The Dickinson press., 1902-04-12
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Ranch Talk

r. Finger: have beenSyery fortunate
the past winter andShaye had no losses
in cattle.
Andrew Blank: The bad storm did
not Cause any loss ofSshsep in ny band.
F. G. Bishop: lost ansoid sheep in.
the storm.
Plaindealer: The Dickinson Press
notes q marked improvement in the
grade Of cattle lonsthe ranges. The posi-,
ton q: the Press seemsto be thar while
all listers are good.some steers are bet
ter than others. and Stark county insists
on having the best.
Fred Griswold: Yes, We had heavy
loss.of3 sheepa at our Wolf Butte ranch
about 200 out Of 265o. The band split
on the boys when theywere taking the
sheep into quarters. At our home ranch,
the old Gibbs place. we had no loss.
Commissioner b. Stoddard If SEN
tinel Butte estimates his sheep loss dur
ing the March storm at and " per
cent. He has between 5000 and 5000.
sheep, and one band was out during the
storm. Mr.. Stoddard,s cattle, all ma
tives, were out during the storm, as they
had been all winter. They drifted from
the fats into the Bad Lands, but for
tunately did not get into any creek and
when Mr.. Stoddard rounded them up he
found his original number, and feels that
he was very fortunate in not having n
loss.
Henry Cooke Of Gladstone has win
tered 30 head Of cattle at his farm with
out loss.
Arthur Bond, one Of the ranchers on
the Big Missouri, has wintered $50 cat
tie in good shape. and says that so far as
he knows there was no loss Of stock dur
ing the storm between the Little and.
Big Missouri rivers.
j. M. Howard, one Of the Big Missouri
%ranchers, was in from the north this week
with friends. He had no losses at his
place during the March storm and
seemed to think that people who watched
their cattle closely need not expect to
have reverses any winter.
Ed. Current: The March storm was
a bad one-the worst | ever saw-but we
always try to be prepared for bad wealth
er. One great trouble in this country is
that ranchers get careless after two or
three successive mild winters, and, not
being on their guard and not having
proper shelter, they are caught and a
loss is sure to follow. 1t does not pay to
take chances. Ibelieve sheep do much
better when provided with good water
regularly from stock pumps than when.
they get moisture at irregular intervals
by eating snow.
I'll. Beard: Out Of a band of $500 1
lost about 100 in the March sform--Ta.
to a pile-up. This could have been
avoided by higher sheds. l had a large
hospital band and lost none because the
sheds were as they should be-well ar
ranged and with good water.
B. Y. Dodge, who has 1000 sheep on.
Buffalo creek, 80 miles south Of New
England, was in Dickinson on Tuesday
for the first time in seven months. His
loss during the storm was 800, mostly
from his hospital band. ]. R. Dodge. a
brother, has 200 sheep at the mouth of
Lightning creek, as miles south OF New
England, and had a loss Of 50, caused by
a pile-up.
r. E. Morgan: I have a band of 1900
sheep and have one big corral. Just be-
fore the March storm there were 900 in
the hospital band and being crowded
put most of them, in the large bunch.
My storm loss was 20 and enough since
to make 70. 1t is the mistake of many
sheep men to try and get along, with too
small corrals and sheds.
Word comes from Yule, Billings
county, that Johnson had no losses OF
cattle in the storm or since. This is
what we expected Of Edwin, who used tc
be foreman on &C. Mead's ranch and
knows = thing or two about handling
stock.
The Chicago Live Stock World 81
April 4 said: "What do you think Of
$3.50 for North Dakota cattle? That is
the highest price ever paid for cattle
from North Dakota and was realized by
Mr.. Z. ]. Nichols of Cakes, N. D., for a
lot of 81 head. including three heifers,
averaging I26olbs. Two cows, 1860 lbs
sold at $3.50. The interesting point
about these cattle was. the fact that they
were fattened on ground Siberian millet,
with bran and prairie hay for roughness
Mr.. Nichols who is making an intelligen,
study of cattle feeding writes that pound
for pound Siberian millet will make as
much beef as corn, and the condition 81
these cattle after their 900 mile ride
would seem to confirm his opinion. The
cattle were sold by Allenberg & Co, c,
F. Higgins Of Dickinson agent for N D.
{. e. Everett, foreman at the North.
western Ranching Co. ranch on the
Cedar, was in Dickinson this week and
told us that their loss, out of a band of
27oo sheep, since Oct. lst, had been bu,
II. This is a very small percentage and
shows what can be done on a well equip.
ped ranch with proper management.
Mr.Hulbert and sons have bought Sc
head of and 2-yearo old hcifers Of Henry
Edgar.
r. e. Anderson shipped a car Of Stark
county horses to the Alberta country dur.
ing the past week.
Guy Pearl: We had nj loss to speak
OF at either of our sheepranches.
G. r. Higgins: The cattle in which
am interested have wintered well.
H. c. Miethe reports a,loss Of about &C
cattle.
w. W. Phipps, al the old c. R. Cook
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