The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-07-09

Yellowstone ranges, In many cases it
will be difficult for the cattle to- obtain
sufficient feed. e e ,f-.s' 45.l
Mr.. Shaw, of Dayton, Washington Ter
ritory, passed through Sunday evening
with two cars Of horses and car Of
mules for Mr.. Larson, twenty miles south.
of, Jamestown. One car of horses were
all Morgans and as fine lot as were
ever shipped through Medora. They were
bred by Mr.. Shaw who states that Nor
gans. are taking the lead oyer all other
horses combined in Washington.
The receipts Of cattle at the Chicago
stock-yards numbered 41,0ss head
this week. Prices dropped: 25@4oc.
for native steers and 1O@25c. for other
grades. Foreign prices are firm and
higher for good to choice American
cattle. There were plenty of medium
and inferior cattle on the market but
fewer choice to fancy than the preceding
week. 5000 Texans were received, max
ing about 10000 during the last three
weeks. Texan bulls sold as low as 1925;
fair to good steers, 1893. 40; Indian ter
ritofy cattle $4@460: The market was
firm with higher tendency Tuesday, :
\, The following are the latest cattle
quotations in the Chicago market, ':'' o.
Extra prime beeves. 3. -. $3.50 @ 6.10.
Choice to fancy shipping,s..ss5.so q $50.
Good to- choice shipping. .s5.35 q $40.
Common to good shipping. $4.s5 q $40.
Poor to medium steers. ...s4.6o q 500
Far to choice COWS, $3.50 q 800.
Inferior to medium cows. .$1.5O @ ESQ.
Poor to choice bulls. .$2.40 q $50.
Stockers,, $50 to 500 lbs. $500 q Ais.
Feeders, s75 to 1,15o lbs,. .$4.oo @ 4.65.
Grass-fed Texans. :$2.75 q AGO.
Corn-fed Texans. ns......,..... .3.75 q 500.
Slop-fed cattle. .$5.40 @ $50.
Mich cows,R head, -. $4,000 q 5000.
Apopular amusement among cattlemen
is guessing at the weight Of animals.
Some of the: guesses are remarkably ac-
curate. A case has recently been noted
where two men guessed at the liye weight
Of 1,075 cattle, each marking his guess
on slip of paper. On comparisons their
guesses were found to be.within a hun
dred and fifty pounds of each other and
when the cattle were weighed the higher
guess was found to be within five pounds
of the true weight. Guessing how much
cattle will dress out is much harder
task, the most authentic instance being
the guess of John Deffebach. He guessed
at the dressed weight of fifteen head OF
cattle and came within five pounds of
the weight. This guess is authenticated
by Rassie and Levi Deffebactl and large
number of men in Central City.
It is safe to assume that q year or two
more will see the Bad Lands as full Of
range cattle as will be profitable, taking
into consideration the natural increase
and the additions to the, present herds
The question of quantity, Or having as
many cattle on the range as is safe, is
therefore, on the point Of, solving itself
The question Of quality, however, has by
no means had a sufficient share OF the
general attention. It has been proved SO
conclusively that it pays to raise grade
cattle instead Of scrubs that we will
leave that point unnoticed and look fol
the cheapest and best way to. raise "a
higher class of cattle. OF course this is
done by using better class of bulls but
it seems to us that in the way of getting
these bulls large amount of money is
spent that could be saved. Nine out Of
every ten ranchmen send east after bulls
that could be raised to faF better advant.
age here. 1t is not necessary for every
cowmanto have a full-bl6od herd but il
would be an extremely profitable bust
ness for men Of meanss to start such {
herd in the range country. This woult
by no means be an experiment as 1t ha!
been successfully tried in the south AMI
to some extent in the west. By thi
means, there would be a large saving il
/ three ways: transportation from the eas
here, an absence Of the heavy loss occa
stoned by acclimatization and the com
paratiye cheapness Of raising cattle her
i to the cost in the east. These three reas
ons certainly make the cost Of each ami
NAL $40 The range breeder there
fore, could undersell the eastern breede
!. by this amount and make the Same prof,
Added to this would be reader sale
!. owing to nearness to the market and Il,
81 greater and acknowledged superiority (
!. range-raised bulls. Who will be the ma
ITO accept this oppolr1t;u,nit ,l1; i, .s8s.