The Dickinson press., 1902-08-02
Ranch Talk

SEtf%sS HEES&ATSES4fE
In breeding cattle why not breed3tthe.
kindlthat always tops the beef market3'
Full blood yearling and a-yearaold Aber-
deem Angus bulls for sale. "A. &c. Nc
tG~illivray, Dickinson or Bismarck, N. d.
7-Io-tfs
Charles colgrove recently bought 10!
very fine Missouri cattle Of S. "A. Young.
H. C. Quinion. owner of the o bar
horse ranch. was in for supplies the past
week. MI. Quinion was about the first
man in western North Dakota to engage
exclusively in the horse business. AS
recently as 4 OF 5 years ago many people
thought him foolish to continue in the
business, as there was verylittle demand
for horses. But conditions have changed
and Mr.. Quinion is now reaping his re-
ward. He started the foundation Tor a
hne herd years ago by breeding the best
stock he could find. and now he is able
to pick out carload lots and sell at sI2s
apiece. He is disposing Of about ) car
loads this season.
Or. Stickney has bought Chas. Col.
groves interest in III Missouri cattle
which they purchased last fall. Ar.
engagements have been made for the
keeping Of the cattle at Billy Colgrove's.
BIS. Lockwood, who ~recentlv shipped
10 cars of cattle to Great Falls, Mon
tana, is expected in Dickinson soon
Lockwood Bros. have large land hold
ings in this vicinity and plan 70 ship in
aIarge number of cattle during the fall.
Charles Colgrove: l have 70 loads Of
hay on n little bottom near the ranch
which overlooked in the spring.
Jim Harmon was down from Medora
thistweck and bought IS yearling black
Polled heifers of A. ]. Allen & Co. at So
per head. Peter Reuter- of Richardtor
took 50 head of the same class of cattle
The last Of mex week Mr.. Allen will
have 50 more black Polled heifers and
50 Whitefaces; he will also have loo
Nebraska and 0 Iowa cattle.
Doc Blalock bought l18 mares, colt.
by their sides. from the second Converse
herd turned over to the Wisconsin buyer
A car of Rugby cattle, wintered or
hay, were sold in Chicago last week a
$3.50 per cwt. The cattle averaged 1865
pounds, making the gross-selling price
s7o.42 per herd. The sale was made b,
Ewart Bros. & Baker.
The McDanicls clip, 100000 pounds
was CARED from Belfeld to Dickinson
this week and baled. The wool had beer
bought by Dewey, Gould & Co. of Bos
ton at a price very nearly I6c.
R. c. Hill and c. T. Langley hav,
formed a partnership for buying ant
selling cattle. They will deal princi
pally in native stock.
Trask& Fuller have sold 1872 fine 2.year
old steers to Geo. F. Woodman.
Henry Schultz had a great sale 0
mutton sheep in Chicago a few days age
The price was SAYS per cwt. for AIS, av
eraging in weight I1oH pounds. A cut
back of 4 sold at $3.50. MI. Schultz ha,
just sheared an average Of sl.Ioperhea,
from the band, making his total gross re
ceipts $685..
A.. Hilliard found another $4.5o-marke
the past week for his lI8-weight mutto
sheep.
c. M. Dinsdale has bought Mike John
sons ranch. on Crooked creek.
G. T. Langley has sold his cattle ranc
to Frank Smith. Mr.. Smith is putin,
up hay at the ranch, but Mr.. Langle
does not take his cattle awayun until fall.
Wednesdays sale Of 2 cars of Montan
CRASHED cattle, in Chicago, at $500 pc
cwt. live weight, was a record breaker
The cattle averaged 1862 pounds, max
ing a gross price Of so4 per head, or So
net.
E. G.. Paddock has bought a goo
sized bunch Of cattls of Ed. Berry.