CATTLE RANCH, A
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- 1922
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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, cowboy on horseback. “The grass on the ranch is so scant, that each animal requires twenty acres. The cattle are far apart and move several miles each day grazing.” Scattered cattle on range, hills in background. “The cattle land was once the range of buffalo.” Buffalo with calf behind fence. “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.” Close-up of buffalo. “The cattle ranches of 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 the summer and the winter snow.” Cowboy herding cattle. “These sly and cunning coyotes are waiting to catch the calves.” Close-up of coyotes. “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 bottle feeding calves. “Every day the riding skill of the cowboy is tested to hold the herd together. This is a troublesome animal.” Cowboy on horseback chasing steer. “The cowboy selects his ‘cow pony’ from the wild horses in the ranch corral.” Horses in corral. “The wild horse struggles to throw its skillful rider.” Cowboy riding bucking horse, other cowboys watching. “The ‘bucking bronco’ is dangerous.” Cowboy riding bucking horse, spectators. “The bulking horse throws its rider. The cowboy does not mind these hard knocks.” Cowboy being thrown, spectators. “After breaking the horse becomes the cowboy’s faithful pal.” Close-up of cowboy on horse, “The cowboy’s hat -- the ‘sombrero’ with its broad brim, shields the head from heat and rain.” Cowboy doffing hat. The ‘chaps’ protect the legs from the thorns, the rain, and the cold.” Cowboys on horseback, one with chaps over saddle horn. “The rope or ‘lasso’ is necessary to the cowboy who uses it skillfully.” Cowboy doing tricks with rope. “Tying and roping an animal.” Cowboy roping and tying steer. “The land of the modern ranch is enclosed in miles of barbed wire. It has springs, streams, or ponds for the stock.” Cattle on range. “Flowing wells sometimes furnish water to the dry ranches.” Artesian well. “With water, the dry ranches have fields of alfalfa for grazing.” Cattle grazing in field. “A modern ranch has barns for storage and a house.” Ranch buildings. “The foreman of the ‘-U’ (Bar U) a modern ranch.” Cowboy on horse. “The cattle of the wild west days have been replaced by these beef producers.” Bull. “Each season the cattle are dipped in vats of chemicals to destroy ticks other parasites.” Cattle being driven through narrow chute into dipping vat. “At the spring ‘round up’ of the herd, the calves must be branded. The cowboy rides into the herd and lassoes a calf.” Cowboy roping calf. “The branding irons are heated.” Cowboys building fire, heating irons. “The calf is ‘cut out’ of the herd.” Cowboy bringing calf with rope on hind leg to fire. “A range calf is strong and hard to throw.” Throwing calf. “At last the calf is down. The branding iron burns the hair and leaves a permanent scar.” Branding calf. “This calf is the property of ‘-U’ (Bar U) ranch and is turned out to graze for another year.” Close-up of brand. “After the spring round-up, the herd grazes over the boundless lands.” Herd on range. “The cowboys keep the animals moving to better grass.” Cowboys herding cattle. “The beef round-up is in the fall. The beef animals are ‘cut out’ from the herd and shipped to the packing house, or to a farm to be fattened.” Cowboys cutting herd. “In a few months, the ranch animal is ready for beef, and it now arrives at the stockyards to be sold.” Cattle being herded into pens. “The cowboy’s life was free and hardy. He was ‘square’ and a part of the big wild west. He and his bronco still live in bronze.” Statue of cowboy on horse. “The End.” “Ford Educational Library.” [1922]
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Ford Motor Company
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- National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures
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