Because that's where most of America's population was, and more food was needed there than in the South and West of the USA.
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Texas Ranchers sent their longhorns on cattle drives because the demand of the cattle in Texas was low. But high in the north and east. Demand and supply affect the price of nearly everything that was bought and sold - not just the cattle.
Cattle ranchers sent their cattle to the north and east because those regions provided better grazing land and access to major markets and transportation routes for cattle distribution. Additionally, these regions often had lower population densities and less competition for resources compared to other areas.
it was faster than driving them by horse.
The longhorns were the only cattle available in America to be used for beef and to send East for beef and for a bit of income.
Because that's where most of America's population was, and more food was needed there than in the South and West of the USA.
It encouraged western settlement by making it possible for farmers and ranchers to send their products to the East.
A lot of cattle ranches were in vast open spaces away from big cities like New York. There was a limited transport network so the easiest way to get livestock from A to B was to walk them. They were taken to railheads in places like Kansas for shipments to stockyards in Chicago and farther east. This also insured fresh beef or pork where it was required, i.e the cities.
The railroad and the development of railroad cars that were refrigerated led to the rise of the western cattle industry. The land was perfect for cattle and the railroad allowed ranchers to send meat all over the country.
Western Cattle Ranchers herded the cattle to the railroad stops, so they could take them to the northern and eastern states, because in the west the population of the cattle were great. So, a cattle was $4 each. But in the northern and eastern states, the supply was not grand, so a cattle was $40 each. Since there weren't many farms in the north and the east, there wasn't a grand supply of cotton, lilac (So they can die), cigar plants, rice, beans and much more. They had to trust the southern plantations to send the livestock up to the north, so they could use those supplies to stock up their buisnesses, and homes.
for the nice cattle
Because they belives that the cattle carries deseaes and their gods would send the more buffalo!