The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-04-16
With those elected at the last meeting
the Wyoming association has 461 lnem=
.bers. The. Montana association is close;
on her. heels and will catch up inside ot3

On her heels and will catch up inside ot q
two year. sa
Phe committee appointed N BY the B
Wyoming associatio to look up the bull
question were animously III favor 81 3 3
taking up and feeling them from Decern-
Der to July In one case this action Il
increased the calf crop to S5 per cent.
and the beeyes when sold averaged fifty
pounds heavier than others. E
In the year 1884 Chicago teseAed
i,s17,6s7 cattle; 80, ,e3O sheer; 1851, ,9s7i
hogs and Is, ,602 horses. In nineteen
years she has received 103, ,3333,532 head 4
Of live stock, valued at ss2,074, 1877 7,5O3. II
The report Of the Chamber of commerce
reports that the fresh beef trade is
steadily increasing owing to the in,z
proved methods and facilities ft6r carr
ing on theWork. Owing to the foot trand.
month disease scare last May the market
was for a time very sluggish but picked
up later on and 4 ,118, ,154 cattle were S
killed for the dressed meat canning
ana packing trade. n s5gEs{{5
In the report OF 5Dr. piins yctarinar-
ian of the Wyoming associa iation, cause
of the death Of states bulls and cattle
was brought out that has escaped the,
notice Of our coWmen. Il was supposed
that states cattle die in larger numbers
than others because the cold was more
intense and the feed ofa different kind.
1t appears That they do not die as much
from this reason, however, as from The
fact that these changes bring diseases,
common to all pilgrims on tile range.
The fact has now been established beyond
all doubt that bulls AMI especially pill
| grims. cannot run with the herd the
whole year without serious loss. They
must be taken up and fed. If they ara
not, disease in some shape and death are
sure to attack them. III view Of this
fact, we prophesy that tie time is close
at hand when the cowmen viii see it is
to their interest to not only take up
their bulls for seven or eight months in
the year, but also to feed them well and
give them some kind Of a shelter besides
a wire fence. Z. =
The question Of leasing public lands IS
getting to be one of great Importance in
Indian territory and one that we think.
should be decided in favor of leasing.
At first sight it would seem that this
would be entirely for tie benefit Of large
capitalists and would Great ayiItuaI
monopoly in the leased districts There ]
are two sides to the question, however
and the other side is that the lands in
question are generally desert 81 oryirtuaIly
1so on account Of the lack Of waller. 10
one is going to put Improvements On
public lands when they are liable at any
time to be driven of and the only way to
make this land productive is to lease it
for a term of years with the privilege Of
buying at the end Of the lease. Plenty
of water will then be obtained in wells
and what are now deserts will become as
good grazing land as any. Again the
inevitable tendency Of the COW business
is toward monopoly. By the leasing of:
lands many smaller outfits will be given
a good show, where now they will soon
be crowded to the wall. For these and
many other reasons the Cow Boy is in
favor of leasing any and all public lands
that Can by any construction, come uuder
the Desert land act. -s
! In all cattle papers tho question Of
horn!ess cattle is being discussed. Num-
bers and testimony are immensely in
their favor and the question has now
narrowed down to the point as to whether
it is be er or not to d,:lOrn cattle. The
evidence is strongly in fayor Ct this, but
in reference to range cattle we are still
in the dark as to whether it would pay.
There is scarcely any doubt, however,
that it would pay in the case Of calves
/ As to naturally horn.ess or po.led CATTLE.
it is past dispute that they make by FIR,
the best beef-producing and range cattle.
Almost without exception Aberdeen
Angus took the first prize in the block
contest in all fat stock shows, tho most
noticeable victories of this year being tho
national contest at Smithfeld, England
and the international contest at New
Orleans. Among the polls, however,,
there is quite rivalry as to which Is
the better for the range, Galloways Or.
Aberdeen-Angus. The GallowaYs have
longer hair and may be able to stand
greater cold, but the Aberdeen Angus
have repeatedly shown their ability to
stand any kind of weather with perfect
ease, so that on account of the superior
record Of the Angus for beef producing
qualities, we still hold them IS the CON-
ing prime fayorites for the range. They
have been a long time gaining their
present popularity but are certain Of its
being increased. A strong point in their
favor is that any one who handles them
is Immediately an uncompromising
partisan in their favor. In some lats
cattle sales we notice that 7. G. Powers.
of Ft. Benton, pioneer in Angus cattle
for the range, recently bought a number
in Chicago and ]. J. Hill, Of st. Paul
bought, small herd in Scotland. We
are glad also to see that enr stocknen
are realizing the value OF Aberdeen
Angus bulls. There are several now On
the river and the LeAfoyne cattle. cc.
viii put in either Angus or Galloway
bulls this season. Clemrner & Den. q
Cave Hills. have q number. their hest
bull costing $500. The name of their!