Across
- 2. This reduced once the condition and then the price of cattle declined
- 6. The term to describe the young men responsible for herding cattle and looking after them in the ranch.
- 10. This crime could be far better controlled in small ranches as they were easy to guard.
- 11. This extreme weather condition affected the cattle hugely in 1883.
- 12. This meant that water could not be accessed by the cattle during the winter of 1886-7.
- 13. The food relied upon by the cattle as well as the buffalo on the open range
Down
- 1. The term to describe the cattlemen with vast amounts of wealth and money.
- 3. This group of individuals benefitted from the growth of small ranch cattle farming.
- 4. This is what happened to many large cattle ranchers after the winter of 1886-7.
- 5. This is what happened to the cattle ranches once too many cattle were bred in the American West
- 7. This term describes how cattle were allowed to roam free on the Great Plains before being gathered by the cowboys in the spring months.
- 8. This happened to the price of cattle once the cattle industry had moved onto smaller ranches.
- 9. This term describes how the smaller cattle ranches could be fenced off in order to protect the cattle.