Cattle

Question 1

How many longhorn cattle roaming free on the grasslands of Texas?

Answer 1

5 million

Question 2

How much could cattle be sold for in the West?

Answer 2

$3 to $4

Question 3

How much could cattle be sold for in the East?

Answer 3

$30 - $40

Question 4

What 2 things occurred in 1866 to help industry?

Answer 4

• The development of Abilene railhead
• Liberalisation of Kansas quarantine laws

Question 5

When did Kansas re-instate quarantine laws?

Answer 5

1867
- Cattle could only enter for 3 months in winter

Question 6

Cattle quarantine

Answer 6

Extended to other areas of state in 1876

Question 7

Increase in cattle transported?

Answer 7

35,000 - 1867
700,000 - 1871

Question 8

Numbers of cattle driven from Texas to cow towns?

Answer 8

1867 - 10,000
1880 - 400,000

Question 9

Two examples of cow towns in Kansas?

Answer 9

• Dodge City
• Wichita

Question 10

Development of the railroad from Chicago?

Answer 10

Became the meat packing city between 1866 - 1888

6 - 10 million cattle transported there

Question 11

How many cowboys present on the plains?

Answer 11

40,000

Question 12

What diminished the cowboy’s job?

Answer 12

The development of the railroads

Question 13

Where were ranches established?

Answer 13

From Texas to the border with Canada

Question 14

When were Union stockyards in Chicago opened?

Answer 14

1865

Question 15

Why were union stockyards opened?

Answer 15

The cattle industry was industrialised. There was demand from northern states and Europe.

Question 16

Number of cattle on the plains taken from 1880 census:
Colorado

Answer 16

1860 = none
1880 = 790,000

Question 17

Number of cattle on the plains taken from 1880 census:
Kansas

Answer 17

1860 = 93,000
1880 = 1,500,000

Question 18

Number of cattle on the plains taken from 1880 census:
Montana

Answer 18

1860 = None
1880 = 430,000

Question 19

Number of cattle on the plains taken from 1880 census:
Nebraska

Answer 19

1860 = 37,000
1880 = 1,100,000

Question 20

Number of cattle on the plains taken from 1880 census:
Wyoming

Answer 20

1860 = None
1880 = 520,000

Question 21

Which winters killed 90% of cattle?

Answer 21

1885 - 1887

Question 22

What was the results of the great die up?

Answer 22

Smaller ranches
Fenced in via barbed wire

–> More scientific breeding

Question 23

When were refrigerated carriages introduced?

Answer 23

1875

Question 24

Example of an area not suited to Cattle breeding?

Answer 24

Foothills of the rockies

Question 25

What happened at the foothills of the Rockies (Colorado-Wyoming border)?

Answer 25

Sheep farming

Question 26

Why were there conflicts between sheep farmers and cattle ranchers?

Answer 26

• Sheep were believed to pollute water holes
• Crop the grass too short

Question 27

How many sheep in the west by 1900?

Answer 27

25 million