Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-05-03

the eOp here arc III laNoE Vi clilPfoy ing q
female teacher, especially the old baches,"
and we want to please them, and then make
them "shell out" to prolong the school,.
Our school house is not finished, nor do L
know when it will be. The roads have
been so bad that we, could not get lumber to
finish it, and now we shall have to go to
Helena after it; but we intend to have a
school whether the school house is built or
not this summer
Our people here are now all on the round
up. gathering the Hall & Kritzer cattle, and
steers belonging to others, and branding
the calves that were left over last fall. The
Hall & Kritzer cattle will be driven to Fort
Garry, Manitoba.
For the past two days and nights, the
storm king has ragged tlriously, giving lis
more snow than we have had all winter. 1t
now lies on the ground to the depth of six
inches, and as much more has melted.
Sieben & Bros sheep have been }ambing
the past week, but | have not heard what
effect this storm has / adj upon them, but
think it must have have been disastrous to
some of them. Otherwise their sheep have
done well.
We all say hurrah for the mail route! and
hope it will soon be in operation.
And now we can say hurrah for the ferry
boat. Our citizens have purchased as good
a boat as there is on the Upper Missouri. 1t
is here awaiting the stretching of the wire
rope that Uncle Sam has kindly furnished,
and about twenty of his soldiers are camped
on the river, ready to give a helping hand
as soon as the weather will admit. And
now / think it would be nc more than JUS.
tice for the Commissioners to appropriate
some of the road money collected in this
district, to help the citizens here in this eX-
pensive undertaking, and which will be an
accommodation to many in other partssOf
the county. X.
sWEETWATER AND BLACKTAIL VALLEYS.
Continuing our ride up the Ruby valley
from the Hot Springs, three miles, we reach
ed Mr.. Jas. i. C~allaway's stock ranches just
in time to be about a half hour too late to
meet with the proprietor, he. having left for
his Sweetwater farm. We found a laborer
in charge of the premises, who showed us
around through the commodious %corrals,
stables and barns. Mr.. G.. is one of the cat
tie kings of this section, and has in his herd
some very fine thoroughbreds. A thorough
bred bull which we saw in the pasture is a
very large animal, and though not in as
good condition as some others, having
roughed it through the winter, is looking
we'll. We also noticed some excellent year
ligs sired by him. Mr.. G. has three stock
ranches, we'll fenced, and most excellent
hay lands. The dwellings upon his farms
are small but cosy. He lives in Virginia
most of the time, but brings his family out
to the country for a few months during the
summer season.
Next above Mr.. Galloway, and a little to
the westward, is the home of Mr.. II. Nc
Cauley. a thrifty farmer, who has a magni-
fieent location. We found MIR. Ne, in the
field, preparing his land for an oat crop.
This farm is one of the lucky ones, it having
escaped the hoppers and yielded Il good crop
the past two seasons.
From here we travelled five miles,. along
oiAe Aoteiuuous leIce, WHICH eAteIuS TO Z le
head OF the valley, reaching the "Home
Parkass,farm at noon. Here we rested an
hour, and, in company with Mr.s4snapp, a
partner of Messrs. Seadman & McGregory,
OF Alder gulch, we toQksa look thros gu their
large barns, dairy rooms and herds of t3,o;r
~oughbreds. sallie Meadows, No. 900; Liz
zle. No. Lille; Emma Kepdall,' No. o59s;