Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-03-24

feeding milch COWS, comes back as fas
as eaten, almost, in the form Of milk
butter and cheese, while as much NOR
comes from the manure in the form o
better crops later on. If a farmer ha
not the money to invest in bran for stool
feeding, he can make more than 30 pc
cent per annum on the money he should
borrow to buy all he needs to feed"
An experiment made in Minneapoli:
in May, 1886, gave results such as nigh
be expected from Mr.. Hoard's statement
It appears from the details of this expert
/ ment that A. F. Pray and F. G. Pillsbury
Of Minneapolis, Mimi, purchased 1t
"scrub" steers, which had been running
on poor range. They were taken tc
Mr.. Pray's farm near Minneapolis, stabbed
and carefully fed, being allowed no ex-
ercise save in quarter-acre yard Uttered
with husks. Each steer was numbered,
and the rations of bran were carefully
weighed out each day. Mr.. Pillsbury
gave strict orders that the bran used
should be Of the very poorest quality to
be found in Minneapolis, in order that
there might be no question as to results,
and these orders were well obeyed.
Whenever an animal ate all of its feed
the ration was increased, this policy be-
ing followed all through. The feed was
heavier in the morning than in the even
ing, the average morning feed being 6.43
pounds, while the evening feed averaged
Cos pounds. The average gain in weight
during the month was 10 pounds, the
heaviest steer gaining 172 pounds, and
the lightest 63 pounds, The cattle were
fed three of four days before the test was
begun, so it cannot be said that the phe-
nomenal gain is partially due to their
filling up" after their hard journey to
Minneapolis.
Bran has been fed to sheep and hogs |
with as satisfactory results as those which |
were attained in the above experiment.
Fortunately for the farmers of Cascade
county bran made by the patent process,
can be obtained in abundance from the
Cataract mill in this city whose enterpris-
ing president Mr.. Chowen, is disposed to
to the fullest extent, all
'anchmen who will try bran as feed for
heir stock. He has placed the price at a
ow figure and will forward the bran to
places on the Manitoba and Montana
Central railroads or deliver it to teams at
he mill. The offer merits attention from
in the Sun river and Chestnut
alleys, especially those who keep large
lumber Of COWS for dairy purposes.
The River Press will go off half cooked
IN the slightest provocation when it i'm
gines it has mail grievance. The mails
nd their delays constitute never end
ng subject of comment for that paper.
t is one of its many hobbies. It is a
rank on the subject. The other day a
etter mailed from Stanford to the River
'ress failed to reach that concern on
ime and as a result it sends up howl of
he most ferocious sort, as if such thing
s letter going astray had never before
occurred in the history Of Uncle Sans
nail service. But this is not all. Great
falls gets all the blame and is made :
Wholly responsible for the high crime of
elaying this letter en- route, while the '
rilliant genius that presides over the
estinies of that sheet sees in this instance
ncontrovertibe evidence of the fact that
William Ulm's cattle ranch should be
made the distributing point for the mails
f northern Montana! The River Press .
las faculty of making itself ridiculous,
ut never SO much SO as when it has a s
opposed mail grievance on its hands, /!
People in Denver seem to have gone
lean daft, as the Scotch say, about Mrs.
Nitter, who was on trial for poisoning
Ter husband. Thomas Paterson's elo-
Luent appeal fol. the "patient, loving wife"
made the women and even some Of the
jurors shed tears. When the jury came
n with verdict Of not guilty, "a mighty
hout arose, hands were excitedly clasp
ID, men whistled and women embraced
md cried in each others arms. When
curt adjourned hundreds crowded around
he fair widow and enthusiastically en-
oraced her. For time the demonstra-
ions were so violent that it was feared
he would be suffocated. The ladies
hook hands with all the jurors with
ervent "God bless you" On the way
lrs Witter was followed by an excited
rowd who were eager to drag the We
licle to her home. Clearly the old time
tfusive gallantry Of the mining camp
myers at Denver still. 1t is the place
Or stair widows" to seek vindication.
When taxes were to be collecte d Cho-
eau treated the scene of the alleged
murder of Mrs. Ravens as part of her
erritory, but when it comes to trying the
risoner she shelves the burden to Cas-
ada Wa wi oh for tho cob n ne l,,+l, M,