Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-04-03
LIV sFo CK.
Directory Of the Montana Stock Growers Asso-
citation.
President-R. s. FORD, Sun river, Cho-
teau county.
Treasurer-J. Fl. MING, Helena.
Secretary-Ross DEEGAN, Helena.
Assistant Secretary-W. Ell. SUTHERIIN,
Diamond City.
STOCK ORGANIZE.

EDITOR HUsBANDMAN: Cattle and hors SEES
with recorded marks and brands or bran DIS,
should not be declared as estrays ON any
public range in this territory. Why? Be.
cause the ranges of this territory are public
domain, and one animal has as much right
to any part of a public range as another,
though they should stray one hundred
miles or more from their owners occupied
range, they should not be condemnen as es-
trays, and sold as such by any person. Well,
but how are we to know to whom they be-
long? and how is the owner to get this es-
tray stock? The only remedy is to join the
Stock-Growers' association, or county and
district associations !; then send to our re-
cording secretary, Mr.. Ross Deegan, of Hell
ena, a fac snnale and description of your
marks and brands or brands, with your To-
cation of range and post Office address. Now
II euery cattle and horse-raiser in the terrific
ry will do this, the means are at hand to
prevent any animal with. recorded mark and
brand or brand, on any Of our ranges being
condemned as estrays and sold as such by
any body. We can cause a book to be pub
lished, giving every cattle and horse-raisers
name, post office address, location of range,
and his or her mark and brand or brand, in
alphabetical order by counties. Every
stock owner or member. of the association
or subordinate branches thereof can have
one of these books, and when strange marks
and brands or brands are seen on any of our
ranges, by reference to this book we know
nj once tn tho whom tho aninool bnlnnoo r.
being our duty, as well as a neighborly act,
we sit down and write to the owner inform
Ing him of his animal, telling him we will
take the same care of it as our w until
such time as he will have an opportunity to
send for it. Won't this put a stop to con-
demning estrays Oh any public range !? Can
we not get our own this way, though we
lived at ONE extreme corner of the territory
and our animal estryed to the other ex-
IRENE? Will tn is not be mutual benefit and
protection !? If the. distance is so great that
it will not pay to go after our, estray stock,
we can sell to some party on that range,
thereby benefitting. both parties.
/ hope this is sufficiently plain to satisfy
our stock owners that there is protection
and benefit enough for him to join the asso-
citation and try it. At our general round
ups in the spring, we find by experience
that it is Impossible to get all of our stock
home to our occupied range-there viii be
. few missing. If we organize and work to
each Others interest, our increase. can be
branded with the proper brand, no matter
on whose range they are roaming, for we
will know each others marks and brands or
brands by carrying out the plan proposed.
We may want to employ detectives the
year round to, watch our interests and bring
thieves to justice. This and many other,
things can be done at small expense. If
we pool our issues assessments can be made.|
in proportion to- what we own-say one
cent per head tor cattle and two, or three
cents per head for horses will perhaps give
us all the revenue we will want to. carry to-
successful issue our immediate wants. Then
by all means let us organize and associate
oul together for mutual good. Our
Anrplus is growing larger each year !; our
exports must of necessity be greater, ands
we are just at that point where the hearty
cooperation of every cattle and horse-raiser
Is needed. If we organize we learn all
about the markets, who wants to buy. sell
or drive. The names of parties coming into
tile territory to purchase the class of cattle
or horses they desire. Number of,head. age,
ETC., enable us to find out the most practical
BILE. shortest and cheapest routes to drive.
n get better rates over railroads when we
reach them.
These are but a. few of the many adyan-
fages to. be derived from association. coop
Grafton and concert of action. hope to see
the sfockmen throughout the entire terrific