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What is the name of outbuildings and cattle yards surrounding a farm?
steading
What is the Cattle Boom?
1860-1880. It is when the railroad made it profitable to raise cattle, but by 1880 the land had been over grazed and too many cattle sent to the stock yards.
Why did the Chicago bulls their for hometown Chicago?
Because there were large cattle stock yards in chicago
What consisted of rounding up cattle and leading them to the shipping yards in Abilene Kansas?
Long drive
Is the cattle feed yards declining or growing?
Growing, for now. More farmers and ranchers are going out of business or downsizing their herds, which means that there is a larger influx of cattle in the feedlots.
How did cattle travel from west to east?
They were taken to railroad stock yards and shipped by rail to the east coast.
How did ranchers get their cattle to market in the north and east?
Before the arrival of the railways, cattle were driven to market, known as a cattle drive. When the railways arrived, the cattle were driven to the nearest railhead.
Where was Coyle South Dakota territorial post office located?
13.5 Miles south of Kimball, SD; about 100 yards east of the road. Used to be a farmhouse there, I think it's gone now.
How many yards in a neighbour hood?
There are no set measurements for neighbourhoods, it is a general term for the surrounding area, or community.
Why did cow towns diappear?
Because they were no longer needed, especially with the invention of the engine and the increasing availability of trucks that were able to load cattle right on the ranch. This saved immense work and trouble of driving a large herd of cattle to these cow towns or rail stock yards to sell them.
What replaced the long cattle drive?
With the expansion of rail lines the need to drive cattle long distances became unecessary. Cattle owners could load their cattle from the nearest town which was usually a same-day trip. This was a great benefit for the owners moneterily speaking. On long drives the cattle would loose considerably weight, reducing the profit since cattle were sold per pound.
How did the spread of railroads throughout the South and West help both ranchers and farmers?
Before the railroad cattle had to be driven to the stock yards by cattle drive. It took weeks and men to keep them going in the right direction. The cattle would lose weight, die, stampede, and get lost so it was a real task to get them to market. The railroad solved many of these problems. Massive stock yards developed and the cattle was collected there then shipped east by rail. Some of the Midwestern cities of today began as stock yards for the railroad. The production of cattle went up and more investment went into cattle ranches. One investor was Teddy Roosevelt when he was a partner in an South Dakota cattle ranch. He only was there once ( his wife and mother died the same day when he was there) and he never went back. Today it is a national park with a nice museum of many items that belonged to Roosevelt.
