The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-05-15
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steers from HiIlsboro
for the aaoWssttonee & sIegii u & ion in pntana.s
They go. .by way off eef: county and the,
Farmland le xas Live Stock Journal.
u y. ". Snyder left last week fo,
and VI II start SIX 70 ton tsous;lIsd IleHd
Fof two and three year o,d eers froIa ttsscs
company 3 sstton eva u lei, ts.la IIai
range
Leave the 18th to the 2GGtt 22Gtn oE % June
Cheye Live Stock Journal
A St. Louis dispatch saYB fhat aisieess
from western Texas are I'd the eject that:
cattle are suffering and large liaiabsrss
are dying for want Of water and grass,
the drenth having been very severe iIis
that section. lads Of lIsfarss
have appeared and are tdestr6y yiing all
kinds Of yegetatia Black Hills TiInes ].
b The papers Of eW Mexico are happy
over tho gTeat influx of Texas attIeinen.
They are going! in by the dozen ard in ALL
very short time that country will bs
filled with live, pro oppressive men Yhoss
will join hands with The older Ianeh
ard make the grazing fields Of that terri
tory prod ductiyc to. their fullest capacity.
I'm IN. ". Z. S. journal. 3.
In district No. 10, which is the. largest.
roundup cattle district in The State,
there are estimated to be- about $500 8
bu1ls.8 When they are all gathered to-;
gsther in one pasture, as tIses VIII be the \
coming fall, there Will be music in ths
air. Zine every ten Of these bulls are 4
graded Short horns, with sprinkling Of
Herefords; Holsteins and Pelieds sAngas3
II Colorado Live Stock Record.
jos. Cnenin,s Gunnison. Colo, tess
Z note an article in the last number Of:
your paper that the Montana steckmen
propose to adopt the plan of taking BdIEs
OFF The rangeat eertain seasons Of the
year. This agrees with the view have
entertained for some time past and 81
think The proposit lion, if carried into
effect, will prove to he of value in the in-s55
terest of stock growing Breeders Ga-s
zette. "a
An exchange says that young horses
should never have shoes imposed upon I
them until it is well proved that they
cannot do without III IIs prediefsss
that the day is not faro e when some Iiu-s
mane benefaetor Of his Kind and horse
kimdsWill procure a breed Of horses NAT
Fling such firm. tough feet, in addition to-
all usher good qualities. that shoeing
will be unnecessary IN. W. Live Stock
Journal. 5ii 5,|ij N '5sss J,
The fact that should be borne in mind I
by those engaged in horse training is.
that the horse has very acute faculty
for understanding and interpr ting the
tone Of tile voice. IL you talk CONT 4
IDENTIFY the animal acquires confidence,
if your voice shows fear he notices il and
is afraid. Talk kindly to your horse and
be sure that he understands the meaning
Of the tone if not Of the word [Ex-
change. q. z
The loss among cattle during the
past year is the greatest for several
years. Mr.. Longendyke and also Mr.. j..
II. Baker estimate their loss at about ten
per cent. Their winter losses will prob
| ably reach as high as six or eight per
teent. These are fair represcntait lions of
losses among ranch lerded cattle gene,
| rally in this locality. They have result
i ed principally from the fact Of tho late
fall rains destroying the nutritive quail.
ties Of the grass and are confined, to q
livery large extent, to cattle that were
brought in here in the late summer or
fall from eastern Kansas, Missouri and
Iowa. Notwithstanding these great
losses, stockmen are by no means dis
couraged. They say that the profits aris-
ing from increase in young stock and IN, Il,
crease. growth of the same viii yet give
them good round, profit for their years
work and Investment. Some say that
the loss may amount to. as much. as fif-.
teen, twenty or even twenty y-fve per;
cent. and still a profit can be realized.
Kansas Cowboy. - ~ tf.. :.
Never in the history OF Montana did
the horse interest look SO encouraging as
now. A larger number Of meil-br stall
Elions and mares viii be brought into5the
territory this year than any.preYions sea-
soa and never did our people manifest
such an interest in the equine raee as.
now So great is the progress that we;
feel assured that the time is not far dis
tant when our oft-repeated assertion that
Montana roadsters, and flyers win eclipse
the world, is near at hand. This is nd
idle boast; on the contrary, it is based
upon train Of facts that can scarcely
fail to lead to such results. In the first
place, We have hil'y country and the
soil Of our rastural lands is rocky and
}santly and grows the clear, tough-hoof
} Eiv0ry-like bone, paweTfuI muscle liza
: ments and tendt MS that are al Il 4 ,e.. ton
u with the horses grown upon lat, BoIL,
4 rich asoil of II stattes. This, coupled
I, with the rarity ef cur atmos sphere, SO inn
proves the endurance and action as to
Warrs nSour canclusi ions. Even the horse
Z bed an the s states improves greatly by al
/ few years residence here, and afterwe
have grown q few 6 9ners u 0ns 0f high
blood. ii we have not a race Of horses that
: tw II be s0ue lit for and nerve for ssfyiCe.
] long eniuranees and superior achieve
ss ments. and ii they do not step away from
anything grown elsewhere we niiHs 1tif
guess and the low lnIids can wal L ava.
lS witt b asr trensy ll,ila i,