Omaha daily bee., 1885-03-31
A HoRsEMAN's ASSOCIATION.

GU .. I1aulllCOH, HlebBuor county, Urau-
vile Stuart; Yellowstone county, Allison
A. Ellis,
HoRsEMAN's ASSOCIATION.
A call has also been Issued for horse-
men and those interested In the industry
to meet at Sun River Crossing, Marsh ~,
for the purpose of taking the necessary
action for the formation of a Horsemen's
association. The call is signed by
the most prominent horse-breed-
ers Of the northwest, and responses have
been received from all over, promising a
full attendance. The outline of the pro-
posed meeting lis to organize as other
stock associations, having regular system.
! attic round.upsin the different distrtcts,
and all to commence about the same
time.
There are already a plumber of horse
and mule growers in Montana, notable
among which might be named Frewen
and Barber on Powder river. j. K. Ham,
ilton near Bozemap, Robert Vaughan,
WIN. Ulm, w. a.. Clarke, W. X. Flow
cree, M. Oxarart, o. G. Cooper, AL Du-
pee, J. G. Adams. Wallace Taylor, Fl.
a. Milot, Jack Harris and others. 1t is
a noteworthy fact that most of the Eng
llshmen who come to the northwest ven
turs into hor.e-growing rather hal cat
tle-raisiug. The ranches of Frewen and
Barber (Eoglishmen). on the Upper Pow
der, are models of what horse ranches
should be, and the establishments of
Lynde Palmer and Edmund Seymour, on
the Big Timber range, ara almost perfect
IN their details for the breeding of mule
colts.
MULE-RAISING.
This pursuit, together with sheep
growing, must ere long share with the
cattle business iii becoming one of the
leading Industries Of the wonderful
northwest. Horse grower are begin
ming to believe that there Is more money
in breeding old mares to good Jacks than
to stations, and as there Is always a
ready market within the territory for
draft animals, we may expect to see this
year the breeding of mule colts extern.
slvely engaged In by former horse.crow-
ers; Inc accounts from below that wild
stations nave been running off mares
from c%orrals, enticlng them away from
the ranches where they belong, is also
true of this section. Cowboys riding the
ranges report seeing every now and then
small bands of horses flying over the
plains, and from other reports brought In
by reliable parties to the iame effect Il IA
reasonable to believe that at the present
time no small number of unclaimed
horses are In the territory. If the avs.
tenn of round-ups spoken of elsewhere
goes into effect, nearly all of these wild
steeds could be gathered In and branded,
II wINTERIRG OF STOCK.
From the various conflicting reports
that have gone ont concerning cattle In
Montana and how they suffered during
December and January from icy blIzzsrds
and cold northers, many people no doubt
formed rroneous Impressions of this sec.
ton as favorable to cattle growing. Now
that all danger from cold is passed, 1t i.
no more thanIfair to state the real fact.
in the matter, and remove the false ideas
by giving actual damage and loss to stock
from all causes. To sum 1t up In a few
words, the loss is less than at any time
last year. Since the middle of February
chinooks have been constantly blowing,
and since that date there has been nc
snow to speak of on the ground. O
course December aud January were cold
and no one denies 1t. But the dry cole
weather of Montana has been making bet
ter beef during December and Jsnusr,
than cattle have been doing In tn,
east with cheap feed and shelter. As
happens there Is plenty of artificial shelte
among our hills, which, taken with tn
/ rich nutritIouA uraksea ervwhaI To h
found, makes this the finest stock coun
try In the world. To be sure, the Their
mometer does go down very low some
times, but Its effects are scarcely ever fel
by the animals, as the very dryness c
the atmosphere Is q sure protectiO
against extreme cold. In q moist cllmat
the low tendencies of the thermomete
would be deadly to cattle, who could nc
protect themselves against the cuttin
blasts; but here, when tina wind blows
thsrs is nothing dangerous In 1t to stocl
and the rarity of the atmosphere prevent