Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-02-10
No.

1t costs no more to raise good animal than
! it does to raise poor one. We have from
the present to raise our beef with the calcu-
}ation OF competing with other countries.
| Cur pasture says we Can beat them, and it L.
our duty to be intelligent enough to prove IL
Every stock-raiser knows that frequent use
| of salt is essential to cattle. and under the
present system the Territory undoubtedly
! suffers a great loss by it not being more gen
orally used, which it never will bc so long as
man cannot control his own herd by aya:l-
ing to greater extent the mixture Of stock.
There is no longer any excuse for not hay
! ing every one get good half f-breed Durham
bulls. There is an annual crop Of such calves
more than sufficient to supply the demand.
and those who own them will sell for lower
prices than such stock can be bought at any
! where else.
There are great many importers of fine
cattle to This Territory, all of whom are public
bcnefactOrs. One of the most prominent.
Alr. Guthrie, who imported about fifty head,
had twelve fine bulls at the last Gallatin Fair.
10 many gentlemen who admired the stock,
Mr. Guthrie frequently said, ''1hose bulls
have recorded pedigrees, and will sell them
for less than you can buy them in the States ,"
The answer was invariably, that his bulls
were cheap and they would like TO buy, but
50 long Us there was no bull law and scrub
bulls were allowed to run e. large they vouad
not try TO improve their stock The same
diseouragement was met by DR.. Fra1y, Mr.
Guthrie, and others, at the Territorial Fair
last fall A great many would like to buy
those fine animals, but hesitate On account OF
scrub stock being in the way.
have said that the native and graded ca;-
tie have been the salvation Of the country.
have to define this Since the Texas cattle
took possession Of the markets, our people
have got used to that kind Of beef, and all Of
them do not know that while that class OF
beef is superior to the original article in
Texas, yet our native stock is as much super
ioY to it as the native cattle Of the East arc
superior TO Texas corrupters with them. 1t
is not very fattering to say that We arc using
in our home markets class of beef which Is
used in the East to supply prisons and for
the poorest of the population. Yet our peo-
pie bought this beef, and their money went
in,o'the pockets of the few spectators who
{nany Of them) borrowed money TO 60 out Of
the country to buy stock. thereby paralyzing
this interest Two years ago we had a state
Of affairs bordering on panic. Beef could
not be SOLD at scarcely any price. The farmer
had his crop damaged by grasshoppers. The
general cry was, sLeave this country our
mines are worked out; we Lave no markets.
etc. Then there came to our relief Eastern
shippers, who have distributed through
this country about $4,000 in the last two
years Not for Texas or inferior stock. No.
For they say they would not take such stock
as gift for shipping. Every one knows
that while We buy everything We want from
outside and sell nothing, we don't show q
very healthy state of affairs. Now we have
a market for all the good beef we can raise,
and the greater the quantity and better the
quality, the higher the price and more ready
sale. In any way we look at this matter we
are compelled to see the urgency of improve
ment. Shall we go on as we have, without
paying any attention to this, one of our great
est natural resources? Or will we allow
spectators to keep US from doing OUT duty
to ourselves and the country? Which has
the greatest claim on our action2 We are
crying continually for emigration. Let us
try to keep what we have here. We are
wanting to subsidize railroad, when We are
now taxed more than we can stand. Let US
first encourage permanent improvement, and
thereby raise the valuation of our property.
This, in my estimation, is the best railroad
We can build, and will bring in more emi-
grants than any thing else We can do. Other
railroads will reach us so soon as we can
make our country justify them.
CHARLES ANCESEY
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