The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-01-08

# Farmer Hartzell, OF the South Park,
who raises from two TO three hundred
high-grade calves eaclt year, takes; the !
youngsters from the cows as early, as
December, and after keeping them ina
close corral until they are gentle and bes
come accustomed to the presence Of men,
turns them into field and feeds them:
hay until spring. This, " Gays he, ~puts
my yearlings six months ahead Of my
neighbors, and at two years Of age they
are equal to ordinary three -year-olds \
[CoL 8. S. Record, Is e
Mr.. 7. w. Longley, manager Of the;
Green Mountain Stock Ranching COM
paly, whose range is on Emmels creek,
made the Stock Growers q, call New
Years morning. He says all the old
range cattle are doing better than Mas
expected, none Of them dyine, and not
drifting to any extent, as feed is good
and abundant. The through cattle that
were poor in the fall are not doing 60
well. Nortl. Of the Yellowstone cattle
are drifting badly, and line riders are
kept busy driving them back from the
river. "A few are crossing at the mouth
Of Rosebud. His company are winter
ing some stations up Pumpkin creek
and Mr. Longley is on his way to this
ranch. ae says they have some native
aar.
tie which are as fat as they can roll md
don't seem to mind the cold weather.
stock Growers Journal. .ss.;2
At a,recent dinner of a farmers cltfb
in England, some speeches were made
which are of interest to the American
cattle, men. Mr.. Marston Frewen, Of
Wyoming, said that there were immense
herds of cattle in that territory perfectly
healthy and free from epidemic, and that
pleuro pneumonia was absolutely un-.
known there. The far west could supply
England with dairy. cows at $60 head,
and grazing beasts at low prices, with
which it would he profitable to stock
their present unoccupied lands. That
the present low prices were due to low:
freight charges, and the English farmers
would be very foolish to negleet the
present opportunity to replehish their
declining agriculture. Il the farmers of
Great Britain adopt this advice 1t will
open another market for ranchmen Of
this eontinent.-[St. Paul Globe.
c. W. Sleeper was interviewed by a
Pioneer Press reporter recently and We
can't help but belive that either the re-
porter on the types misquoted him. He
is credited with saying that SO por cent
Of the pilgrim cattle will succumb to the
recent cold snap. It may have been that
he said 5 per cent or even 10 per cent.
but either estimate is too high. We
have recently spoken with nearly every
stOckmen on the Little Missouri, espe-
cially these who shipped in pilgrims last
! fall and the highest estimate is per!
cent. Down the river there seems no
doubt that the loss viii be scarcely per
cent. Up the river there are several
punches of states yearlings that were
driven in late and the loss niRy be as
high as 8 per cent, certainly not higher.
The interview alluded to has caused
much comment and We have received
many kilograms and letters relative to
it. To ali we have answered substan-5
TALLY as above. Tile old cattle, or these
who have passed winter here, are doing
as well as the most sanguine could wish.
The loss among this class is almost
nothing. From the most authentic
sources we think we are about the figure
in quoting the per cent. Of loss ON all
the Bad Lands cattle at one and q half
1 per cent. $st 5gz5 Il III s}fj
The Northwestern Live Stock Journal
lets its walls Of. wrath descend upon our
devoted head in a way calculated to
make 1t ache. 1t states that We quoted
an article from the Journal without
credit attempted to give it some advice
and then make mistake in our figures.
The above is all right with the exception
that We never repabblislied an article
withoat credit and consider that an edi-
| tor who will do SO is as low a., any oti,er
thief; that We have never under nlly;
circumstances ever fnrde q comment esi
such an article repnbiished from thns
Journal, as we cons idered ii rood na-
fh0rity on all stock matteTs; and M
ally could have nade no mistake fl NJ
nres II we made no comment on them.
The Journal Is little too So0n. Ii can
\ he sure that when we attempt to dis
prove any OF Its assertions We viii Be
we'll fortified with figures. Ne would
also like to have the journal editor ssapk
Eoyer our dles and ne win alinW itH.t bad
/ man TO take q shot at us for every elfn-3
ping TINT Ne have pubiiBhed pft6diik