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Cattle Drives and Trails
The activity of moving cattle as a herd, either for a short distance or over several hundred miles is referred to as a cattle drive. Drives were of major importance before cattle trailers and liners were invented, and these movements created major trails that were used by other herds that were moved to be sold for beef or to make their home on a newly found ranch. Questions on cattle drives and trails, both historic and current, can be found here.
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They will drive an AVERAGE of 865/5 = 173 miles each day. But I suspect that, on day 1, they will not stop at exactly 173 miles and spend the night on the roadside if the nearest hotel/motel is 170 or 180 miles!
What was the name of the first family to travel the California Trail?
The first family to travel to California was the Donner Family. They hit hardship when Of the original 87 pioneers, 39 died and 48 survived.
What was the purpose of the long drive?
"The Long Drive" is generally associated with the cattle drives from various places in Texas to the Kansas Railroads in towns like Abilene and Dodge City for rail shipment to the eastern population centers. In 1861 thirty-five thousand head of beef passed through Abilene on their way to the dinner table in large eastern cities. Ten years later the number had grown to 1.5 million.
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Trailhounds look similar to foxhounds but are leaner in build. Their originally were bred from foxhounds with other crosses to get a faster hound with a good nose. Probably various out-crosses were tried many years ago before the present type evolved. They are bred for stamina and speed. A 10 mile trail takes between 25 minutes and 40 minutes and typically covers all terrain, from low-lying pasture to steep fell sides with streams, walls and ditches to be crossed in-between.
If traveling 1,700 miles adding 652 miles would equal to 2,352. This is a math problem.
Why was the railroad important to the open range cattle industry?
It made it 100 times easier to transport meat and other cattle products to areas of america that they wouldn't of been able to earlier. Because they didn't have to walk the cattle across the plains it made cattle available year round and delivered a better quality of meat. The railroad spiked the economy in regards to the cattle industry.
What did cattle ranchers accomplish?
Cattle ranchers accomplish the growing and selling of huge numbers of cattle to feed people, animals, and for their hide to be used in shoes and other leather goods.
How could Vaqueros recognize the cattle in their ranchos herds?
The most popular method of identifying the ownership of a particular cow was to brand the cow with a unique marker. The brand's shape and location would identify who owned which animal.
What was life like for cowhands during cattle drives?
Life was tough during a cattle drive. Cattle are dangerous animals even on a ranch, and when you gather thousands of the large animals and start driving them across hundreds of miles of range, you've got a recipe for disaster.
The two biggest worries of a cowhand during a drive were weather and stampedes. The weather could delay a drive by days if not weeks, especially if the rain caused rivers to overflow and flood. Cattle could not cross a swollen river, and the flooding usually covered up the flat grassland at the sides of the river, forcing the cattle herd to find food farther away from needed water.
Stampedes weren't just something from the movies. Cattle are herd animals, and if one animal spooks at a sudden sound or sight, they all run full tilt away from whatever scared them. Many cowhands lost their lives to stampedes, along with the cattle they were trying to drive to market.
Daily life was rough on a drive even if everything else was fine. You got up before sunrise, worked until sunset, then got a few hours of sleep before starting again. You didn't have a day off to relax because the cattle didn't rest on their way to market. Food was pretty dismal - beans and beef for the most part, and a cowhand would soon get tired of eating the same thing day after day. A good cook was a fine thing for a cattle drive to have along.
If you were an experienced hand, the drive wasn't as bad because you got to take the choice positions in the front of the herd. Inexperienced cowhands got the lousy jobs of trailing behind the herd and would end their day covered in dust and cow manure. You also got better pay as an experienced hand. The trail boss usually got between $100 and $125 a month on a drive. The cook was next in importance, usually earning around $60 a month!
Every how long do horseshoes have to be replaced?
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE HORSE IS USED FOR AND HOW OFTEN BUT ITS USUALLY APPROXIMATELY EVERY 5 TO 6 WEEKS.
No, it was the rail cars on the railroad that were used to ship cattle in.
Why did cattle drives end in the late 1800s?
Because of the advent of the railroads. Cattle didn't need to be driven as far as they did because the train could take the livestock the rest of the distance in less time than the cowboys could.
How do they kill large numbers of chickens raised for commercial distribution?
1. They are caught and crated in the rearing sheds and taked by truck (very much still alive!) to the slaughter/processing factory.
2. Most chicken production today around the world is done by large companies with departments covering each stage in the process: breeding stock farms, hatcheries, rearing stock farms, slaughter/processing factory.
3. At the factory they are taken out of the crates and hung by their legs/feet on steel frames hanging from a moving conveyor chain.
4. This passes through an electrocution machine (there are several designs) which 'stuns' them, so they unconcious for the next stage:
5. Their necks are cut (a really depressing job for someone), and the conveyor passes through the 'bleeding tunnel', and then on to plucking machines to remove their feathers, then evisceration machines, - and so on down the line to the packaging stage.
6. Developed countries (US, European countries, etc.) all have agriculture/food government department inspectors to ensure all is run as it should be. OK, there are occasional news reports of abuse - some of the guys who work in these places do so because they can't get better jobs - but its generally not as bad as some people imagine.
What is the average distance traveled by an automobile each day?
according to an article the average distance travled in a car in the united states is 29 miles
What helped bring a end to the cattle drives?
The expansion of railways was the direct cause of this.
How did barbed wire end the cowboy era?
It ended the era because it made it difficult for the cowboys to herd livestock to and from different places due to the fact of farmers using so much barbed wire normal routes taken were now blocked off.
