Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1883 — The Texas Cattle Drive. [ARTICLE]

The Texas Cattle Drive.

A gentleman largely interested in cattle who has just returned from an extensive trip among the ranches, says ninety-five herds of cattle, averaging 2,500 head each, will be driven out of the State this spring. The entire “drive” is estimated at 240,000 head against 850,000 last year. Most of these cattle will go to Dodge City, Kan., and Ogallala, Neb. Shipments by rail are saidtobeoverestimated, and will not probably exceed 50,000. Large herds of horses are also moving toward the markets. The importation of 20,000 cattle, reported from Brownville, Tex., a day or two ago, are from the States of New I ■eon, Mexico. 16,000 head of them are already gathered, to be driven across the Rio Grande in a few days. They were purchased by Mr. Ford, a prominent stock man of Colorado, and are intended to stock his ranches in that State. The price paid watfsl2 per head.