Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-08-04

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purchaser being j. b. Long of Syca-
more, Ill. The price is said to be $1.5O
per head, about 200 culls to he taken
out of the bunch.
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Billings Gazette: The wool seaso
i'm Billings has practically closed and
the buyers have all returned to the
east. There are a few clips still re-
naming i'm the two warehouses, ag-
gregating about 200. 900 pounds. This
market, as predicted, closed strong,
the last clip sold bringing 13h cents.
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Billings Times: Col. ID. l.. Hast
ings of TIBET was in town this week
| with his wool but was dissatisfied
with the prices offered, and decided
to hold. He still has his last years
| clip, on which he was offered six cents
advance ON last years price, and he
anticipates a further rise before next
season.
Billings Times: The advance wave
has apparently struck the wool
growers. The Lake Basin Sheep
company held a meeting a stevening,
and declared a divideud Of 20 per cent.
This is a very satisfactory state of
affairs, and reflects great credit on
the management.
Tribune: Chicago papers announce
that eastern financiers have instruc-
ted their western agents to return to
the liberal terms on loans on live
stock that We're in effect prior to 1893.
River Press: 1t is learned that a
mutton transaction Of general inter-
est to northern Montana sheepmen
occurred a few days ago near Cas-
cade. The parties to the deal were
c. w. Miller, the well known buyer
OF Winona, MIMI, and Messrs. Reed
& Burmeister and Anderson.
One feature of the deal was the pur-
chase OF a picked bunch of lambs,
comprising about 1,4OO head out OF a
band of 1000, the prices paid being
$l.5O per head. A picked lot oflambs
from the Anderson fiocks was also
bought by Mr.. Miller at SLIGO per
heard. Both punches were the tops
of the respective outfits. In addition
to the above, Mr.. Miller bought from
Reed & Burmeister about 1000 head
of straight three-year old wethers at
$500 per head. The terms of the
deal call for delivery at the Benton
stock yards in the early fall, 1T being
the purchasers intention to ship the
stock to his own feeding pens, where
they will be held until fully ripe for
the market.
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Tribune: In northern Montana
there have not been many purchases
in the last two or three months, but
within the week the principal buyers,
the Millers of Winona and j. b. Long
of Sycamore, have returned and are
buying as rapidly as possible.
Among the recent purchases by
Long is that of 500 2 and 3-year-Old
wetheres from X. r. Lyle of Lucille,
The transaction calls for January
delivery at Fort Benton, at 50 pei
cwt.
Mr.. Long has also purchased
about 400 head from McBreaty, Nc.
Leish and Smith Bros, at about the
same price, and will ship them from
Fort Benton today.
George w. Moore of Meagher
county has sold 500 2-year-old weth.
ers, and 1900 yearlings, mixed ewes
and wethers, all sheared, at $2.25 pei
head, immediate delivery.
The object of the buyers a only
be surmised, but the prices which
they are paying are encouraging to
the owners of mutton fiocks. The
Chicago market scarcely justifies
these prices and the tendency has
been downward, but the spectators
evidently expect an advance before
winter and do not seem to fear the
results OF the purchase in Washing.
ton and Oregon by Armour and Swift
of one-fifth OF the entire number OF
sheep annually marketed at Chicago.
The state Is well cleared of mutton
| shaop that oro hla and nrDu-
ers r quite willing to sell. The
sheepmen have every reason to be-
lieve that wool will hereafter pay
better than mutton and, while a
number have been breeding Shrop-
shire lambs for mutton, they have
about concluded to quit and breed
again for wool.
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