The Dickinson press., 1897-06-19
Range and Stock Notes.

Range and Stock Notes.
Pierre Wihanx has returned from
France.
Fred Christisnsen has sold his cat
tie all out tn w. L. Richards.
rhe Flying v people have placed
$500 head of cattle on their range 30
far this season.
Paul Mccormick and Pierre Wi
baux were passengers going west OH
Monday.
Wm. Colgrove Feed is unusally
good and I think cattle will be ready
for market early.
The executive board of the Live
Stock Association Of North Dakota
held q meeting Tuesday and arranged
for inspection. Robert Wilcox will
go to Chicago the same rs last year.
Ten cents is the top price for wool
thus far. Some clips bring only nine.
Mr.. Dupee has bought the following
clips: Dobson Bros, Stamp 4 Whinn,
II. C;.rnahan. o. S. Chase, over 10000
pounds.
lhe outlook for the wool market
differs very little from last year in
price. The highest paid then was
9A and from to 10 cents is cstimat-
ed for this season, although buyers
have not offered the last named fig.
ure yet. Very little has arrived thus
far but the next two weeks
will see lively times at the various
wool warehouses along the line, and
buyers will lie kept busy changing
their spots.-AIiles City Journal.
Last Monday night the Northern
Pacific wool warehouse ut Rosebud
was completely destroyed by fire. to.
gether with wool press and $4,000
lbs. of wool, $4,000 of which belonged
to p. B. Moss & Co., of Billings, who
for the past two weeks have been
shearing at the Rosebud pens. Rim.
ger & Dandall lost 10000 lbs. and
Jaffray & Sanders 5000. In the two
last named firms the loss is only
part of their clip which they had
just begun hauling in. The Moss Co.
however lost all of their clip from
the sheep they had there, and it is
said that none of the losses were in
sured The warehouse was consider
ed one of the best on the N. T. line
and its destruction by fire, particular.
ly just as the wool shipping season
was at hand, will not only cause in
convenience to the company, but al
so to the sheepmen and buyers as
we'll. How the fire originated is un.
known, but it is supposed tramps
did it.
The first of the week DR.. Ferrier
completed the End inoculation-lO
tdays from the 1st-on the 100 head of
cattle which are being experimental
upon by the state for black leg. Of
the number vaccinated so are calves
months old and the rest are about
l8 months old. The Pasteur system
is used, and it is claimed that after
the vaccination is completed-two
noculations-thatt there is no further
danger of death by black leg. The
disease is caused by specific germ
taken into the body usually with food,
but the germs will also fiud their way
through scratches and sores in the
skin. The germs are very hardy and
live for number of years. They
may be carried long distances. The
grave of an animal that has died of
black leg will keep the grass around
infected for several years; and in
stances are known, not a hundred
miles from Dickinson. where animals
dying of black leg have been thrown
into streams, thus scattering the in
fection along for miles. Prevention
is the only help for black leg; the
disease is incurable. DR.. Ferrier's
work seems to have been very sue
cessful, and it is believed that the
experiment will be of great value to
the cattle interests. The mortality
among live stock from black leg al
ready amounts to considerable each
year in this section and
it is high time that people look into
the matter and take active measures
to prevent the dreaded disease.