The Dickinson press., 1897-07-03
Range and Stock Notes.

great mistake last year In not dip
ping his lambs to kill ticks.
]. F. Young was down from Bel
field this week to look after the sale
of 1900 pounds of wool which sold
for quite little better than l0cts.
l.. Christensen Of BelReld sold
5000 lbs. Of wool at 101icts. He be-
lieves the sheepmen would make
more to hold their wool. But very
few are situated so that they can.
The Glendive Independent says
that wool opened last week with l0c
offered and no sellers. Toward tho
close Of the week l01ic was offered
and taken and one clip sold at l2cts.
Perhaps after all the shortage in
cattle is not so much in marketable
stock as it is in the class that ranch
men and feeders want to take their
place. There has not been that ad-
vance in the price of beef the last
few weeks that some had anticipated.
G. r. Hill says that a grey wolf
killed one of his calves a few days
ago, and about the same time Mr..
Blachley lost a yearling by wolves.
Speaking of the state experiment for
prevention of black leg at this place
Mr.. Hill thinks that the operation
was very successfully performed.
Journal, June 20: The wool mar.
ket at Miles City for the past week
has been active and prices looking up
Thus far about 100000 lbs. have been
shipped. In quality wool is lighter
this year, due, undoubtedly to the Sc
we're winter and late spring. Frank
O'Neil, who brought in $4,000 lbs.
this week. says that his sheep aver
aged one pound less than last year,
averaging 8 lbs. to the head.
The Dayton wool clip, 10000 to
$4,000 lbs. has been consigned to H.
T. Thompson 4 Co.. the best wool
commission house in Chicago and as
good house as can be found in Bos-
ton or Philadelphia. Two carloads
were pressed and shipped this week
and the balance will be shipped as
soon as the remainder of the clip ar
rives from the ranches.
From the Mandan Pioneer of June
25th. the following is gathered:
"At present the local wool market is
quiet for the reason that wool sell.
ers are backward in bringing their
clips in. AS far rs known the fleeces
this year will average about 9 pounds.
little lighter than last year in shrink
age. Boston, Chicago and st. Louis
buyers are expected here the first of
next week. In the matter of price
there is none established"
The Manlan Pioneer was very
much mistaken in saying that AL.
Lanterman had purchased the Berry
clip at Taylor. for it was bought by
VIM. Jackson for Edwin Jonas & Co.
of Boston. Mr.. Lanterman did not
get a pound of wool at Taylor. It
was very nice of the Pioneer, howev.
er, to say that the Berry wool was an
exceptionally fine clip. considered
by experts to be equal to the best
Michi gan wool.
N. G. Massey, solicitor for the
Grand Forks Woolen Mills. says that
in the eastern part Of the state and
in Barnes county there is a notices.
BILE decrease in the number of sheep.
The lack of sufficient fencing and the
constant attention entailed in the
care of small punches has driven out
many of the small flocks. Barnes
county is practically going out of
sheep. 1t is estima ted there is one.
third less sheep there. than two years
ago. Where two years ago were Is
focks, this year there were but three.
II costs but little more to care for a
large flock where there is plenty of
free range and little cultivated land
than small bunch of a few head in
a farming district where the animals
require constant attention to prevent
injury to crops.
7HErland Paulson of Taylor sold his
clip of $500 lbs. of wool at ten and
one. e.eighth cents, which is little bet.
ter than one cent per pound over his
wool sale of last year. Mr.. Paulson
says that his sheep sheared rather
llight owing to the unfavorable con-
ditions of the winter, but the spring
has been favorable for the lambs and
on the whole he has no reason to
complain. The wool buyers at Tay.
lor had paid II cents for the same
quality of wool US Mr.. Paulson's, but
he was one or two days late in for
the regular sale and the buyer told
him that old story about having a
telegram from the "house'' not to
pay quite so much as they had been
paying. Mr.. Paulson has 30 head OF
cattle, does all of his work with the
aid of his four sons, two Of whom,
Ingvald and Torger, were in Dickin.
son with their father last Saturday
Beauty is your Duty
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\ erowning glory.