Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-04-18
WHAT THE SHEEP INDUSTRY WILL
DO FOR CUSTER COUNTY.

do FOR CUSTER COUNTY.
Paper Read by A. Laney Before the East
ern Montana Wool Growers' ASSOCIATION
at Miles City. Mont. April IL, 1890.
Man must make his living off of the
gifts of nature. To do this he must
work on the material that nature has
provided him with. Every country
has resources peculiar t. itself, conse-
quently when men ~ into h new
country they first ascertain he natural
resources of tie county and deter
mine what industries they can most
profitsbly engage In and by what
means population can best be sus-
tsined. and when the resources of the
country become known, and the in
dustries tn hich IL is best adapted
become established, they become the
permanent industries Of the country.
Thus when Dakota was settled, II was
found through experiments to be best
adapted to the growing Of wbest, and
10 consequence Dakota became Q great
wheat country and will slwsys remain
= great wheat country. When Cali
fornia was settled, 1t was found by
conditions of sol, and climate to be
best adapted to fruit raising. and fruit
being in demand. California became Q
grtat fruit country and will slways re.
main DO until soil and climate change.
When white men hrst came to Mon.
taDa they set about to ascertain in
what way nature had provided for
this country and to what industries
they must turn their attention 10
order to secure the best fruits for their
labor. They saw these hills and val
leys covered with vast herds of buffalo
and thousands Of deer. .elk, ante lope and
other wild animals subsisting on the
mpst nutritious grasses known. and
being men Of trains, they drew the
very reasonable conclusion that this
would he good country for horsee,
cattle aud sheep, and In consequence,
Montana has become Q great atock
country. As 300 % II became known
that Montana was Q natural stock
country, enterprising and aggressive
men In the states began TO emigra,e 10
this country, and after many bloody
battles and the loes of many valuable
lives the IndIans were subdued, the
conquering band Of civilization lay
hold upon the country and the stock
men began TO occupy the land. Great
herds Of rattle began TO come In from
the south and west, The buffalo were
killed of and the great ranges Of Mon
iana were covered with cattle, and
Montana became the home Of the cat
tie king. but everyone could not be .
cattle king, and men Of limited means
began to look for some other business,
and there beings large demand for
COW horses, q good many went into
the horee business, but % the Ameri-
can people do not eat horse flesh. ard
man being no constituted by nature
that he would rather walk on . full
stomach than ride on an empty one.
the horse market was soon supplied
and prices fell until the business no
longer offered any Inducements. 30
men Of modest means began to look
for . more profitable buslness toinvest
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