# CATTLE RANCH,A

CATTLE RANCH,A Produced: 1922 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “The ranches of the United States produce the cattle which are fattened for beef. More than seven-eighths of these animals are produced west of Chicago. The cattle country is a land of little rain, few streams, scattered grass and distant hills.” Cattle on range land, mountains in distance. “The grass is so scant, that each animal requires twenty acres. The cattle are far apart and move several miles each day grazing.” “The cattle land was once the range of buffalo.” Buffalo in zoo. “From Canada to Texas the great buffalo herds roamed with the seasons. This animal was once so numerous, that in 1868 the great herds stopped railroad trains in Nebraska.” Close-up of buffalo. “When the buffalo herds passed away, the cattle ranches came in. Today, more than seven million animals are on the land of the buffalo.” “The cattle ranches in Texas were large. One had 100,000 cattle, 150 cowboys and 1,600 horses.” Herd on range. “The cowboy has a lonely life, following the herds through the dust of summer and winter snow.” “These sly and cunning coyotes are waiting to catch the calves.” “Sometimes the calves are weak and are taken to the ranch house to be fed.” Calves eating from trough. “Saving the calves prevents loss on the ranch. Calves that cannot run with the herd are hand fed.” Woman feeding calves with bottle. “Every day the riding skill of the cowboy is…

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1922
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/fc-fc-313)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
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