The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-18
|IlI1AAA IS ALL RIGHT
hi .ests From the Ranges Make
tae Stcckgrowers Of the
State Happy.
p11nty Of Grass, Cattle Getting
Fat, and a Good Market
N Assured.
IN eo,rrowers VIII Recsive Fair Prices 10
VI fore the Eoason Cioses-Ten Mii''o"
Dollars in Sight.

Heports to W. q. Pieuitt, secretary OF
Ana MONTANA StockcrowerB' association. are
% the effect that the ranges all over MOI
tana are in splendid condition. lnefe rs
plenty Of grass and during the pas' low
weeks cattle have been putting on nesn
very rapidly, Tho first shipments VIII DO
msde this year from the Yellowstone
country. Cattle Ia that section came
through the winter better than IN any
other section of tho state. and IN conse-
ouence they will be ready for the merke'
~earlier. Last year before cattle
began Secretary Preuitts estimate OF she
number OF cattle Montana would SEND 10
market differed from the estimates MADE
- thA railroad officials, but the CLOSE OF the
season proved that be was nearest the marx.
Nj. Preuitt is Of tho opinion that TINS year
Montana will send east as many cattle
a last year, and he also believes that they
iii bring al least one dollar more q humid
rcd weight than they did in 1882. This
aided dollar for every one hundred pounds
beef this state will ship this year
.meana : Great many extra thousand
dollars to the cattlemen. Inc
Losses in some parts Of the state during
che past winter we're quite large. but en-
HANGED prices Of beef this season. it is be-
Iieyed. will more than make up for the
losses. Fortunately the heavy losses were
confined almost exclusively to one section;
In othcrs the loss was not above the normal;
sothat on the whole tho cattle business for
1Sqo-o9 IN Montana will not be bad. AS
oattle-orowiuc is one of the great indus
srica al the state, the fact that the outlook
II 40 bright ID encouraging, as the mouey re-
0aiyed from this source will in a large
measure be circulated through all chnnnels
u trade. H..
The sheep growers in some sections OF the
state have become uneasy about TINS SEA-
aon's WOOL prospects. A. J. Davidson. as
veil informed a wool man as there is in
the northwest, talking yesterday OF the
outlook. said the wool growers need NOS
fear but they would get fair prices for their
clip. I'm some sections" he said. the
growers have not been called upon by the
no buyers in the state. In TINS they are
mistaken. There are now In Montana to
my personal knowledge representatives OF
halt a dozen substantial eastern houses.
and more are on their way. Growers Will
have no difficulty in getting fair advances
on their clip, and they do not want to get
scared and sell right away. Prices thlf
~ y00S wall hAORNOAJ Nv
low what they were last year. but there viii
be a market for Montana wool, and i
growers are not offered fair prices wher
they are ready to sell my advice to them II
20 hold their clip" 49,.
The quality of the wool grown in THU
state this year, 80 far as reports received
indicate, will be better than last year. Will
the total clip will exceed by thousands o
pounda any previous year. While last win
ter was hard one in some sections. ]
found the growers better prepared will
shelter and feed, and as a result the losse
were less than they have been in preyiou!
more open winters. There will be an i'm
mense grass crop all over Montana thi
year, 80 that the %sheepmen can put up. al
the hay they will need to carry b
through next season.
A conservative estimate is that Montana
cattle and sheep growers will receive II
the next four months 500 0 600 az the re
suit Of the years sales.