Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-27

Just now many VIII be shipped out
| this year and by what time they will
be ready is an unanswerable query.
! Warm weather in the rain soaked sec
lions would undoubtedly stimulate an
abundant early growth of grass, and
as cattle have wintered we'll they would
soon put on flesh. AS little hay was
needed during the winter, many are
now feeding with the laudable object of
keeping their cattle thrifty until grass
rises. South Dakota has had ample
rain, and with a warm spring should be
on the market early, but large part OF
the Montana range has been very dry
End grass cannot be expected to grow
until more rain materialiZes. Esti-
mates of time of marketing and prob
! able volume of the output vary as wide
ly as do figures of imports from the
south.
South Dakota graZers will be heavy
shippers. Gene Whitcomb, of Rapid
city, who carried over an unusual num-
Der and has bought 1900 southern cat
tie this spring, will consign 5000 to
Chicago and will be the heaviest indi-
vidual shipper from the South Dakota.
All of his cattle to go are "fours.'' The
H. 900 ''fours" The Western Ranches,
limited, have 10000 "fours" ready for
market, the &C. Y" outfit $500 "fours.'
and Conner Bros. 5000 of the same age
None Of these shipped many last year,
because they had no fat cattle, and the
failure of the corn crop eliminated the
demand for feeders. Lake. Toomb &
Co. have 1000 "fours;'' John Hart,
1,500; II. N. Chapman, 1900; NJ Kelli-
her, $780, and others in proportion.
From all that can be learned, South
Dakota ranges will ship more beeves to
market than for half a decade past
Frank Cottle expects to ship 1,5OO;
Sootty Phillips, 5000; John Cox 1900;
and Converse & Jeffries large numbers
In addition to southern cattle, South
Dakota has of late years been raising
Il large number of natives.
Different Estimates.
Cattle on the Wyoming ranges have
w;nterd we'll lately, but the sheep in
tcrest is crowding cattle in that state
today. Keelne Bros. Will ship 5000
'fours" this year, and the Swan Land &
Cattle Company 5000. ]. g. Kendrick.
Charles Pugsley, Watson & Johnson.
w. p. Ricketts, and others will also ship
large numbers, but all are adverse to
indicate the volume of their output at
the present time, intmatng that it will
depend largely on prices and grass con-
ditions.
Two well Informed range men differ
ed so widely in their prognostications
as to the output, that comment is an
propriate. One placed the increased
output this year over last, from the
four states, at 100000, while the other
insisted that it would not exceed
$4,000. The man with the high esti-
mate pointed somewhat logically to tn.
fact that in 1900 Texas sent $4,000 cat
tie to Montana, $4,000 to South Da
kota, $4,000 to North Dakota and 80. 600
to Wyoming, a total of $4,000.
Now" said he, these are parctic-
ally all on the range. for winter losses
have been small. Even in North Da-
l1ota fatalities during the present biz
yards We're largely confined to dogies
and they must go to the market this
year"
Eastern Montana will be ready TO
ship early from present indications.
The blizzard caused no losses eScept
along the Dakota line and Dawson ana
Custer counties received plenty of rain.
The ground is well soaked and only
the warm embrace of old Sol is needed