The Dickinson press., 1902-10-25
Ranch Talk

VIM. Wilson is in Texas this week Tor
the purpose of buying a trainload Of
Hereford cattle in which he and A. H.
Arnett are equally interested. The cat
tie are from the famous Texas herd
which took the premium as feeders at
the International Live Stock Show last
year.
w. l.. Richards bought 2 cars OF beef
cattle of f. r. Messersmith the past
week.
Two years ago Connolly Bros. bought
a large number of fine native calves Of
A. Farrah at SIS per head and some
40 yearlings at $50 per head. Next week
Connolly Bros. will have the 3-year-olds
out of this bunch on the Chicago market
and PRESS readers will be interested to
know what they have made the Oakdale
stockmen in the two years.
Allenberg & Co. report the following
sales, made Oct. IS, and received too late
for our last issue: Ferris &Robinson 20
I235-steers s.. 50, and FL Io86-steers $,
G.. f. Berg III I3o7-steers SOLO, Koehler
& NJ. Is I3o4-steers SOLO, w. B. CALI
gan 8 1365-steers s., O. 7. Clough &
| Son IS I282-steers Sc and IA IIIo-cows
S4.55, J. w. Silver 20 l263-steers $40,
81 II6o-stcers $500 and 5 IIoo-cows 81,
Christ Zacher 81 IIo7-dogie steers SALE,
VIM. Bahr 10 l3ol-steers S4.S5.
the market last week.
!. F. Phelan Gent a herd of cattle out
to the Harkins ranch the first Of the
week.
Thomas Fisher shipped 2 cars Of cattle
on the 18TH and John and Joe l car. W.
D. Roney shipped l car in the lot, Tom
and Joe having the shipment in charge
Harve Robinson and S. M. Ferris are
among the few who have made any mon
ey this season specializing in beef cattle
They invested in good natives and came
out right side up.
The sale Of 3o head of c. c. Mead:
native steers on Oct. IS at 1915 per cwt
was indeed a good one. the cattle av'
eraged 1925 pounds, making the gros:
selling price so5.18 per head, or $50 net
Last year on the 9TH OF October, Mr.
Mead sold So head of steers, averaging
l424 pounds, at 5.35 per W.T., making
net price Of $40 per head, or $40 les!
than this year. This year MIR. Mead alse
sold 10 steers, 1926 average weight, a
s4.85. Five head of his cows averaged
1880 pounds and sold at $40. This i:
the same weight of his last years COWS
sold at S4.45. Such sales demonstrate
that western North Dakota is the great
est place in the world for the production
of grass fed beef where the cattle ar
we'll bred and properly handled.
Jeff Farrah had some 6c.-cattle in tn
market last week. Nine head of hi
COWS, 1861 average weight, sold at S4.8!
Chas. O'Neal has bought 5000 shee
for his Wibaux ranch.
J. E. Phelan sold II I2o8-steers las
Friday at S and IL of 1902 weight q
$500.
R. 7. Fleck of Richardton was in Dick
inson the first of the week to rcceiv
1900 fine yearling ewes for which he pal
S3.1o per head. Mr.. Fleck has 200 ca
tie at his ranch and will put the shee
out with good parties.
B. L. Dodge, Of Dodge Bros, shippe'
cars OF mutton sheep to Chicago la!
Saturday.
ID. Pierson of Simmer & Thoma
5 brought $40 head of cattle to Hebro
t last week.
t Jack Hanley: This year topped m
cattle the other way-cut out the poore'
and threw them on the market for VIII;
they would bring. Next year | will shi
some beef cattle that will average u
, with the best.
C. c. Mead bought a thousand dolla,
! worth of cattle Of Pendergast & How
this week. B. H. Reineman has a pa
, of the cattle which he will hold at tt
S Mead ranch the coming winter.
d lin Haskin's car of cattle average
S 1I7o pounds and sold at S4.75.
T. H. Brien and son, Melvin, were
n the past week with a car OF cattle whic
e they shipped to Chicago.
c. E. Trask sold 60 l361-steers at
and 20 I23o-steers at $.
n The stock shipment for the oath ru
up to ; trainloads as follows:
IS Dryer ; cars, Connolly Bros. 4, Joe Mu
II ply 3 and 2 d D, Aug Strehlow E, Ma
:, suere & Simpson 10, Geo. +. Woodms
I6, Ben. Singletary 2, H. J. Schultz l,
e H. Merry 2 D D, b. F. Fowler z, Eugel
IS Russell I, A. {. McGillivray g. G!
h Dickinson 4 D D, Nj. L. HALEY 2.
M. Hummel /, and several others. Ric
'e ards & Frye drove in a Car OF the Ra
'e mus Jensen COWS and steers-the tai
c. McDanielsis booked for a 4o-car shi
ment of sheep on the 18th and on the IS
!, of Nov. IS cars, The Converse Gait
x Co. are expected to get around for a
other shipment Nov. lst.