Ranchers made the western cattle industry profitable. They did this by selling and raising cattle for food and agricultural purposes.
The western cattle industry was very profitable because the cattle cost very little to feed. The cattle were also worth very little in the south but roughly tripled in value when shipped to the north.
Cattle ranching became profitable because ranchers bought land cheap and when they did they bought a lot of it. They could have thousands of head of cattle and could ship them East by the railroad. People in the East needed and wanted good quality fresh beef and would pay good money for it. Ranchers could have several thousand head of cattle because they had enough land to keep them and they could hire men easily and pay them only a small fraction of the profits from selling the cattle,which left most of the money to the rancher.
Because there was such a high demand for meat and leather. And the cattle owners did not have to own but simply a few acres of land by the water in the west to keep thousands of cattle, the rest of the land belonged to the states. And the cost of transportation was so cheap.
They are profitable.
Cattle drivers were not profitable.
Ranchers made the western cattle industry profitable. They did this by selling and raising cattle for food and agricultural purposes.
Cattle Farming can be a profitable business.
The western cattle industry was very profitable because the cattle cost very little to feed. The cattle were also worth very little in the south but roughly tripled in value when shipped to the north.
The western cattle industry was very profitable because the cattle cost very little to feed. The cattle were also worth very little in the south but roughly tripled in value when shipped to the north.
1860-1880. It is when the railroad made it profitable to raise cattle, but by 1880 the land had been over grazed and too many cattle sent to the stock yards.
Are called vagrant and are those which have left out by their owner for reason that may be the cattle is no more profitable to the owner or some time due to the reason that that cattle has been suffering from some conatgious disease (allthough this is illegal and unethical)
Cattle ranching became more profitable in the 1870s because of the railroad. It cost much less to send cattle or their meat using the railroad.
I had never heard that he ever sold burgers. Later in his life he owned a cattle ranch (I think in Arizona) where they had a cattle auction every year.
There was a high demand for beef because all the cattle were slaughtered during the war for meat. As with basic economics states, when demand exceeds supply, prices rise, thus making it a profitable venture to raise cattle.
Being able to brand your cows so that they could be identified and fencing off land so cattle were not lost were two things that helped make cattle ranching so profitable in the late 1800s. Railroads helped cut the transportation costs.
Cattle ranching became profitable because ranchers bought land cheap and when they did they bought a lot of it. They could have thousands of head of cattle and could ship them East by the railroad. People in the East needed and wanted good quality fresh beef and would pay good money for it. Ranchers could have several thousand head of cattle because they had enough land to keep them and they could hire men easily and pay them only a small fraction of the profits from selling the cattle,which left most of the money to the rancher.