Tex frowned honestly at the thought of the passing of this once great cattle trail, for the memories of those old trails lay snug and warm in the hearts of the men who have followed them in the saddle.
The shifting cattle drives and a short-lived townsite speculation had been the causes for the rails coming; then the drives stopped at nearer terminals and the speculation blew up--but the rails remained.
Cattle gettin' along all right in spite of the drought?
Then there was stampedes, an' cattle run off at night.
They had reason to suspect that thecattle were sent off in their mad flight through the dark by human agency.
Entering it he quickly collected a bag of provisions and then, milling the horses before the door to start a plain trail, he cantered toward the station, where he crossed the tracks and struck south for the old cattle trail.
As a veteran of the oldcattle trails he knew what a disturbed river bottom often meant.
Between the hills the pastures grew smaller and smaller, their sides more precipitous, but as they shrunk, the number of cattle on them seemed to increase.
During the latter part of 1889, a large number of cattle had been stolen in the neighborhood of Corleone and the country people were making many complaints.
During my absence Jack, as you will remember, lost some of the cattle and mismanaged the ranch.
Work was scarce in the province, and I'd lost my cattle when Jimmy went up with me into the ranges to look for silver.
Orchards, barns, and homestead built by your own labour, horses and herds of cattle all your own, and by and by the railroad coming through to bring you the long dreamed of prosperity.
At last we set our feet on solid ground again and started our long journey across France, in some French cattle cars marked eight horses or forty men.
After traveling all night and part of the next day, packed in cattle cars like the proverbial sardines, we arrived at Poperinghe.
Surely it is foolish in the herdsmen to allow the cattle to be killed with impunity.
When that noise is heard, which has just sounded in our ears, it is a sign that they have attacked some of the cattle feeding in the surrounding pastures; and to-morrow morning there is no doubt several will be found missing.
At intervals might be heard the howl of the prairie wolf, and the occasional lowing of cattle gave her hope of the neighbourhood of man.
Herds of miserable-looking, half-starved cattle were also to be seen; the cows very little larger than their calves, and all apparently covered with the same rough shaggy coats.
Perhaps he connived at recovery of cattle by those raided already.
Perhaps this word is an equivalent of Persian goshi, a tax on cattle and beasts of burden.
The troops of deer galloped within fifty paces of us, sleek cattle grazed upon the verdant slope, and every portion of the land showed evidence of careful attention from skilful hands.
And when the flood had passed, "it left neither corn nor cattle on the coast thereof.
How could there be, indeed, when the Borderer of former times was accustomed to see his house "all in a low," and was happy and fortunate if he could but drive his cattle in safety to the nearest peel?
Over the sheep and cattle grazing on these lowlands the ancient peel towers kept guard.
Sleek cattle graze upon the low, fat, boundless pastures; everywhere weather-worn windmills catch the breeze, and work devoted to the perpetual service of pumping out the intersecting dykes.
But this also has been repaired, though one will look in vain now in the leafy coverts by the banks of the Gaunless for the herds of wild cattle that once frequented them.
Into the lowest of its compartments cattle were driven when there was an alarm of visitors "from over the Border.
It was not only to stealcattle and sheep that the marauders came.
Men were flying hither and thither, bringing cattle and wagons close up to the house, for the spot of high ground on which it stood extended only some thirty feet in front and about a hundred in the rear.
We built a small, rude cabin in the side of the crevice and roofed it with canvas, leaving a corner open to serve as a chimney, through which the cattleused to tumble occasionally, at night, and mash our furniture and interrupt our sleep.
Recreation on foot, lugging chains through sand and sage-brush, under a sultry sun and amongcattle bones, cayotes and tarantulas.
No real effort was made to check it prior to the American occupation, and it caused enormous losses, both directly by killing large numbers of beef cattle and indirectly by depriving farmers of draft animals.
The lack of adequate sanitary measures was equally in evidence in dealing with cattle disease.
At each inferior station there was a hut with a hut-keeper, whose duty was to look after the hut, to cook the provisions, and to tend the sheep or cattle brought for any special purpose into the fold or pen.
A considerable mob of cattlehad to be branded at Warragong, and all the hands who could be collected were employed in driving them into the pound.
The arrangements for the purchase of the cattle and sheep were soon complete.
Mark came oftener than ever, boasting that he should soon become a stockholder on a large scale, and that he intended to introduce great improvements in the management of cattle in Australia.
While, however, they were in search of a station to suit them, Mr Prentiss received an application to find a gentleman capable of taking the management of a sheep and cattle farm, about a hundred and fifty miles off.
