The Dickinson press., 1897-05-22
Range and Stock Notes.

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Range and Stock Notes.
Good weather for lambing up to
the present tine.
H. J. Schultz arrived this week
with 1000 Montana sheep.
Mr.. Dayton will remain, at his
ranches for two weeks yet.
J. E. Williams reports good num-
ber of fine Hereford calves at his
ranch.
J. E. Phelan has shipped in 500 cat
tie from the east this season and put
out with different ranchmen in this
vicinity.
Charles H. Pond has his cattle-75
head, mostly cows-out for the sum-
mer with Tim Randall. Mr.. Pond
raises fodder crops at the home ranch,
where his cows and calves will be
wintered.
Bismarck Tribune: Montana stock
growers seem aggrieved that this
state has made a provision whereby
they cannot use the range in this
state for their stock without paying
for it. 1t is case Of self preserva-
tion, and the outside stockowners do
not have to play in our yard unless
they 80 desire.
Chas. N. Ferrier, v. NJ. D., Of
jamestown, was in Dickinson this
week professionally. Mr.. Ferrier is
veterinarian for the 5th district, but
he has had considerable work in this
district. A number of our cattlemen
shipping in from the east this spring,
have had their cattle inspected by
MIR. Ferrier at jamestown.
Os. Chase came in this week from
the Cannon Ball with his flock Of
1900 head of sheep-wethers and dry
ewes. The flock was grazed leisure.
ly in and will be sheared at the yards
here and then grazed back; the object
being to make the sheep transport
their wool to the shipping point
themselves and thus save hauling
and other expenses.
Geo. Beasley has been stopping in
Dickinson for some time. and
will buy wool here and in Montana
this year for Nichols, Dupee L Co. of
Boston. He says he hopes the wool
market will start out at IL or l3 cts.
per pound as it is much easier and
more satisfactory, for buyer and seller
alike, to do business when it is posi-
BILE to offer good price. Mr.. Beas.
ly belongs to the well.known Montana
family for many years extensively
engaged in breeding and handling
sheep.
The United States official statistics
of the number of sheep in our coun.
try from 1883 to 1885, are as follows:
Number of sheep in 1883, 1929, ,2ol;
1884, 50,62e, 1925; 1885, 50,3eO,243; 1888.
4s.322,33l; 1887, 44,75o,3l4; 1883, 49,
544,755 1889. 42,599, ,o79; 1891. 43,431,.
1875; 1892, 44,93S.3e5; 1893, 47,273,553;
1894, 45,04S,014; 1895, 42,5o4,O64; 1895,
36,298,783. It will be seen that the
highest number ever reported was
5O,82e,626 in 1884. Prof. Snow, proba'
bly, the best authority on sheep sta.
tistics in the country. says that there
are not over 100000 sheep in the
United States today. se
| While the wool growers Of the coun.
try are not pleased with the fact that
the senate committee reduced the
rates on first and second class wool to
8 and Q cents per pound, they are
congratulating themselves that even
8 and Q cents is just that much more
protection than they are getting un.
der the present law and is also greater
protection in proportion to the gen.
eral value of woods than they were
| getting under the Mckinley law,
even at the higher rates named by
4 that act. 1t does not follow, however
that the rate named by the senate
1 finance committee is the one to be q.
nally adopted. On the contrary, the
impression at Washington is that the
rate will be increased before the bill
becomes a law.-Bismarck Tribune
| In speaking of the terminal charg,
case which the Chicago Live Stocl
| Exchange had before the Illinoi.
railway and warehouse commission
er, a short time age, the Drovers
Journal says: "Mr. Brown, IN be-
half of the railroads, made a motion
to dismiss the case on the ground
that the Chicago Live Stock Ex
change had no right to appear a
petitioners in the matter Of railroa'
rates, and that the exchange hai
overreached their charter powers
The commissioners took the matte
under advisement during the moo
recess, and at the opening of th,
!. afternoon session Chairman ,Lindle,
stated that in order to keep thei
records clear and to prevent any poa
sibility of establishing a preceden
that might cause them trouble In the
future, the board had decided to al
low the exchange to amend thei
petition by substituting one or NOR