias lI ubI bren a more general to than lit I obier In III other class of ot livestock arc He everil elal stock In the tho state I are ar entirely I to the propagation of ot of ot the pure pureblood blood to be ho obtained und representing nil all tho breeds Much prejudice dice on tho part of ot owners of ot C was experienced at lit first on ul o otho II tho prevailing opinion that h tm r n and stock would not lot when turned out to rustle for tOl them themselves selves but IM hus proved 1 Ih ll they urn ure not nol only to a II liv III living ing III but 0 more ance and vitality than thull thc tho They nature much produce mole beef heer mure milk and but buttor tor and of or better ii h cum LOII Ihl t In the Ihl mar market ket Let go ItO on the tho IM iii II ho h will attle attention In the th show RIO ilir 1111 ut lit almost any In the Tills condition H I not d to tn the by It any m II l till the cattle d by h of lit linn of ni dairies of n nil Classen e 1111 the evidence of nt good blood IH hI Jh I t without HI 1011 1111 to tn Improve until the ruttle of Ir Nevada will Illuk with the bu 11 t ti ho ht found ml In III the holl tho Call to tn mind the I ml tint hu given Ilven to tho world the type of or horio known the land of MId and can y ff N n nIr dy Ir deserts stunted vegetation u d compare with lIh conditions In ea ean n ou will the I m all to UHl on llIe the most mOil kill that Nevada Is III thc thu lor of or tho horse On Om horsemen haw have given attention to 11 bleeding till all from the thi 1 i to In t broncho and lut till n successful 1 In III to u rill far as II Improve mont U 16 concerned but the very r tow for 11 jearM url horse hOllIe that thill they ihy null giving It attention ond actually horses to 1111 became u j 11 II nul A law In VVHS U III of ur nil 1111 boi hUI os lH running nt lit Urge wee we shut down In 11 tn fuu am ns t id for CUI tho Iho hide from i iA A bettor class of IC R e will wUl lit bis nn l JI thoroughbreds with wit h II i ig lIln g buck JuI to 10 fie rl l in throng sons Eons and Ila ig of or Hint old or horie It I from V during tho lit b t 3 will to be ho the 11 lr f un people Inspire the h for tor pioneer cl bleeders w lus lIa done dOlle so u much to furnish n record both In breeding p unco on the turf lurt In speaking of range tol It Is IR In Intended Int tended t to applY to If 01 0 ranges which under or stances will be expected to tu subsist both winter und summer without other feed fecel It Is however IV 11 1 tn bo provided with hay h l to In feed the should an In unusually sevens selCI winter occur It Is only onh no eStlar to III send out to tn look over the range stock the months and If Ir they the an all animal that does docs not no appear to bo 0 doing well W It I will willbe be he to tu the feeding tOI and 1111 taken of ot U It Is not u CI great ff at but den to make provision for fOI feeding as till almost every contains mum l In the form f meadow a which only requires the mower with a II force toreo o ot men to change chungo the tho crass In J n II lino II II I quality of hay hn In order ordel Not only are the th meadow hill but It I Is s almost lo to ii 1 range e however that doe Ioe not lands pio 1110 tot for alfalfa or 01 my oilier In this when and Alfalfa 11 1111 Is Jhc he crop fa tt by iy nit 1111 1111 it 11 froll four to 10 live Ih tons ton vor ler acie for ful tho thos th thaon s aon 1111 cuttings K dining tho sum SUII summer mel mer good 00 1 tIter after tho second ClOp Tho stockmen n ro not nul alone Ilone n the tho preference for tor alfalfa as almost every Canner fanner In the state It tile the principal crop It being very er nu 1111 and oaten with avidity by Jy all nU hay ha with thu very bo be l results filing re turns turna when sold eold In Hog III s I While till Industry Is I one that hotIn out great gr l Inducements to the Iho farmer It hILS not been adopted to extent nf n entitling It to lo recognition Jill onu of OC lending Industries This u III not lot a 1 corn ulato ns n Held al III although though many substitutes nt IN which vill 1111 promote one lIm fatten hogs nothing so o fur can Le be con COI considered equal to pork The produces enough to supply Its Inhabitants with fresh pork unit many euro for their own use liRe This so to bo h es to tho Ihl health nf ot aK n It Is 11 a common here that never dies until ho I b killed blood has been Introduced by h tONI feed Ing sugar beeta I ett which O re very ery easily grown supplemented by hy u n little 1 t tor I or barley I trl s me alfalfa