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How many weeks did it take to go from brownsville to abilene if the cattle drives covered 15 miles per day?
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It took about 16 weeks
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What is the second largest cattle production state?
India is the country with the largest population of cows in the world, with over 219,000,000. Second is Brazil, then China.
Rise of cow town in the west?
Life in a cow-town revolved around the movement of cattle. Much of the town would have been set up to provide services for cowboys, and the people who lived in the town would typically work for one of the businesses in town. Cowboys might get a bit wild in the streets, and cow-towns often had large herds of cattle moving through the streets on their way to the market in big cities.
A person who drives sheep?
A drover or shepherder
What do you call a pig that drives recklessly?
A road hog.
An aggressive driver is a person who?
An aggressive driver is a person who drives
What was a covered wagon used for in Texas in the late 1800?
carrying kitchen objects, material, and food for the cattle drives.
Why did you have cattle drives?
to get cattle to the market.
What is the plural of cattle drive?
Cattle drives
Cattle industry and cattle drives originate in?
The cattle industry originated in Ancient Egypt over 5000 years ago. Same with the cattle drives.
How long did cattle drives last?
That depends on how far the cow hands had to drive the cattle. Most cattle drives lasted anywhere from a week to several months.
How long did the cattle drives last?
That depends on how far the cow hands had to drive the cattle. Most cattle drives lasted anywhere from a week to several months.
What insect made cattle feel unwelcome at cattle drives?
The tick.
Why did Cattle drives occur?
the market for cattle in texas was too small
What affected cattle drives?
railhead
What does a drover do?
It drives cattle in to a field
What was the purpose of a cattle drive or long drive?
It was how the cattle was taken from the open ranges in cattle regions like Texas to the cow towns like Abilene where the drives would meet the railroads. From there the cattle would be loaded on rolling frieght and shipped to either the markets in the cities, or after the invention of the refrigerated rail car, shipped to meatpacking plants in Chicago or Green Bay, where they were butchered. with the advent of barbed wire and the opening of the Great Plains to farming cattle drives became less common. These factors combined with a glut (too many cows = falling prices) on the cattle market led to the end of the "open range cattle drives"
How many miles were traveled each day in cattle drives?
An average of 14 to 18 miles per day were made on cattle drives.
