Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-02-10
Legislative Safe.GuarGls Required for
Improving Cattle.
observations and suggestions from NJ p
Chas. Anceney.

observations and Suegestions from Mr..
Chas. Anceney.
HAMILTON, NJ. T., Jan. Is, 1876.
The Legislature is now in session. Will
leave to more capable men the care OF repre-
senting the urgency of railroad, and will
make a few remarks with regard to the inn
provement of cattle. cannot see that we
have made any preparation that wouh enable
our county members to represent us accord
ing to our desire, as there has been great
deal of dissatisfaction among the stock rails
ers in not receiving law from the last Leg
islature for the improvement of the breed OF
cattle A good many had advanced the idea
of holding meetings throughout this county
in order to get the views of the stock-raisers,
SO that we could find what kind of u Bull
law would suit the majority, but what is
every ones business is no ones business, and
as one of the many sufferers from the pres
ent system, take this method of represent
ing what majority of the stock-growers ex-
pect from the present Legislature.
A Bull law is not the only protection that
should be granted for the improvement Of
cattle, but am satisdedthat in the estimation
of the majority of stock-raisers such law
would be the foundation tor the encourage
ment and the most important remedy to inn
prove the breed of our cattle, and would for
the present be satisfactory to US. l have
heard various ways discussed, among them
that of appointing a committee to examine
bulls. This sytem has the objection that a
committee would not qualify on account of
the delicacy one man has in not wanting to
value another's property. From what have
learned from free discussion of the subject,
such law as at present governs stations
would be acceptable, except that bulls should
be subject to the law at the age of one year
as horses are at two. Those who keep one
bull can afford to fence one acre to keep him
in. They can then have them as good or as
had as they please. No one can find fault.
Those who have more than one, if they don't
want to keep them up, can keep them in their
herd.
Even though good animal strays from
his herd there is no danger Of him being mo-
Tested, for any one who has stock wishes to
see such around him. A Bull law would be
a great inducement to the stock raiser to pay
better attention and take better care of their
stock. Our present system of herding is the
Texas or Mexican There is better way,
and We should adopt 1t. The greatest OBJ
lection eastern shippers have to our stock is
that they are too unmanageable. They are
nearly ruined before they will drive peacea-
bly,.
1t is great necessity for the benefit of the
stock growers in general, and of our county
in particular, that we should improve the way
of raising stock, and we demand from you,
Gentlemen of the Legislature, the protection
to encourage the progress of that important
branch of business. will try to prove to
you. gentlemen, the urgency of this demand
by several remarks that will satisfy you with
out any more formality.
In the first place, it is unnecessary to have
recourse to petition in order to obtain from
the Legislature help for the incontestible
need of our country. When we are voting
for you on election day, it is with the inten-
ton to trust our business to your own judg-
ment. There has been a great many laws
PASSED by our Legislature of personal ma
nature and to encourage monopolies. For
such our Legislators do not need petitions,
and do not see why one is needed in this
case, where it takes but very ordinary man
20 see that the country at large would be
benefited. The original stock brought from
he East has saved the stock interest of the
and those who introduce and i'm
Drove them deserve to be protected from in
lclent stock men, and those who are dishon-
,st enough to turn scrub bull out on the
commons to drive good one out Of his herd
he progeny Of scrubs and the owner Of
crubs to get the benefit of good ones. The
,nly objection that is found to such a law is
rom men who are too penurious to get good
,ulls, but want to take. the benefit of their
,eighbors' animals by mixture of their |,
took, thereby losing nothing and gaining !
Those persons generally pay d |,
,reat deal of attention to estrays to make up
or losses from neglect of their own stsck. A
aw that would encourage the better care Of |
took would greatly retard such corrupt prac-
ices, besides the facility it would give for im-
rowing the quantity as well as the quality.