hay a II very er Good article of poil may bo produced el i that animal health Is 18 otto i I IO of O tho factors factora necessary In III suc successful tul a statement concerning this would bo hn unsatisfactory tory tot without full tull nM of ot healthy I exception from IX 3 and unnatural loss lOBS from Our have 1 their herds from roll i nil with Ing 1111 care Iare assisted by b high altitude 1111 air almost uninterrupted nourishing too foo l I puns JUN water wate havi restated resisted nil all epidemics tind Inti prevented tb und of ot disease fion local In III our midst It can call bo lie safely asserted without fear nf Ihal no mo Iw anywhere In III the United States Sh les than 10 a ato to bo 1 0 found In III for both and elst I Superior CR Allusion has hIlS been I to the native grasses and plants of this In III terms that most certainly Indicate great grent confidence in III their I and a over oer those of ot all other states for COI stool stoe ra purposes In III tho endeavor to t substantiate 8 this assertion 1 nm a 1 InN var that Its cor may ilia be challenge 1 by 1 other Mates wherein the plants and graces grov Irow It be admitted that these plants nto only found In II the arid west Th luCY may then thel arise If the Mime o an Blown In other uI states and 1111 or why should Nevada dalm a a HU u o aridity being I nn nil condition III Nevada tho thoI u kt Iti In the Union It 1 natural naturally ly I follows folo that thul arid 1111 and I for tOl the attain tho t perfection able ICI OI that conditions atu 11 more favor favorable Neither Is IR 1 t anomalous i t o state of or ban It tho reputation of o Ing tho highest Ildo of n tobacco of or any In tatu In the Union although ed by Jy other oth states engaged In Il the tho sami I The state to of or Kentucky became renowned for CU Its Ia blue Kraw H q but It undoubtedly II us lIS luxuriant Iv h In II other othel of ot s l land and surely nn 1 not understood In III tin tw and ma maturity 11 of granse und plants fra Ms o AVe e have Im two of oC r I I ure Irl subdivided Into ilK lit relt glowing I in each Tilt Tho alI binds 11 I 1 adapted to tl such inch conditions I other othel species growing on diy 11 wk extending far up II on 1 lw tin mountain Hides both COl o Ild 1 I 1 o 1 toek loth UI fhe low I the lire le anil 1111 produce n 0 line I h Ile of f On blue the tho joint mold t b h 1 h Brans the wild 1111 but r f wild willi top rush dw rC ai n mid 1 the tho IIi al time honored luo Is 3 now nov In to t of tho Iho old rma os jn of ot which ni v 1 tock teet 0 The Ouis s The uplands plains plain mom t ir the tho I Mh Uh I mon 10 t highly nt nil gi 1 for tor rn o Il r ir I wen It I Brow In II tools stools or 01 g ft i Us name from bUl I MX pix In s to 10 is Inches In ha a I nn 1111 raw inn upright ami 1111 th TOS f Iton for to Kura url or down At Al th the dWI top n In mo no out which or reed ro ew HI Tho next lext In the s oc It I tho on rye ryo gran This Thi O In stool IB II much mch taller M Ih n n bunch grin II IH I excellent fool food I both Himmer und winter onel for th dam s milk mik ana butter of or the r 1 finest OIt flavor Ind quality Those hose who Imp har It I thoroughly for 11 MI IU poto pOlO positively that no fj or i Known with It Il for dai daly v The Tho different of o the r P c I cl l ure In hI high esteem estem us n winter forage e It I up 18 1 thal bunch is II with 1111 cr It t by 1 all ul of or tr k li livery very 11 nutritious and bourn g 1 III Injury cus tj IJ 11 t C n Ilant It I stools larger 1111 N I mom curel pet In the Iet ll Inc la Is gon cels orally co na ni to I bo 11 easy casy of or u Oilier Tho woods makl sr for rOl tind nip vr 1 u distributed ti t r t tt arc many mall herbs nn v II j j i known by h name to the Illa n II man mal thal contribute to the gi HIM I Mip it ply of ot forge forage plants to 10 be 10 fum fUl a uti on the lunges I The rite several varieties do co u grow 1101 I the soil Whether lethe they ai a 1 o UV r Indigenous to certain conditions rf nr c or otherwise li 1 n matter for tor the lh I I Informed to 10 explain In II tho first place the e r plants v 1 l Brasses e till ni rol In III dry and all 11 the Irow lu h hI dry Mill They lr r I Ily I rapidly ly und allt nt lt maturity wl In the tho ground support I 1 b bIle live Ile loots which ft t 1 I I I plants tho Iroc 1 I In to o oin undoubtedly th tho tire tlC tI I i i plant Not fO 10 wih 1111 KI 11 II n 1 wet soil ul Their composition is 15 soft and 1111 when I n I ripen lodo on the II pi IO vi 11 i become |