| Show aron Is the cattle baron of the western plains 1 rapidly becoming extinct like the indian he Is disappearing be fore the onward march of settlers upon the domain there are no langei vast tracts of territory he can appropriate to his own uses for the land Is being sold to farmers from the east and from europe the rancher is either going out of business or preparing to go the cause for this impending change is the contraction 0 the range and the invasion of the small cattleman the farmers have taken up the land along the streams where the w ter is found and while there are thousands of acres of dry range land which afford good grazing tor part of the year they are removed irom water and the sources of supply are cut off by the small farmer who is utilizing it this is by no means an unmixed evil or even the forerunner of the impending decline of the cat tie raising industry it simply sigal fles that the cattle barons are slowly finding themselves short of territory on which to range their stock their places however will be taken by tho farmer and stockman of limited means who Is content with develop ing his energies to raising small herds of cattia the passing of the cattle baron in the northwest marks the transition era from low grade to higher grade live stock that Is destined to evalu and revolutionize the cattle raising industry the displacement ot the cattle baron with a vast area ot land devoted solely to the grazing and breeding of low grade cattle will give way to diversified farming that will insure sheltered cattle feeding in the winter seasons fewer losses of live stock and better quality of cattle for the stock market the impending change does not augur disaster to the state on the contrary it will be a harbinger of more substantial pros the subdivision of the great cattle ranges into stock farms will be tol lowed b a marked increase in sub stant lal wealth and population which will grow from year to ear and cannot tall to give the highest develon ment to the resources ot the state |
