The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-03-11
STOCK NOTES.

Husbandman: Some Of our Montana
editors are inclined to make sport Of the
poultry business, yet for all that, most
men have a weakness for fresh eggs and
yellow legged chickens, and it is a no.
torious fact that half the amount Of
money invested in poultry yard that
they have invested in their newspapers
would bring more clear money in year
than the majority of editors make in the
same time, and the labor would be much
more lucrative. We would, therefore,
counsel the aspirant about TO join the
editorial fraternity to embark in the
poultry business instead.
the Northwestern Stock Journal. Of
Cheyenne, contains reports from all
parts Of the Wyoming range. 1t says:
The outlook is quite encouraging, and
the losses not excessive. More or less
concern is always felt for the Northwest
at this season Of the year, but from all
accounts there is nothing at present to
cause uneasiness. The mere fact that
the weather has been so moderate as to
have allowed the ice to 90 out from Up
per Powder, Yellowstone and Tongue
rivers and other streams in Montana,
and tins fully month in advance of the
usual time, should be conclusive evil
dence that cattle AM horses are not suf-
fering to any alarming extent"
Deer Lodge, Mont, New North-Wes ::
There is still work for the hunters of
Montana, although it is sometimes said
that wild animals are things of the past
in Montana Territory. The Territorial
Auditors report shows that during 1884
the Territorial Treasurer paid bounty on
547 bears. 143 mountain hons, 5,410
wolves, and ,62l coyotes. As the stat
utes allow no bounty for such ANIMALS
killed on Indian reservations, where
they are most plentiful, in computing
the total number killed during the year,
it probably would be fairly accurate to
add Cne-tbird to the numbers above
enumerated.
Stock Growers Journal: Reports from
Billings up to the middle of the week
were to the effect that snow in that
vicinity was very light, and, as the
warm weather experienced in and
around Miles after Wednesday undoubt-
edIy reached up and down the Yellow
stone valley, the ranges were certainly
cleared. Stock of all kinds was also re-
ported doing well, and, indeed, all along
the Northern Pacific road the news is
favorable. Where there was heavy
snow it was blown into drifts, leaving
plenty of feed in sight. Ali the cattle
that have drifted in on the Yellowstone
are looking fat and sleek, and the only
thin ones to be seen are the late year
lings.
Glendive, Mont, Times: 1t is an ac-
cepted proposition among cowmen that
If cattle get through the hrst WINTER IN
this country without a loss of ten per
cen. it is cause for congratulation. Cat
tie brought from the East, where hey
have been fed and are accustomed to
sheds and cIotheslines are net rus;lers
and do not learn that they must depend
upon their own resources for food until
the winter is far advanced, and they are
in poor condition After the first win
ter they are all right, and, being unre
stricted all the next simmer, they are
then able to take care of themselves,
and win 90 through the following winter
with no more loss than would result
from natural causes ii their Eastern
barnyards.