Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-22

crease, something else has to be found
to supplant or supplement what Dame
Nature merely gave us to start in.
with.
On this section will be the home
and the buildings. Here also will be
a windmill and tank, by the judicious
use of which the farmer has sur-
rounded his home with a grove Of
trees, an orchard of hardy fruits, a
vegetable garden and why not a gar
den of flowers? For reward, he will
have the joy of having redeemed from
the wilderness and made habitable one
corner Of the earth; for which, in
years to come, his children will thank
and bless him, that their youth was.
spent in a home-not a desert camp"
THE BIG BEND AND SHEEP RAILS
ING.
To be perfectly honest and candid,
isn't it a relief these days to OCCASION
ally sit down and talk with the man
who hasn't made a success of every
thing he has undertaken; the man
who is still looking for worlds to
conquer" in business enterprise? We
feel it SO, and TO such we would like
to sit down on a dry goods box and
white a stick, fguratively speaking,
and talk sheep. as a sure, quick and
comparatively easy road to success.
Any mar who car raise stock of any
kind, with a very little practical ex-
p%erience, can raise sheep. and espe-
cially is that true here, where climate
and surroundings all tend toward the
success of the enterprise. While the
country adjacent to Bismarck is es-
sentially a stock country, we are just
beginning to feel the on-rush Of the
festive homestead seeker, who is en-
croaching upon the domain of the
cattlemen, cutting up the range, but
not so with the man whose wealth is
on the feecy backs of a we'll bred band
of sheep. Ten thousand sheep will
"roll in the lap of luxury" where one
thousand head Of cattle would starve.
Of the 1877 varieties of weeds and
grasses growing in this state. sheep
will eat 1856, and cattle not over %.
In other words where cattle ranging
will soon be practically out of the
question there is yet and will always
be money made in the sheep business
and plenty of range for all. The
quantity of stock handled with the
same outfit is what increases or dimin-
ishes the profits in stock raising Of
any kind; then why not raise what
you can produce the most of with the
facilities at hand?
We might cite a dozen instances in
this immediate locality where parties
have grown wealthy off Of sheep rails
ing. Take as an example Alfred
Staley, north of Coal Harbor, who with
but a small investment, in the past
three or four years has raised 1900
or more sheep worth from $4,000 to
$4,000 and not one foot of land his
own His brother, Charles Staley,
has done equally as we'll, and is still
at it. One farmer in Emmons county,
south of Bismarck, recently sold out
his band Of sheep for $4,000 spot
cash. He walked in twelve years ago.
This sum did not include his other
property accumulated during this
period, and so we might continue to
enumerate instances where practical
experience proves the sheep industry
second to none on the Missouri slope.
We have made money ourselves and
expect to make more in sheep and so
can anyone who gives it a reasonably
fair trial.
A sheep ranch in this state should
not be run On the same plan as those
of the more western states, with their
lack Of grown feed, where sheep rails
ing means nothing but herd. shear and
ship. With the small expense at
tached to western methods of conduct
ing this business, an average clip of
four pounds per head gives a sufficient
profit. The sheep turned off each
year are bought up as feeders" by
the central states buyers as a rule,
and there fitted for market. Aside
from the small clip you will find also
that Territory wool is low in the
market, on account of dirt and
dead" fibres, and you must also fig
ure that they divide their mutton pro-
fits with the man who fits it for the
market, (who by the way gets the.
lions share). All of which points to
good money in them here. You can
and should do away with the methods
that cause this drain in territory
lockmaster's profits. The climate,
bOuntiful water supply. great variety