The Dickinson press., 1892-07-09
The Sheep Industry.
KNIFE RIVER. y. ~.

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Gpt,ul PHM~: W :Ae lamhing
,e<i>ua ba> tr.'S"A tl thl> v,SlY, III
his pu,. ot the ,oantrN, much has
oeca take. ana wljtttn Ai."ut the
business. >o'ue el,im to lave male
4 success, Wti,t others ave n&ie q
Failure. Some ue li>S,tl>.i, 1t. salk o.
pulling Up: cthet> vGiSe lie mrath"r
AMI the country. claimjts them loss
III ltmlS on account Il lad weather.
Let Us ~ back u icm in"ntnS AH:
compare the weather ot otl,er states
w!lh.hat IT North Dakota. 1t may he
true that the wind and weather here |
has mot all the time been tempered to
favor the new born lamb. But when
we look around we find it has been
the off year for lamb crop everywhere.
Let us look 1T Montana. that is claim-
ed TO he Il good wool-growing state:
they claim over two million eighty
nine thousand sheep i'll that state ut
| this time. \. gentleman Oh Il visit to
Il sheep ranch on Mouse river in that
| state writes to the Sheep Breeder and
| Wonl-Growers Journal, of Chicago.
March Goth, using the following words:
"Stili showed under. We received
news that several people were frozen
to death on the prairie Il few miles
distant.
Here during that month the wealth.
cr WAS tine and I'LL that could he de-
sired. But the same writer continues
tlu>:
"Fvr half mile on boil, sides of
the wire fences are covered with
sheep prlts, at the sheds were carcases
piled up like coruwuou six to eight
feet deep and twenty feet long or
more: scattered in every direction
were frozen carcasscs with pclts still
on, the help at this ranch being in
sufficient to take the pelts off before
the sheep froZe stiff, so fast had they
| died.
This rather takes tile cake for u
sheep country, and that too rs late us
the GOTH of March. Here we have
never heard of such wholesale slaugh-
ter among sheep on account of bad
weather. "A leading Montana Jour-
nal has stated that the loss sustained
in the last crop of lambs i'll that
state foot up more than so per cent
The same state of affairs exists this
spring wherever Il sheep was heard
to bleat.
We feel as though the pcnplo OF
this part of the country ought to con
graduate themselves. We certainly
have been favored: II disaster right
after another is Detailing the central
and eastern states. Ma sooner have
they recovered from a terrific cyclone.
then rains fay in excess of anything
known since the days of Noah, are
visited upon them, small streams and
riyers overflow and in some parts Of
the country it is leoded for numerou:
miles. The residents are compelled
to desert their homes for safety. thu
loss of property is fearful, and no
only do their disasters result in los
of property. but hundreds of lives arr
sacrificed, and also blights the pros
poets of crops for this year. Herr
nothing of the kind has occurred
The only suggestion we can offer is
for the ice fated districts to pull IL
! stakes, and come to North pakot
where cyclones and earthquakes ar
unknown. California has been shak
EN- almost from center to cireumfel
ence by an earthquake. In som
, towns brick blocks tumbled dow
. like grains Of sand. Here we hav
had nothing to complain of in til;
t line: Heavy snow and frost ha>
y injured the fruits in many parts {
the eentral states. Here no con
plants are heard in that direction.
Just who is to blame for all til
+ trouble and unpleasant weather v
don't know, unless it be the dem
S Cratic party. 1t quite frequent
$ happens that new beginners in tt
w%ooi-growing business, sustain heal
loss in mismanagement and bs
handling. Sheep are Il study. Al
it requires years of practice and e
pefisnce to become acquainted ar
n fairly understand their nature an
habits. Go back to some of the su
flower states, where they boast abo1
their gentle breeze, they call thel
~ gentle zephers, it is where the SIN;
a. hys darken the sun, and where gall
ii nippes dwel!s. Here when we ha'
,e any wind at ali, if is !acti4e, liyel
q. means business and helps one rnul
in the corner. Altogether we beliey
If for a healthy climate. Gpe cattle. an
ID sheep, unbounded range, North Oak
" ia will compare very favorably wit
of any other country beneath the sun.
no SHEPHERD.
t. Bull For Sale.