The Dickinson press., 1901-08-31

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Ranch Talk
K. T. Elken has 1880 acres of land
seven miles north Of TAYLOR. He also
has the lease Of a school section-64o.
acres-which, with the unsettled govern
ment land in the vicinity, gives him a
nice range for his sheep. Even at the
present low price of wool. Mr.. Eiken
considers that there is a good profit in
sheep. He had 300 lambs this year and
10000 pounds of wool.
There are lew people who have made
a greater success Of the sheep business.
than c. H. Pearl whose ranch is located
on Cedar creek. He runs about 1000
sheep, in separate bands, and last vim
ter fed only one load Of hay. His sheep.
are young, none over 8 years old, and
his losses for the past year, including the
number butchered for ranch use, is con
siderably less than ! per cent. Mr..
Pearl has a lamb crop of 81 per cent this
year which. he says. is about the same as
his crop of last year.
c. E. Everett, foreman at the North.
western Ranching Co. ranches south Of
Dickinson, will leave ina few days for
Indiana to get a carload of pure bred
Rambouillet rams.
Maurice Donnelly, president Of the
Northwestern Ranching Co., and VIM.
Holton Dye, attorney for the same COM
pany, went to Montana this week to buy
$500 ewes. They made a trip TO the.
ranches last week and found that hay
and shelter would warrant their invest
ing in another band Of sheep this season.
Barrett & Zimmerman have another
carload of cavalry horses ready for ship
ment. They also have nearly another
shipment Of draft horses.
r. ]. Craig has an order from Cana
dian parties for a car of mares with
colts by their sides. AS soon as he gets
the mares halter broken he will make.
the shipment and will probably take
along a second car,
Harry Rove: Ibaled I,55I,ooo pounds
Of wool this year at Dickinson and now
we are using the machine to bale hay.
The charged sligo per ton which en-
ables people to put hay in the barn at
a cost Of about s3.5o-per ton.
Wood lambs are quoted,jf 81 per head.
On August rs, 1899, the Press pubs
lished a statement regarding H. j.
Schultz's sheep business and by request
Of several Of our readers the same is re-
produced. Mr.. Schultz is still in the
business-one of the large growers of
the place. The article reads:
There are few sheepmen in the coun-
try who can makea better showing for
the capital invested than H. Schultz of
this place. May End, 1897, MI. Schultz
bought 1890 sheep at S2.22 per head, or
S4,284 at first cost. The same year he
sold $1,000 worth Of wool from the band
and $500 worth of mutton, making S2,s36
as the first years proceeds. In 1898 he
sold s2,Ioo worth of-wool and 1883
worth of mutton, a total Of S3,453. This,
year his wool clip amounts to s2,375.
MI. Schultz has not sold his 90 mutton
and has on hand 1880 sheep. Taking
out the original numbers purchased, he
would still have 600 on hand. His total
sales of wool and mutton for the ? years
and three months that he has had the
band amount to s8,358, and the 1880
| sheep that he has left on hand are easily
worth as much more.
E. F. Messerstnith sold. 3-year old
steers-average weight I267H pounds,
in South St. Paul, on Monday which net-
ted him $50 per head. The sale was
made by Prouty & Co. These steers
were bought when yearlings in Mime
sofa at sIl and sl2 per head, and their
total cost, including keeping, etc, had
been s23 per head, leaving the owner a
margin of s27 per head.
It's generally understood that Pierre
Wibaux is closing out his extensive cat
tie interests in eastern Montana, where
for years he has ranged on free govern
ment and railroad lands unmolested.
The time has come, however, whenlsmall.
ranchers are filing on government land,
buying a few railroad sections here and.
there, along desirable water courses. and.
putting up permanent ranch improve
ments. MI. Wibauxi who spends the
i greater part 81 the yearSinl France, did.
not think it worth while to acquire title
to lands which he has been grazing free
Of charge for the past ten years. and all
at ono awakens | aTealizing sense that
the free grazing, is passing from his coen-
troll and into the hands Of actual owners.
Itslooks very much q though Mr.. Wi
banx had let a mighty good thing slip
from under him. Hehas certainly made
thousands upon thousands Of dollars,
probably millions. 2
Nowadays the ranchmen who have
taken the precaution 70 cur title 10
The land which they are grazing i the
ones who are resting easy. The others
do not know when they will have 70 give
way to some actual owner of the lands
they havs been using for the past ten q
fifteen years The old timers have had
ample time and il they have not made
selections and secured title q tracts Of
land, especially good water privileges,
they have no one To- blame but thena-