The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-10-23


le anxiety ameng stockmsn, who ssar
Ehe forage may mot cure ID ~ good :
,tate Is heretofore when the autumn
months have been dry. Farmer1 how.
syer, are bsnefitted, as the ground has
been kept Ia good condI Iton ffoT fall pl0iW-
ing. Early seeding sesms 10 generally
produce the best crops here, and it isgs
only BY having the fields pfewed IN ths
fall that early seeding b matIs rsssible.
It is stated BY stockmen that the rains of
the past month have not extended ont
to the Cheyenne, 80 that tie damage To
forage il damage there; De is not Hidss
spread IB. IL Werld.. &
The Fort Worth, Texas, Liys Stock
Journal gives the flowing account Of
the workings Of q branding machine iii
some sections OF the southern range
country: About ten thonsa1,d rHof
cattle have. been branded fais essson ae
the Crawford corral, on tks Eontl side q.
the river, In tie Parker machine. This
capacity of thlB mach4n Is about fonr
thousand daily. Ths prices ot hsanEinE
is from seven To- Ten cents s head. This
week one thousand head oss slsatners cat
tie have been branded shors. Is ma-
chine Is about twenty feet long and Will B
hold from fear to ssx head ct time. It !.
Is just vide enough for the passasse 81
full grown animal. sHhan ths cattle sn-
ter the machine they find on the bottom. /.
p wooden frame crossed W Iron rods
about six inches apart. when the ma
ehine:i full the frame Is elevated bys
palleJs operated by a horse. The legs
Of theanimals ara between the rodB and |
presently the reds strike their dbDmsnss
and left them from thss grousaa, thsir
bodies resting on the Isds, with illsir5,
legs swinging underneath. While. in,
this helpless condition the branding iron
isapplied. It requires aYe mon to work
the machine y 5;S55 n
Z Prominent among tie topics That viii
claim the attention Of the convention at.
st. Louis next month. ASiil Ss to great
nationM highway-ths trail up from
the tresd1ng grounds Of Texas, 10 the
grazing fields of Colcrado, Kansas,
Wyoming, Montane ana the British
Possessions. TO most stock growers In
this plains country, the nscessity for
this highway is apparent. Bat we are
aware shat thsrs VIII be oppositiea to t.,
Thers win be men who think tirsre will
be an embargo laid IS against the COM
ing Of mora Texas cattla. others wenld
like to see the saiire.tls aa-ry the cattle,
and still another class claim this north
country can breed I'll .sae animals the
grasses win s1stsin without hirfhor fm-
portation. islsssss, on The other
hand; that nine-tensas Of fhe men In
Colorado who represent thSee-lsts Of The
cattle wealth wiIl be found ii favor oess
this saationcl tran. They hare lesfnah
by experience that the better iaeding
ground is In Texas. That thscaif crop
the1esuill go eighty -nTe psr esnt. 81 aIt
the COWS yssTly, while ut this high latt-
tude It will NOT 60 sixty They hass.
also learned by practical dem0nstrat
that a steer coming up from the Tons
Star; State viii mature, and put on one
two and even thres hundred pounds
more flesh here ;than the sans s..sas
would haae done il kept on his native
health. These tncts alone vim array tho.
heavy cattle handlers of Colorado Oh ths
side Of fths National Trait. Without thin
trail ff,a fla frf fy3s & s,s