Author: James S. Brisbin

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-27

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9781332002481

Excerpt from The Beef Bonanza: Or, How to Get Rich on the Plains, Being a Description of Cattle-Growing, Sheep-Farming, Horse-Raising, and Dairying in the West Introductory; Preface; Cattle-Growing out West; The Land to the West of Us; The Great Grazing-Lands of the Plains - Increase of Population and Decrease of Cattle - Cattle-Kings of Nebraska and Wyoming - The Herds and Where they Graze; Great Lands and Great Owners; Ranches along the Platte River - Herds in Wyoming and Nebraska - Their Increase and Profits - Cattle-Kings - Great Stock-Drivers, who they are and how they Operate; Estimated Fortunes; Profits of Cattle-Raising in Nebraska - Manner of Managing Herds - Some Notable Ranches and the Profits; The Money to be Made; An Investment of $25,000 for Six Tears and the Probable Profits - The Same for Five Years - The Cattle-Supply About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.