The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-10-30

az intel yalS.0I 9Jir il0NyH and ISL
sssaeti d Isl ficn sles
usual pan clam go To new Ioca7
Stion, q strange Mi iiker and scolding
voice, are sources Of i0Il That more
or Iess:impair the milking qualities of
COW.
IA cane made entireIy Sof ttl,e horns ii
cattle has been presented to Major Rain
water, Of Ssst. st Louis, chairman of ;tlle
executive commit lite Of the national con
ventions 0f cattle men that meets in ST
Louis next mon He Isl also tt1 be-
giyenla clair the frame Of which will be-
composed of the horns Of Texas cattl
and viii occupy Il on the platform.
"a citizen of rant county Colorado
whose wife was sick wishing to go for
his daughter, who was sixty miles dis
tant on q visit, in the absence of q horse. Y
rode q two-year- old 4 bull, making ths
round trip 1ao nilesiin forty-aigit
hours. He said the bovine was rather
too poor to ride without q saddle, and as
he expressed it, putty bad gittin on
agin after the wind strikes me awhile. Z 81
The calf crop is surprising the catt
men IN northern Nfiew exiico, and il
likely osmake up for the s disconrag ging
shortage lasts spring. From as reliable
an informant as Col. DWyer, of Golfax
we learn that the calf branding of the
last roundup in this neig ghborl hood MSs
nchIarger than was ever known in the
fall season here before, and that the
Shortage Of tbs first round VIII be-
more than made ddp: Col: q Record
Il, is tie epinSnt Of many of The larger
l5eattle holders upon tile plains that the
death losses in winters will not exceed
1.-TWO per cent. !, if a term Of ton years be :
taken into account. The winters 6f 1880
1 and ;''S1 we're severe and the loss WAS not
less than four per cent. of all tho eatties
4 itssipoa piaiins So It did
[not exceed ono and a haltk. I'll ,ss III
went to t!iree:s s For several winters
prior to 1880 It did not exceed one and 81
| fhaif half per cent gu: \;
The Garden ceiitty 1rriig tor says d man
tsouth Of DIS Was appr reached lately III ". u
.grang & who wished ID buy d COW ii
SO happ that the d m. had aIl OLD
lcow that had seen her best days. and be-
ing IN sight Of the ranch they rode out
to look at her. She WIS pretty we'll
covered brands Of various descrfpts
ionsss,and most awful popf: The granger
walked around her d time Gf two and
then nfemark she fsiff frifcf 81 d cow. Z
no, said the c..nl. nut the,s got lots Of
good reading on he,.. y z -.
The winterng OF sheep depsais much
fon the conditionof the flock at tile begils
ming OF winter. remarks. the Michigan
Farmer. Sheep that are low in flesh in
the fall hardly ever improve, but keep
going down hill all along, until before
the spring time draws around their pelts
ARE hanging ID the shade. See, then,
that, your focks are in good condition,
land il there are any thin enes among
them, separate them from the rest and
lgise them q little grain each day until
they have gained their wonted yigor.
IL there is one class of men in this
world more noted than another for hons
lesty. We believe it is the editors. The
habitsof appropT rating cattle belonging
to another When faforaBle oppor rtunity
fofersis is entirely too popular, but this IS
"a crime Of which an editor would NOT be-
guilty, at least this appears to be the
case with Brother Hays, OF the Avalanche;
published q Silver City, Idaho. He thus /
cries out: Somebody . calf with some
body's brand on it is sucking 0ur: :coW..S5 I:
Take the cal for it il not ours. .'
| IN. ~. q. Journal.
The American race horse Foxhall tliat
lcFeated suchsa sensation in Europe three.
years ago by winning the grand prize of5
Paris, the cambrigeshire and tie Gzare-
which, has been sold BY Mt.:J. RI Keene
lto Lord Rosebery, the price being Ss0, 600.
| The purchaser recently returned from 81
"trip around the world, and in the course
Iof his journey witness ID the perfornl5
Ianctsof American and australian horsess:
end therefore the selection, on returning
Ehorfe, of an American bred one to pIaea
AT the head Of his stud farm Is d decided
eonlpli limcnt % this country.
% q hayds working htrse reposs Il Is /
n aaimast IS much as good food but tired
! though he may De. lie ii offen very sty To-
'l liess down, even when d clean bsd hass
i been provided Tor him. snicssa i horse
4 lies down regularly his rest Is never.
!. complete and his joints md sfnows
4 stinenss anil while It Ii trns that some
4 horses that sleep III q standing position
! - acontinsle " "a work for many years. Il is
equally trre TINT they would wear much
3 l0ngeI, and perform their work much
q better. If they leste uatrss Young;
NERVOUS horses NOT INF ffequentis refuss
tEfu III down Wlisilt lthst made b occupy j
q stail and. when oilncsll into i tewa
& stable. the habit inay besoine csna afraea,
llnnless Inducements aTe offered to04er4
come the distinct linat tion. 1eias
nIsnsht HpTsess