The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-02-19

4 II tSlSE 800 OFsts fsl SsYas1 u En- ~
In 1870 there ggere $50 lioTsess
mules y y and sheep III the United States:
About the liig chest price Tor steers sseS
have yet heard off, is that paid BY Phil.
Armour to- .. Simpson Of Onslow,
Iowa. There were attIhirty -ffour head, and
|athey averaged $il6.. ~ h acIl. be most
surprising part of the ma tier II that thes
whole herd were two year lids. They
were grade Short rthorns.
Two cattle kings Of tho coast, Nessrs.
Miller and LuS are rated at SIS eco 900.
10 s L, 900, ,090, and we're poor mon twenty
years ago. They have about .;Q head
fofscattie and head off4 sic of
which hitter they MOI
They own an iii d Lug email worth
81 900, Goo, fences 200 mt les iii leng Iii, (I
fortune ii itself J, i'll dtrnia 6ee, CO..
acres Of land, in sNebraslsa II. 800 acres
ana 10, COO acres Of aIfalfa grasss
cago Tribune. ;sss;
85 G5G Bond of tile Lit lei N Missouri Horse
Co., was in town this week and
their; horses in spl enliid eondi Hi
says tie Weat ther get: 100 5ssld or
thessncs too deep for ieni. Some ais
:tiie deals dropped this winter have AZ
ready hair on them |; Ise a sbnf T,,aii
valley OF the Little ii ii river IN
without doubt a boss horse country
and we predict that within die next ten
years The cattle men viii find the horse e
men following tllein up close in size aid
value of their herds. ,ss w
Nothing will 50 quickly reduce tho
Feight5of a ripened animal as To subject
it to a long ride in a stock ear with tlies3i
thermometer below zero, says the stock
man. Animal life is sustained b7 coIll-
bustion, and the bullock Of pig in transit:
through an icy atmosphere is being
slowly burned up IN flesh and tissue.
10 transport stock eeon0miea.iy u and
safely titssl- as well as for humane con
sseriittan. t!ie highest practicable de-
gree OF comfort, in The matter Of protec-
ton from tie severity Of Weat tlier, as
wei. as plenty Of good and close personal
attention, are necessary Market plat
forms ell oTsrs The country are, covered
with dead h0gs sfters the clGse offs d man
itoha blizzard, ard not d email number
OF cattle perish in tlle So me way willis
surviving stock $50 ten 50 cut Il III
Heigi.s that tla shipper ii a iaaast really
todispnte tile: story Of tile scales. lI'iacsss
WHO handle any Lind Of stoeis. Whether
nree.ing fat
10 .itg4eGs tiEells con: fest ii;s en- fcrftt,
TO their dsstinat ion $. Growers
Journal. 5 S3 s I:
From sset,s' range comes up The cT,ss.s
':iHcFc LUits.' We edcubtSif there is Il
cattle sGctien in tie Eaiteii States i'll,
which every ,aEt Eman les d sufficient
number. Invariably there are found u
few that ds pend entirely en- tlleir neigh
bol's bulls. There is. no need in com
meniirg on tic injustice Of this prac-s
tice, and tie OILY thing to Go is 10 con
siGer methods to compel each rancl,man-
to put in lis proportion cf bulls. Lii
| New Mexico tie names Of steckmen who
have not sufficient number are pub
lished over the signatures Of responsible
! cattle owners. 1t is doubtful, however,
if even this will shame them into pro-
viding the required nunbef. Perhaps
as good plan as any is that adopted by
our association, to dehar from the priyi-
leees Of the roundup any stock owner
who fails in living up to the constitu-
! tion and bylaws, which provide that ten
bulls for every hundred she cattle shall
be put On the range. There in no cccn-
ony in skimping ou The nunlberof bulls,
as low percentages of calves in such
eases always shows. Hitherto tie higli-
est per cent. of calves on ihe Little Mis-
souri, has fallen short Of sixty per cont,
owing entirely 10 lick Of bulls. The In
crease under the new rules will be aInas-
ter Of Interest.
Black o,iedcatile ileese fulfilling my pre-
dictions made in 1872, Wilel i wrote To-
peated articles fof the agricultural pa
! pers end used my best ezer:ions privately
| to prevail on western ranci;.nen to in
trc0uce them among tileii herds, which
Yves soon done. Now, after scHe yearsof
experience with them on The great plains
ana il The Rocky Mountain valleys, they
are fGfld tie la,liest Of all the ir.-
| proved blceds Of cattle tiled there. Tl.is
may be said more especially Of the Gallo
ways, ior their extra-long, thick coats
OF hair protect them as well from fierce
wilter winds and stofines as similar
coats have e.er done tiie buffalo. IN
addition 10 this superior hardness, Il,
tue great advantage cf being without
horns. The benefit Of this absence,
of the wosse than useless excre-
scence is bestowed almost uni.
versa'ly on ihe stock got by tlese polIeti
bu Is out Of the lons-hofned Texas cow.
The form of this shalf-bieed stock proves
also much superior to that of their dams,
Tor they mature D year or two earlier,
tufn outa liner quality Of beef and are
reared ard fatteRed and transported to
market more eeonomieally. Then there
i:sthesppefiors safety in handling them e
4 ig,eir m: :lter ana auiater flisansition am,