You will be allowed to keep a proportion of sheep and cattle on your own account, and receive wages for looking after those of your employer, so that you will gain in both ways.
Notwithstanding this, cattle and sheep continued to disappear as before, and they came to the resolution of making every man responsible who lost an animal, and stopping his wages till it was replaced.
Where cattle are so apt to stray, as in the Australian bush, herds of different proprietors may occasionally get mingled, and therefore it is necessary to brand them carefully.
Eventually the great Australian bubble bursts (the Australian economy is always a bit overheated) and the Gilpins are ordered to slaughter the cattle and sheep.
As wool was not forthcoming, they were to boil down both cattle and sheep, to dismiss a large number of the men, and to practise the most rigid economy.
On July 26 the Serbs were again repulsed, but once more a number of sheep and cattle were carried off.
A distinguished soldier and honored gentleman, with a taste for agriculture and fine cattle, has announced that on a certain day in July he will hold on his farm a "Grand Cattle Show and Fair, free for everybody.
These great interests, not overlooking the cattle interest, the manufacture of whiskey, and the raising of tobacco, will no doubt constitute the future determining factors in the history of this country.
There was siege, too, and suffering, and death enough, God knows, mingled with the lowing of cattle and the clatter of looms.
They lived in dens in the ground, had fiery red hair and long strong arms, and stole sheep and cattle by night.
A servant girl who attended to the cattle on the Trwyn farm, near Abergwyddon, used to take food to 'Master Pwca,' as she called the elf.
One day an old farmer, who lived near Dyssyrnant, had the good luck to catch one of these mystic cows, which had fallen in love with the cattle of his herd.
His crops were good, his barns were tidy, his cattle were sleek, his pigs the fattest in the parish.
It was also believed that the dumb animals paid their tribute of respect to this night; the bees would hum loudly in their hives at midnight, and the cattle in the cow-houses would bend their knees as in adoration.
The farmer did as he was told, and set out upon his journey, driving his cattle and sheep before him, and leading the cart upon which his furniture was piled, while his wife and children trudged behind.
The legend of the Meddygon Myddfai again introduces the elfin cattle to our notice, but combines with them another and a very interesting form of this superstition, namely, that of the wife of supernatural race.
They bred cattle in the valleys and on the mountain slopes, were good archers, had in their midst learned Talmudists, and stood in friendly relation with the Turkish hordes called Ghuzz.
It is said that Paget has ordered a certain number of sheep and cattle to be slaughtered daily for the brigade.
Water is bad here; a thick, muddy pool, used also bycattle and horses.
Their rapidity in inspanning is marvellous; all the cattlemay be scattered about grazing, but in five minutes from the word "Trek!
The inhabitants had heard of their approach; they had conveyed away their cattle and effects, and with their wives and children had taken refuge in the towers and fortresses of the mountains.
Sheep and cattlethrive in this region, and an experiment with silkworms gave highly successful results.
An annual agricultural exhibition and large weekly cattle sales are held in the town.
The land about the pond was of that willow-grown, sedgy kind that cats and horses avoid, but that cattle do not fear.
At supper one of the cowboys said, "There was a great row among the cattle in the north cañon this morning, maybe there is something in the traps there.
Then thecattle scattered like the pieces of a bursting bomb.
But the Squirrels and Mice used to climb after them, the cattle used to knock them off with their horns, the Possum would twitch them off with his long tail, and the Deer, with his sharp hoofs, would break them down.
Dogs and foxes, cattle and sheep, and even man himself might be torn by those fearful spikes: but Molly understands it and lives and thrives under it.
There he lay in the iron grasp of all four traps, perfectly helpless, and all around him were numerous tracks showing how the cattle had gathered about him to insult the fallen despot, without daring to approach within his reach.
We may no doubt find later on some old temple or other building that we can add to, but for the time being we must contrive a kraal where we can set dangerous visitors to our cattle quite at defiance.
The fields are in many cases fenced in by planted hedges of euphorbia and thorn, and similar fences are planted along the narrow parts of the main cattle tracks, to prevent the beasts from straying or trampling down the cultivation.
They are exceedingly clever with their beasts, and have many calls which the cattle understand.
If you will follow that path, you will by and by come to a mound of earth, and on that mound you will very likely behold a man of gigantic stature who is herdsman to a herd of cattle thereabouts.
And they beheld that there were many cattle grazing around about this mound and upon the mound, and they beheld that upon the mound there sat a gigantic being of such a hideous aspect that they were astonished at his appearance.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cattle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
