Why did cattle owners have to buy private property on which to keep their cattle?

Question

(1 point)
• They couldn't graze their cattle on Native American reservations.
• Cattle in open-range herds got mixed together.
• Farms and the railroads carved up the open range.
• Diseases often wiped out entire herds

Answer 1

Cattle owners had to buy private property on which to keep their cattle because farms and the railroads carved up the open range, making it difficult to maintain open-range herds.