The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-30
LIVE STOCK

News from the cattle ranges of the lar
northwest Is most encouraging. In Mon
tana and the Black Hills region, where cat
tie were protected by the mountains, the
loss has been very light. But on the open
range and prairie country there has been
much suffering, some ranchmen admitting
loss OF 10 TO 20 per cent. But, as whole,
the loss Is not so great as was feared earlier
IN the season, most ranchmen coming
through remarkably we'll. The 81. Paul
| Pioneer Press says. Letters from Miles
| City, Bozeman and intervening points in
the Montana cattle country, give more pos
tive information than has been obtainable
| heretofore about the losses and condition OF
stock. At Bozeman, Nelson Story and the
MyeS brothers, large cattle.raisers in the
| upper Yellowstone valley, say they have
had winter most favorable to the fostering
OF their industry. They estimate
that the losses for the territory
VIII not be o per cent, counting
the loss from the too early oalvinR OF
young heifers, the principal cause of losses
on the ranges from year 20 year. The sea-
son so far has been the most favoralA for
years. There have been twenty -four days
oil open spring weather, and the grain has
sprung up two or three inches ON sunny
slopes and III well-protected wales. The
young sprigs OF grass have come up in tufts
OF cured bunch grass, and the cattle expe-
rlence the transition from old to young feed
by easy stages, and thrive much better by
reason OF this happy provision of nature.
Al Miles City equally favorable reports
were given by Joseph Leighton and Judge
Stowell, large stock-raisers on the Yellow
stone. Mr., Leighton said Mr.. Newman, OF
81. Louis, drove in 1900 head of cattle late
last October. His herders report now that
MS loss Will not be OAe-half of | per cent.
Judge StOwgl had about 800 head on the
ranges, and reports that he did not lose an
anlnal. Guthrie d Ming disclaim any loss
| whatever ON ZOO head. Scott IL Hank put
IN practlonuy the same disclaimers as TO
their own vast herds OF 10000 head. Car
| penier Brothers drove III from Oregon and
I Nebraska last year about 4 200 head, and
| report no loss. thompson Hubbard, o.
| Mahhato, Minnesota, drove in from Mlune
sofa $50 head. These came in quite late
ana ere driven up to the Wyoming line
on the headHalers OF the Rosebud, They
nave 1851 10 or - per cent. This loss was
| occasioneG by the deep snowfall in that re-
glon. II had COCO head on the Missouri
~ mlles below Butord, at the mouth of the
Yellowstone" said Mr.. Leighton, "and
lost about 10 per cent. of these. They have
|
Der until now, and there is still snow there
ana the only w0nderis that they didn't al
die. shall move them on to the Tongue
and the Yellowstone right away" Judge
Stowell c0rrobuated all that MIR. Leighton
said. j. Il. Martin, OF Bo2eman, explained
the good condition Of cattle in Montana Il,
follows! I'VE place our cattle out on The
ranges where the grass is good, and ieayI
them in charge of men to winter, who looh
alter them and see that they do not drift
but We are in mountainous country ant
natural protection is afforded on the wnte
ranges for our cattle, and we do not expert
ence the same difficulties they do on tn,
| plains TO the south"
| TODAY 4 QUOTATIONS.
oEhT oATTLE-Butchers STOCK, grass fed "a
corn fed, g.
! BARREN Cows-FcL 8AG35a Conts
| snIPplH6-i6tA cents.
| 9rcCK--Per head, tl2@s20
| Mich oows-With calves, tlbqtl1,
| Hoea--Corn. fed, &c. gross timber lat 8
| stOck, 36p8S
sHEEr-Mutton, s},@l cents; stock, per head
| o.. 00Gs2 SO
HoHsEs--kKtfs hus, per span, SOOeDs60G fame,
harness alb0sot2G0 livery harness 7bAgl7i
farm, SbOQyl25. ponies, tl5@lSS0.
auLBs-kxtra heavy fl2b(9s2OO; medium $500
100 small fS0@60.