Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-20

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might IN that much be considered q
public benelactOr. The want
Of public places OF bus ness IL not only
felt with regard to disposing of our
steers, but our geldings AS well, q mar.
ket for which we have also to look
east. Horse growers are very much
embarrassed u 10 where to find \
place to take their geldiugs aud find
buyers. Some who took horses east
have In many instances been partially
robbed out OF them. The grower sells
an animal but once, and ii Ia at that
time be must get its fair value. Wnile
the eastern dealers beat US out OF our
margin they generally get good price
and realize u good profit for anything
they ship west in the line of live
stock. There is no difficulty for bull
peddler 10 sell his scrubs for thorough
breds and get much more for them
than genuine animal bred in Mon
tana. If they have a stallion they
cannot sell east they send him out
here. We have tendency TO think
anything from the east better than
that we raise. However, many of our
stock men are pretty we'll cured Of
this delusion, yet there are ttill too
many disposed to be fooled by
EASTERN sHARPERs.
Even the Husbaudman, a paper OF
considerable experience aod c1nsid-
cred good stock paper, produced an
article some weeks ago advising cattle
men 10 buy state bulls 10 improve
their herds with, stating that thor
oughbred Shorthorns could be landed
In Montana for $50 per head. Such an
assertion is so evidently self-condemn-
ing that no further explanation 10
needed. Without wishing 10
dvpreciste any other breed of cattle, L
would say that Shorthorns are the
best and most profitable cattle We
have, but do not believe that bull
that can be laid in Montana from the
east for $50 after having eaten SIS
worth Of ccrn during the winter to
pamper him up for the occasion. has
any right TO bear the name of Short
horn. He may have the appearance,
but be is an INBRED animal, deprived
Of constitution, a calf that was not con-
sidered good enough to make q steer
for eastern feeding. Those calves are
left bulls and sen. west to be sold for
what they can get. We get no calves
from them tue first year, and unless
they be well taken care of and well
stabbed they die the first winter.
These are the bulls the Husbandman
advises US to buy to improve our herds
with. There are plenty of
good bulls raised in Montana to supply
the demand, bred by honorable breed
ers, where both dam and sire can be
seen, which can be bought at reasona-
ble prices, and do much better service
in our herds. Cattlemen, let US buy
them in preference. We can get good
bull. in the states aud we have to get
them occasionally TO renew our breed
ing, but 800 bull for calf entitled
10 record 10 considered . very low
price. Montana breeders de-
serve encouragement. There never
has been any money made yet on
thoroughbred cattle. The only profits
breeders have is the improvement in
their own herds. There is scarcely
ever any return from first investment
on a good bull but his breeding; We
peve. sell him again, and we never
sell calf for near the price his sire
cost, nor do We ask IL. This territory
is not yet up to that standard Of apprs-
eisiion, and the prejudiA against an
animal raised in MontasA still exists
in the minds OF many, as some of our
newspapers indicate by encouraging
the purchase OF sc rubs from the states,
when not q word is said about any
thing raised in the west. The
cattle industry has suffered = certain
tits true; but we know the
cause and should make an effort not 10
have IL repeated. We have live stock
enough in Montana to use all the pres
ent vacant ranges. We should not
have many more on hand. With the
present proportion there is very little
danger Of loss, aud Montana with her
share Of imperfections is just a. ood
country rs any other.
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