The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-07-11
BOZEMAN M. T. WEDNESDAY, July II. 1888
Good Advice.

The Rocky Mountain Husbandmar
strikes the nail squarelv on the head il
the following excellent article:
The best industry that wo know of fol
man with small means to engage in il
stock growing. Not exclusive stock grow
ing. but combine with it farming and
dairying. BY the farm. one can make 6
nice living and in these pursuits hi.
stock will have the best of care and will
multiply much more rapidly than the
herds Of the extensive stock grower us
ually do. Let poor man that has ener
gy and industry settle down in d
highland glen with half dozen cows, OF
he may even start with less than this
for we could mention number VIII,
started with less and are now indepen,l.
emily rich, an in few years he would
md himself the pDssessor Of a comforta'
BILE home anda nice little bunch ofcat,le
1t is wonderful with what rapidity "A
band will increase. We have. seen g
nice band of cattle grow up IN six OF
seven years from one COW, and tan read
lily figure what could be done with four.
six or even ten cows. But the man with
limited means will scarcely be able to
start with more than half dozen and
this number is enough. It 10 a good
foundation for q fortune. One of the
wealthiest men in the Missouri valley
started with only four cows and had a
family of little children to support at
the same time. 1t will be remembered
also that in this small outfit he had a
partner True, the beginning was made
more than twenty years ago and the
prime of life had been spent in his chos.
en- pursuit. But what matters it if he
has; he has enjoyed health, educated h is
family, and can recline beneath the
shade of his accumulations during the
remainder of hisdays. And this is moth
ing more than anv reasonably industrious
man can do. The opportunities are
about as good, all things considered, now
as twenty years ago. Anyhow, this coun-
try is greatly in need of this class of
stock growers, for whatever may be said
OF our large herds being of little value to
our country, they being owned largely
by eastern capitalists, there is no gain.
saying the fact that the small growers
will be Of as much benefit to the country
as any other class, and we very seriously
doubt If there is ANYTHING in which the
small farmer can engage that has in 1t
more promise. The more isolated the
locality, the larger herd one can care for
in the years to come, but If a location
with range, ETC., is not to be had, it will
pay to keep just what stock can be grown
on the farm. Too many of our farmers
have depended too long upon growing
grain. Let them grow more grass and
feed it to their stock and they will find
that they get ahead in the race more
rapidly and with less labor than in grain
growing. 1t is true that beef is low at
this writing, yet, low as it is, it will paw
quite as well as grain growing. 1t will
be suie to look like an uphill business to
carry on little farm, tend half dozen
cows, market the butter, etc, for the
first few years. But when one gets far
enough along to market 4 half dozen
well-fatted beeves every spring the road
will not be go rocky and the dairving
will he dispensed with to large extent
and the farm devoted mostly to meadow
We can count on free range for our stock
during the summer months for many
years yet, and so long as this is to be had
the road to independence for the small
grower is easy and sure.