The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-05-01
sTo oCK NOTES:

STOCK n OTES. #S
II The Northern New Mexico Stock Grow
ers' Association, which met recently at
Springer, represents GOO COO cattle and
s25, ,0Oo 600 $3.50, ,ooo, 900 capital. West
Iern Rural. :8
During the winter a great many cattle,
front tho YelleWstone range strayed across
the; river on the ice to the Crow reserya-
tion. stockmen complain that the In
dians kill the cattle and Wantonly de-
stroy more than they can eat, generally
taking only the tongues and unborn
calves. Billings Post.
Several persons have mentioned the:
fact that especially at Fargo the stock
yards are entirely unfit for the reception
ofScattle, nnloaded for feed and water.
The mud IS six to eight inchcs deep and
scores d cattle die in tho pens. This Is
q acondition Of things that should Be REM
edietl eiiately. The stock interest is
too valuable to the railroad to be allowed
ito suffer thus.
Tho shipments Of live stock oyer the
Northern Pacific r. R. the last two weeks
have been greater than at any time in
the history Of the foad. Although not
many cars have Sunloaded at Medora, q
large number will arrive during tile
summer and be driven upon tile ranges
in the Bad Lands The Custer Trair Cst-
tie Co., ". n. Thompson & Co.. WFads-
worth 8 Co., Niemela Cattle Co..and sew:
eral others will increase their herds fsom
1000 up, Several new men viii also
come in with large herds. si5s
An exchange says Of lambs that al
though they are supposed to be tender
things there is no young animal that has
SO much vitality as a lamb, If it only has
plenty of food and can getit. Very often
|itneeis help to reach the teat and to get
the mid The ewes teats are often
closed with q gluey, sticky substance,
which should be forced out and the milk
started; then, II the lamb is held to the
teat3 1T will come to, when 1t has seemed
past hope, and in q day or two viii skip,
il it can get but . ray Of sunshine to
start 1t. &
The committee on foreign relations
has greed to report faYorably to con-
gress several amendments to the bill
providing for the inspection Of meats for
expectation: One amendment provides
that when in the presidents Judgment it
shall be necessary for the protection Of
animals in the United States against IN
fectious or contagious diseases, he may
Eby proclamation suspend the Importation
|of all Or any class Of animals form lin.
tied tiBe, and may chang modify re-
yoke or renew such proclamat lion as the
public good may equire. Western Ru-
|Ial.
The tendencysof tliorough Inbred stock to
Fdeteriorato when turned upon the range
T to rustic for their feed is wen under
stood. This uggests 4 point that stock
men must decide upon sooner Of later.
VIII they buy fine stock from the breed
I ing farms Of the old states, turn them
loose upon their ranges till they have
|snryiyed choir usefulness and then re-
place them with others from tho same
source, Or will they breed their own sires
and care for them as they should bs cared
for that Is, make q proper provision for
them In the way Of food and shelter
Exchange. !.
The Stock thinks there are but
few, if any, Industries that are more
promising at the present time than
breeding and raising horses. There is nc
danger whatsser Of an over supply and
Ipriees have held frlner for tho past fiYa
years on horses than on any other class
of live stock, Tint III. for anything like
| firstsclass animals ]. The horse, of any any
mort. il placed upon The narketI now,
\ need not want long: for d buyer at q good
round price. Nsothing need stand id the
Iway Of my fs:siaer making his horse
lstock Yield him q good Income each year
4 if properly handled. one advantage in
| having nm income from d source like tiiis
]is that the time when horses sci the sbesi
land when they naturally come into: sfis
market is in the spring time Of the year
Just the time when farmers need tht