Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-22

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He is a thoroughly competent workman,
and under his charge our journal will retain
all its former elegance anu beauty.
SHANNON, Culverson, Cox, Mayne, &
Luke, have reached depth of twenty-five
feet with their drain in Avalanche gulch.
They are running through a point of rim
and have seven feet Of bedrock, and expect
to be on pay within another week.
PoDE & SoN, of Helena, came over to Az
%alancle last week to make preparations for
commencing work. This company propose
running two drains, one on their own ground
and another on Blackwell & Co.'S. patent.
They will get rightly to work by the first
of May.
HUGH MORROW, who came over from his
sheep ranch this week, questions our state
ment last week that the recent storm was
severe on sheep kept without shelters, He
says his flock is doing fully as well, IL not
better, than those which have been we'll
housed.
THERE has been considerable changing
among our Missouri valley farmers this
spring. Peter Hughes, James Lynch and
Daniel Sullivan nave rented their farms out
for the season, and are going to Pony. Mi
chael Sullivan has rented his lower farm, but
will till the home place himself.
A PRIVATE letter from the Black Hills in
ferns us that the country is bad off for Q.
S. mails papers are received very irregu-
larly. 1t also states that the influx of peo-
pie into that country this spring Will be im-
mense, and that if there was a road opened
through to Montana, via the Big Horn, we
would catch a large portion of the surplus
emigration.
WE have received of Wm. Rennie, gard.
ner and seed man, Of Toronto, Ont, Cana
da, a fine selection of seeds of hardy vegeta-
bles and flower plants. Mr.. Rennie got
away with the grand $25 Centennial GOLD
medal. Subscribers of this paper will be
furnished with a copy of his elegant dis
criptive catalogue free upon making appli
, cation to 3am.
< THE Canyon Ferry people have a move
way Of hunting wild geese. They soal
wheat in whisky, and scatter it about thu
valley in places frequented by them, ant
: when the geese have taken the bait they be
' come intoxicated, and while in the stupo
y the hunters take advantage of the situation
and capture them. Three quarts of whea
and a half-gaIlon of "Chinaman' whisky i
said to be sufficient to capture a large f1ocl
y of geese.
WE call especial attention of the farmer;
TO the new advertisement on anothel
page entitled, "1S77." Messrs. Vawter q &c
are the agents for the well established firm G
Sebree. Ferris 6 Holt, of Corinne, Utah
! who have given the farm implement busl
ness their attention for a number OF years
+ and have selected the best machinery adap'
Y, ed to this country. The Oliver Chilled Plo'
ot has been tried by our farmers, and prove
of to be lust the thing for Montana. They ar
strong and durable, and scour in any soil
The Tiger Self Operating Sulky Hay Rake !
To a grand improvement on many rakes nov
ho in use. A small boy or girl that Cal
"a drive. can operate them as well as o grow
man. They are simple in construction an
are self-discharging, the horse dumping III
hay without stopping. The Champion NOV
lis or has many friends who claim for 1t tf
championship for the wild meadows OF tn
*, West. The Balm Wagon sold by this firm
meets with general favor. Vawter q Ce
10, ,,nnlv on hand and tho!