The Dickinson press., 1904-03-26
RANCH TALK.

RANCH TALK.
Chas. F. Ellis OF Mandan, N. Oak.
offers for sale or trade some fine regis.
tered bulls, North Dakota bred. There
are four Herefords and three Galloways,
all excellent individuals. I-I6.ti
E. G. Paterson, proprietor Of the
Northwcs; in Bismarck. has a stock
ranch south OF 'hr city, and he appears to
be conducting it on business principles.
A writer who visited the place last week
says: MIR. Paterson stated that every
winter he made it a point to have on
hand at leas, three tons Of hay for each
head of stock and provides comfortable
shelter for his herds. He never takes
a chance on the weather being mild
enough to permit stock hunting their
own living in the pastures. even though
there is a splendid growth Of grass. He
has o lost a critter this winter and now
that spring advances he has the salts.
faction of knowing that he has made
money by merely taking a little pre-.
caution"
Joe German has a number of cattle out
and is offering reward for their return as
per published notice found elsewhere,
S. S. Sutherland: Winter holding on
rather severe. Three:fourths Of my
stock rustled up to the list of March;
have ample hay for feeding we'll into
April. | had planned on feeding cattle
during month of March any way.
The prevalence of blackleg in the
state of Kansas induced Dr.. H. S. Mayo,
state veterinarian, and his assistant, {.
l.. Barnes, 10 make the most careful
and searching investigation as to the
cause and prevention of the disease.
These Investigations have been in prog.
ress for three years, and the conclusion
arrived at is that blackleg is a germ d.
sease, which attacks young cattle from
two or three weeks to 2 years old. A
large number of cases have been report
ed in sucking calves, in spite of the fact
that many veterinary writers state that
it does not occur in calves while on a
milk diet. The disease attacks a great
many calves between six and eighteen
months of age, and after two years OF
age there is little danger. In cattle
above 3 years ole the disease is extreme.
ly rare. Calves that are in a thrifty con.
dition, particularly those which are be.
ing fed for baby beef, are most likely to
contract the disease. The average loss
among unvaccinnated calves is proba.
bly, between 4 and 5 per cent, and vac
cination reduces this loss to less than
four-tenths OF one per eel Young
calves should be %vaccinated every foul
o" five months. The first symptom usu'
ally noted is that the sick animal usual,
remains apart from the herd, usually
lying down and not chewing the cud. l,
appears lame and stiff in one leg, anc
sometimes the disease affects more thar
one leg, the stiffness occasionally ex
tending to other parts of the body. Ami
mails suffering from blackleg are Otter
easily excited in the first stage and i
disturbed will sometimes fight v~iciously
Blackleg occurs at all seasons of tn,
year, but is most prevalent in May, June
| September and October.
Geo. Dobson is sending good beef il
to the local butchers from his Cannon
Ball ranch, indicating that there ha
been no shortage Of feed and no lack o
care for stock at his place.
]. "A. Dobson: Sheep have winteret
we'll at our ranches; no losses to speak Of
Plenty of feed, good water and prope
handling will take sheep through an,
winter.
Out of 400 of the sheep.shear brand O
cattle being wintered by Layton Georg
there has been a loss of four head-tw
late fall calves and two grown cattl
accidently killed. Mr.. George has
herd of 500 cattle OF all brands and il
early winter he grazed the older cattle j
the Bad Lands, later taking them to tn
ranch where he had plenty of hay. B
careful handling he has got this larg
number of cattle through the winter i
good shape.
Graeber Bros, owners OF the Graebe
Ranch Co. 20 miles south of Gladstone
have had good success wintering cattle.
Anton Anderson is looking after tn
T o A cattle.
j. Knutson was in the city or Tues
day and bought 8 tons of hay at SIS pc
ton. The hay was shipped to the Zenit
siding.
David Hartle of Greenville, Ohio, ha
been in the city the past week to buy
car OF work horses.
u The Northwestern Stockgrowers
association of South Dakota will meet j
Belle Fourche on the I4th, 18th and I6t
of April.
Fred Curliss: Cattle are doing prett
we'll south at our ranch but we woul
like to sec warm weather.
Many s~tockgrowers are expected j
Dickinson on the 18th to meet Veterin:
rian Van Els and probably DR.. Salmo
of Washington D. C., at which tim
plans for the eradication of cattle sea
will be considered.