The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-03-20

Live Stock Journal ;5ss. /.
One of the iargest Ba1es sof property
ever made In the far west took place Fri-
day, by which the Swan Land and Cattle
Company purchased for a confederation
of s25ss825 upward u sSoOO head of
cattle, besides ranch improvements,
horses and other kinds Of personal prop
erty and immense tracts OF land aiIof
said property being HI this count w;
fCheyenne Sun. ,:.5
Il Mr.. -. r. Ernest some time last season
boughtla bunch of ,cattIs | Of the + Prairie
Cattle Company. iii the southern part ef
1.-THE state without handling u beef 81
looking at d single animal 49, Ind y,ssrs
chased Mi. Ernest sold Me cattle to lie
outfit known as the MillsIron Compaanl,,, al },
which was formerly the John Hitson
Company at an advance over the pdiIr.
chase of $s2O 600 Pueblo. Colo, Chief-
tain
There was, perhaps, never b brighter
outlook for the stock interests Of Texas
than at present. The nippers have been
prohibited, made a deadly weapon; so to
speak, the stock have wintered ngo0d
shape, those who have no land are arrang-
ing to secura,i il, those who have land are
fencing or pfeparing to fence 1T, and,
indeed, it begins to look as il the new era
in the stock business Of Texas, that We
have been all along predicting, q about
to be ushered in Texas Stock men.
Fifteen years ago people who had
small herds of cattle, and when the state
did not contain more than 100 600 head,
proclaimed the thing oYerdone, and
wanted the gates closed. They said
there was room for no more But de-
spite this Encouragement the increase
has gone on until now We have 1,5OG, 600
and there Is room for more. Five years
from now there Will be as many cattle
grazed west Of the Continental Divide as
there are east Of it at the present time.
Colorado Live Stock Record.
Plenty Of food and enough exercise to
keep the muscles firm is the best treat
mant Of horses in winter. 1t is quite
common for many farmers to underfeed
in winter. because they have little Of
nothing for horses to do. Rut q horse
thus managed soon loses his capacity for
hard service. Such q horse may be fed
so as to make 8 good show In spring, but
it will be fat, not muscle, and a few days
in plowing or narrowing viii bring him
down. Horses worked continuously are
less IIaDle % gaIrs- I. Ene ssss; a.
the skin is always firm and hard. [Jour.
nal Of Agriculture.
Mr.. Bennett, who is employed BY The
Colorado Cattle Growers Association K
inspect the cattle killed BY the railroads
is just in from Wallace, Kan, and re
ports large numbers Of Republican riFel
cattle suffering and dying on account d,
the large pasture fences on North Smok,
river. These cattle are dying on :botf
the outside and inside Of the pastures
On the outside they die from want o.
water. Some hundreds of them have
broken through the fence to get water
and the pastures having all been eater
out last fall and the cattle that were II
them turned out south before winter SCI
| in, leaves them on the inside with NJ
grass and they are dying in as grea,
numbers as those on the outside. Den
yer Republican. 5.5755zsii8 is.ts
Effective measures have already beer
taken to prevent the spread of the foo
4 and mouth disease in Kansas. Gov
Click, himself a large cattle owner, i
personally interesting bimsef in th,
matter and strict quarantine has beer
effected. The disease has undoubtedl,
spread from cattle that have bean i'm
ported. Hereafter it is probable that th,
health Of all imported stock viii be strict
4 ly inquired into. The disease itself is
very contagious eruptive fever. It i
communicable not only between animal
Of the same species but between those o
species entirely different. For instance
| it spreads from cattle to sheep, pigs an.
fowls and vice versa The symptoms &c
cording to Prot. Law are, roughness Q
I the coat OF shivering, increased tempera
j ture, dry muzzle, hot red mouth, teats
land interdigital spaces, lameness, incli
!, nation to lie and shrinking from tn
hand in milking. The second or thir
day blisters arise on any part Of til
whole interior Of the mouth, one half t
one inch In breadth, or on the teats an
digits about one half inch across. Sally
driyels from the mouth. collecting /
i froth around the lips and q lond smacl
4 ing is made with the lips and tongu,
Swine champ the jaws. Sheep and swim
suffer more especially In the feet, ofte
losing the hoofs or even the digit.
bones, contingency not unknown i
4 neglected cattle. We do not need to eI
ter into description Of the preyentio
and cure Of this disease, as it viii prol
4 ably never trouble any of our eattls me-
4 II y sufficient to say that the quaranti1
] is 50 effective that it Sis not at all like
70 spread ont Of the ave or six miles,
& infected district In Kansas.
Dunlap receives $500 for his secor
!, base play at St. Louis this year and e4Ol
j for next. AB be receives the most a. n