The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-26

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cholera had reduced the mortality of
infected animals from so to 20 per cent.
The treatment of calves to prevent
blackleg had reduced the mortality ty
this disease from IL to less than one per
cent of the calves Of the COW. The bu-
reau, he said, had secured dip which
is absolutely fatal to ticks and is not
regarded as injurious to cattle, al
though this fact has not been fully de-
termined.
DR.. A. r. Peters of the University CT
Nebraska followed in a statement as to
the work done in that state in this mat
ter. He said he knew of 5000
cases of vaccine at this rime.
The result was very satisfactory,
demonstrating that the treatment was
a certain preventive. He agreed with
DR.. Nogaard in the subject Of hog chol-
era. A resolution urging upon the
state and territorial legislatures the i'm
portance of establishing sanitary com
missions was taken up, the discussion
being led by President c. P. Johnson
stock sanitary boards. II. ]. Jastro of
California followed. Both speakers
strongly favored the resolution, which
was unanimously adopted. F. H. Brand
enburg, observer of the Denver wealth,
er station, read paper on the work Of
the weather bureau as affecting the
live stock industry. He urged Coop
Grafton of the local stock growers as
sociations with the bureau in spread
ing the warnings Of coming storms and
cold waves.
Sheep Feeding.
The Hon. Peter Jansen Of Nebraska
read a paper on sheep Feeding in the
West" which was, in part, as follows:
From very small beginning some 20
years ago the business of fattening
sheep for the butchers has become gi-
gantic enterprise, until to-day nearly
100000 of the woody tribe are in the
feed lots of the Middle and Western
states alone.
1.-THE most important point in starting
to feed sheep is to buy the right kind,
and at the right price.
1.-THE three important things in feed
ing sheep are dry feed lot pure water
and plenty of good feed, and as fourth
essential I would add regularity and
good common sense. With these any
body can make fat sheep. Whether he
can make money in feeding them is not
so sure.
After getting the sheep from the
West they should be thoroughly dipped
for scab, and where a long feed is con-
templated they should by all means be
dipped twice, from 10 to II days apart.
AS to the dip to be used, opinions differ.
I have used the nicotine preparations
with good results, but they are more
expensive than the old-fashioned lime
and sulphur dip, which is a dead sure
thing on scab, although not as easily
prepared and harder on the sheep.
Il am careful to start my sheep very
slowly on grain, giving them about
quarter of a pound at first, with all the
roughness they want to fill UP on, grad
ually increasing the grain and dimin-
ishing the rough food. 1t takes about
30 days to get them on full feed, and
believe it is a good plan never to over
crowd their appetites, especially where
they are to be fed four or five months.
When on full feed grown wethers will
eat from one and one-half to two and
one-half pounds of grain per day;
lambs somewhat less If it is possible
a mixture of oats, shelled corn, bran
or oil cake makes a splendid ration. But
this is often not practicable on account
of the high price of some of these in
gradients.
Il have made very fat sheep on moth
ing but clear shelled corn and wheat
straw. 1t takes from three to four
bushels of grain to fatten a sheep, and
we figure on 10 tons of roughness per
100 sheep during the average feeding
season. I feed them grain three times
day and roughness twice, morning and
evening. OF course, they must have
plenty of good, clear water. I keep
salt before them always.
THE feeding of sheep is very pleas
ant occupation whenever there is any
money in it, and there will be money
in 1t as long as we produce first-class
mutton and do not try to overdo the
thing. We are apt to think that. be-
cause we have fed 5000 sheep profitably,
$4,000 will make just 10 times as much
money. AS mathematical proposition
this seems to be correct, but it does not
hold good in practice.
Il believe our government should pro-
vide more mutton for the use of our
soldier boys. For sanitary reasons NUT
ton must be vastly preferable to fat
pork or bacon, especially in the tropical
climate where the majority of our SOL
diers are apt to be in the future. I
understand very favorable results have
been obtained by preserving roast NUT
ton in cans.
II believe the prospect for sheep, wool
and mutton will remain good as long as
we protect American industries AID
American labor
Colonel Alexander Majors, the veter-
al lloHeleISIHdH anu IOunQef Oh the Ia
nous pony express" and said to be
the Oldest cattleman in the West, spoke
on the cattle industry of the past so
years, The discussion of the resolu-
ton favoring the cession of arid lands
to the states and the leasing of public
grazing lands was resumed.
e. F. Benson of Washington state,
connected with the land department CT
the Great Northern railway, which is
now leasing its open lands, declared
the system had proven very satisfac-
tory, serving to prevent the ranges from
destruction and prevent trouble be-
tween stockmen.
M. A. Daugherty of Nebraska favor
ed the leasing of lands. the rentals to
be used in the construction of irriga-
ton canals and reservoirs. A. B. Leck-
enjoy of Oregon, special agent in charge
OF grass and forage plant investigation
for the Pacific coast, United States de-
partment of agriculture, favored the
las