The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-08-21


shipped into Chicago over the Burling-
ton and Quincy road.
The wool growers Of Texas are petit
tioning the Legislature to require the
railroads of that state to act with Justice
towards the shipment Of mutton interests.
Breeders Gazette. ,.'s:5
The Albany Land and Cattle Company,
with capital Of 5000. 900. has Just.
been incorporated at Laramie City. The
stock of the company is understood to be
largely taken in Europ Col. Live
Stock Record. e. n ;5s
T It is said that Big Timber station will
ship 100000 pounds of wool this year.
Twenty five carioads have already been
shipped and as much more is to come:
The. wool is grown on the Sweet Grass, Big
Timber and hus-,lsball Ell n liz
ingston Enterprise. /. .5S:s.,y
The demand for Ewell-bred American
young cattle was never so good as right
now. a moderate bunch uf yearling and
two-year-old heifers were Sold here on
Tuesday for $50 and ss3 per kead. Mr..
George Brockway was the purchaser
Denver Coli L. 8. Record: s ~ ;.= 3sssl. E.
A cowboy, whose name we forget, tells
us that rattlesnake bite has little or no
effect upon horse. All that is necessary
is to open the wound and rub in a little
ammonia, or in the absenceoi ammonia
plenty Of common salt, and the poison
will be neutralizd.- Il Exchange.
Fifty head Of grade Galloway four
year-old steers, raised by Jim Galloway,
in the Paradox valley, in Hoitrose ami
mails that never ate grain or known
shelter-turn the scale beam at twelve
hundred pounds each, and there is not a
horn on their heads or Write hair on
their bodies. Col. L. S. Journal.
The governors Of Wyoming, New Mex
leo and Montana have issued proclama-
tions declaring q quarantine against
cattle shipments from localities sus-
pected to be infected with the cattle
fever. The various railroad companies
have agreed to cooperate with the state
and territorial authorities in their efforts
to arrest the spread of the disease.
The Northern Pacific cut dcwn carload
cattle rates a week or two ago, 5 pei
cent, to correspond with a like reduction
made by the Union Pacific. On Friday
President Harris of the Northern Pacific
and President Adams of the Union Pa
cific, met in Chicago, and after a confer
Eence agreed to restore the old rates, tt
take effect at once. Livingston Enter
prise. siis..5% Il
In the cities of Canada the price O
mutton is always as high as that Of beet
This because they grow finer sheep ore
in the Dominion than we do in the west
ern States. Their big Cotswolds am
their Shropshire sheep are equal to th'
best Of Europe. There is q vast differ
ence between the flavor OF the mutton Oh
tained at Quebec and that Of Chicago,
/ 1Ecolo. Ls s. Record. Z
Sheepmen Of Tom Greed county Texas
lin q general convention, have demandel
/ the restoration Of the wool tariff Of 1857
d Tom Green is tile largest wool producinl
county In the world, having an area .
4 over twelve thousand square miles
Drought now prevails over the entir
q county, and an small stfeams llAye dill
Il appeared. Already thousands Of sf1ee
a are reported To lave persisted fKansa
4 City i. s. indicator Sss
Z Men who are predicting that the prie
slef stock cattle will continue to declin