Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-12-20
SMITH R1vER-1Ts FLocKs AND HERDS.
NUMBER TWO.

hSI1Cch olOShS DIS toaa " - tAO AilSitl
road to Camp Baker, White Sulphur Spring
and Carroll, going in an e%asterly direction
the other turning to the left and ~fdlowIp!
down the valley. The first residence upol
the last named road is owned by j.. G Walk
er & Bro, OF Helena, and is bebw ths
mountains near where it crosses Benton
creek. Walker & Bro. have 2,70C sheep
which they have recently bought Of L. D.
Burt, besides two ranches which tley a1e
improving in a substantial way. One Of
their ranches is some five miles atDve tie
home place. They use this for ther sum
mer range and a hay ranch for whih it is
well adapted. Since making the purchase
they have remod1led the dwelling aid put
the corrals and sheds in repair for winter,
and Milton Walker, the junior of thu firm,
has movedh his family over. Their lock is
we'll bred up in Merino and looks wd. The
earnestness with which they have pplied
themselves since their purchase, is it%lf evil
dence that they intend to make thdwool-
growing business profitable. Frol the
Walker Bros. tile nearly level rid and
grassy bench lands extend for severaEmiles
north and east.
"Sunnyside," the home Of Len Lais, is
next upon the route northward. l.. l..
may be numbered among the largeststock
and wool-growers in Meagher county, His
cattle herd numbers over 500. head, along
which is the largest number of though
h,.nl, o1r,tal hxy anv f.rp,o ~ M bayf1r,I ~, IN
the county. His Shorthorn herd is II by
"Gallatin Chief" a young, large andleau-
tifnlly formed bull. His pedigree, With is
as follows, may be found ON p. 224 the
18th vol. of the American Herd Book
Bred by Ebenezer Moss. Hamilton Ut by
Goban 10077, out Of Bertha 3, by Bfbon
1901 ; Bertha by Columbus 1880; Innie
Lind by President I'd s35; Bertha 81 by
Red. Jacket 143 imp. Bertha by bn of
Herso (1110); Flora Nero (l2G5).
His family of Jersey cattle now nuHer Z
head, and. besides these, he has q CONFER
able number Of half-breed Jerseys om
graded Shorthorn cows. His sheetare
good size, clean and healthy, havi, no
scab or other disease among them. ~ to-
tai humber is about 2,1OO, of which 63are
last spring lambs, got by. halt-breedp PTS
void and half-breed Merinos. This son
he is breeding to Bennett & Goodale'Aor-
oughbred Cotswold rams. Theodore len
kis, Mr.. Lewis shepherd, is a thorouglan
for the business. He has been on the km-
ises a number OF years and appears. tdlle
as much interest as if he was the oWnelIe
knows nearly every sheep and can telAw
many lambs Mrs. Hampton, Jennie Ill,
Mollie Omay, Lady Parberry and Kusn
raised; can point them out, and in driE,
speaks as it addressing them. Mr.. L$'
location was taken when but few DIR
homes had been made IN this valley, abs
good in every respect. He has aboutp
acres enclosed in hay land and pastuL
"S%unnyside" is upon the sunny side .
clear mountain stream. sheltered on
north by grassy hills-a home modern, d
est, yet comfortable and roomy. Thrd
the bay window which fronts the south,h
sunlight of summer and winter alike
its mite to the cheerful things within.
no unpleasant thing to visit there ane !
seated with the home circle, where |
shepherd and .herdsman are. hcnored
Elephants. Talks about the business Of {
day i'll the herd, the flock and about t
farm, bits of experience about buildi /
trading, ETC., in which the shepherd is p, ;,
ed, even to the building of the walls of G =
ma, the Notifications of Germany, or
fashions of Paris. Reading from papers !
books, music by delicate fingers and a n r
Cling of the voices of the circle, and last :