Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-23
THE FODDER LAND.
How the Cattle aud HORSES of
Montana Have RuStled Over
a Hard Wittor.
Reports From the Upper and
Lower Yellowstone
Valleys.

Lower Yellowstone
Valleys.
Comparatively Slight Stock Lo.se.
tho Past Season.
Pozsman, Mont, Corr soondenoe St Paul PIC
neer fieS.
This i, headquarters f jr como OF the
leading stock growers and shippers Of
tue territory, although the ranges op.
Grated by them are on the Upper vi.
10 wstoue and lis tributaries, aud iu
The Musselshell country. Among the
principal of these are Nelson Storey
and the Martin and Myers brothers
And more cheerfdi sac Of gentlemoa
could hardly be fou d In the noun.
tains, as they have had winter most
favorable TO the fostering OF their in
dustry. They estimate that tho lossss
for the territory will not be b per
cent. counting the loss from the too
early caivirg of young heifers, the
principal cause { losses on the ranges,
frYm year to year. The season, 80
far, has been tho most favorable for
years There has been twenty.four
days of open spring weather, and the
grass has sprung up two or three inches
on sunny nlopes and we'll protected
wales. The young sprigs Of grs 5, have
come up In tufts of cured bunch grass,
and the cattle experience the trauei.
tl1n from old to young feed by easy
stages, and they thrive much better
by reason Of that happy provision of
nature. ~
soMETHING ABOUT SHIPMENTS.
"We shipped 5000 head OF well.
conditioned cattle to the eastern mar.
ket the past year by the Northern
Pacific, and they rated as prime beeves
In the east" said Mr.. j. K. Martin,
of Martin & Meyers, butchers, of
Bozemnn to q Pioneer Press CORES.
pondent to-day. "This season we
and other operators shall have large
increase in our herds, but l doubt if
We shall ship many east as We did
last, because the home demand will
be 30 much greater by the influx of
population. But the industry is de-
vslcpirg rapidly and In the future we
may contribute our full complement
OF choice meat to the esosern market. "
"What to you think of the propoGi
tion to dreps your products OH the
line of the road near the ranges, and
ship In that shape" asked the CORES.
pondent.
"Well, I think IL would be more
profitable business than to ship on the
hoof, but fear it would meet with or.
ganized opposition in the east, where
capital could be concentrated to rem.
der such an enterprise extra hrz ,r,
dous. That Ia q problem TO b. solved
IN the future whom wa shalSe,6 ~
conosntratsd more capits' = s'
- .ctssfasoss "a. xSs- yiigtas' "a. I,
must have the dealers 81 we'll a. the
consumers interested ia this place.
There must be mutuality Of interest.
METHODS OF RANGING.
"How are your ranges operated2"
"We place our cattle out on the
ranges where the grses Is good, ano
leave them in charge Of men In winter
who look after them and see that they
do not drift. But we are In q noun
toinouu country, and natural protec
tion is afforded on the winter ranges
for our cattle, ard we do not ex-
porienoe the same difficulties they dc
on the plains to the south. There
they drift before o storm, sometimes
from the Platte to the Arkansas, and
often cross the Arkansas. Here they
seek protection under cover of neigh
boring buttes or bluffs and it requires
but little service to control them. But
little expense 10 incurred for the pay
of men and the haying of horses fol
use on the ranges. OF course, horses
kept about the ranch for this purpose
must be fed, when they might thrive
on the native grasses, cured on thu
ground, II they were free on thu
ranges like the cattle, but 1t was no
found necessary this season. We arr
al ways prepared for emergencies o
this kin0. The rsisipg Of horses Il
also coming to be quite an industry /,
this country. They require but littl'
attention, RAINING loose on the ranger
all winter and coming in In good con-
dition In the spring. The kayuse car
rustic srond and uncover his feet
from two feet of snow. His hoof 4
even better adapted to paving off tn,
snow than the steer. The fact is
there Isn't half the rlsk in rapgin,
horses there is In cattle, and less il
cattle than In sheep"
GRADES OF bToOK.
"What breeds of cattle thrive bes
In this country"
"Our cattle are originally from Ore
gon, Utah and Idaho, but we are nov
introducing some Galways, Hereford,
and Others, and they promise to make
fine Cross"
"How about your horseei"
"They are cross betw cen tho Ore
eon stook and tho native Indian pony
The Ksyuse takes Its name from tn,
Kayuse tribs of Indians In Oregon
He Is the most hardy and useful ami
NAL we have In this country. He 4
adapted to riding, driving and pack
ing, and he Is "a rustler from ava,
back
HOW ABOUT HAYi"
II consider good upland hay as o
better fattening quality than the corr
and fodder of the states. On thi
feed our stock fatten fast. You ma,
take an OK and put him In q mango
and feed him this hay, and he will
make better beef and bs ready for the
market sooner than steer stall fed II
the states, and Its nutritive qualit,
will build up the skeleton Of a hors