The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-25
The highest valuation Of cattle I'M Col
orado per head for taxation is $19. ~ the
average for the state is less than $15. .Q0s

orado per head for taxation lis $19. 9.77;; the
average for the state is less than $i5 .Q0sl
II is estimated that there is one sheep
in the United States to every thirty four
acres Of territory In England the rate
il one 10 one and q half acres.
L The shipment Of cattle from here tO;,
Chicago has commenced again in good
earnest, and between now and the 5tfl Of
October no less than 500 carloads Of
prime beeyes viii be loaded at this point.
Dickinson Press.
Twelve hundred head OF cattle bearing.
the s D brand of S. Doyle arrived here,
yesterday in: charge Of about a dozen
COW boys, who hare brought the herd
from the west and are taking the stock
to range fifty miles east of Glendiye. y
Yellowstone journal.
as s}A Mort them Pacific official denies that
stockmen seek lie rival foads for fbs:.r
shipments. he claims that The Noflil-
ern Pacific is ahead Of the others in of
fering inducements to shippers, and That
this will be abund ndantly shown when at
The end Of the season The figures are pub
iished- Mandan Pioneer.
IS It is often claimed and supposed by
many that tockmen frame and inf1uence
legislation tosuit them. Tile fact is.
stockmen prosper in spite of adverse leg
islation. The stockman did best when
lands were governed by no laws. They
would as soon influence Indians as legiss
lators. Tex. .. s. Journal. 3:s
Cocoanut oil cake is used I'M Java
quite largely for livestock food. II Is
made BY crushing the kernel and ex-
tracting from it the oil by means Of
hydraulic pressure. The refuse left
after the extraction Of the oil is then
pressed into cakes, and is eagerly de-
voured by cattle, who are said to fatten
very rapidly omit. .sis
Denver, Colorado, is fixing for a re-
|frigerator establishment on a grand
scale. The preliminary steps include
securing a large pasture for grazing and
feeding beeves purchased, 50 as not to be
purchasing from hand 10 mouth, SO 20
:peak. They seem to recngulze that cap
ital is required. II shoo1d be q success.
Fl Tez. L. S. journal. s5Si Il
A manager of New Mexico cattle
company; who uses the Shorlhorn as a
cross. on account OF their hardiiood, is
about to use the Spanish as another
cross, on account Of ilitii gentleness
There is reason in ali Gbings and the
hardy Shorthorn and gentle Texan are
entitled to their honers if moi
exactly fitting them. Tex. LIS. Jour
snal. Is ..s5 ''5sz;-
For mutton, Professor Brown, Of th,
Guelph Agricultural College, Canada
says in his experience Leicester sheeI
fare ahead Of all others in putting OF
1 flesh in the shortest time. In early ma
| turing he gives the following as the re
suit of personal observations: Leicesters
SouthdoWn cross, Leicester cross, Oxfort
Down cross, Cotswold being the slowest
l-[Kan. City L. S. Indicator.
4 "A disease has appeared among the eat
tie in the northwestern part Of 0sag,
county, Kan, and several fatal cases ar,
reported. TheOwDers Of, the cattle atlt
not know what the disease is, but {;
quarantine has been established to pre-
vent its spread. After being affected
the cattle only live day or two
Dcowsiness, costiveness and bloody dis
charges are its main symptoms. Kan
City L. S. Indicator. ..,ts ,.s75.
The amount of wool shipped from For
Benton and vicinity during the past sea
son aggregates 7e5, ,722 pounds. Of thi
amount 6S9,55S pounds were sllippe,
! from Fort Benton; 4,681 pounds from th
coal banks; s6,136 pounds from Judith
1886 pounds from Rocky Point. Ihes
shipments were all made by the Powe
| line Of steamers, the Benton on two trip
carrying 997 bales, the Bachelor Of
three trips 1,427 and the Helena on on
| trip, 42s. .-[Exchange. g I
The Continental Land and Cattle Com
a pany, one of the wealthiest concerns o
il the kind in the country, shipped a trail
load of cattle from this place yesterda,
that were all black and averaged il
| weight about eleven hundred pound
each: It was novelty, being the frs
train Of black cattle ever shipped from
| Montana or Dakota territories. The!
we're the selection Of John N. Simpson
and A. B. Gombes. The company ship
| ped from here this week over sixty car
loads Of fine fat cattle. Dickinson
Press. ti s. "a j.sz, .Iss,
4, The day has gone by when size is con
sidered before quality in cattle. Tn
big, rough hulksof enormous weight
are passed by in the sale pens for smaller
4 but smoother and neater cattle. Thes
compactly built, smooth bodied beeye
are subject to less shrinkage both il
shipping and turning into beef, requir
less feed, and give evidence Of possessin
q greater hardness Of constitution, an
are BY all means The most profitable fl
the farmer to handle. If farmers, i
selecting cattle either for breeding I
feeding purposes. would be assured thf
they are obtaining stock that win 1
profitable, they must bear these points
] mind, and select mora for nnalifn fha