The Dickinson press., 1904-02-13
RANCH TALK.

Chas. F. Ellis of Mandan, N. Dak.,
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.tt
1t is reported that a rancher south
living on the Getz place had 60 cattle
drift in the storm a week ago and lost :
hea d OF the number.
E. S. Clough: have not learned of
any losses Of stock on tho Cannon Ball
river and the country south. We have
lost 2 head of cattle since last fall. At
the. home ranch we are feeding cows
and young stock. At the lower ranch
we have 200 head of cattle which are
given mi foddering of hay a day and
Craze the rest of their living. 1t has
been a hard winter for hay, but we have
enough to last until April and so we feel
perfectly easy.
Dugald Campbell of Emmons county
says those who have. made the most from
taking a flock of sheep, are men who can
manage a flock of two or three hundred
head without hiring any additional help.
Members of their own families herding
them in the summer aud helping to feed
them in the winter. In this way a set.
tier and his children are given employ.
ment that pays quite we'll; but the mex
perienced man who goes into the sheep
business and hires all his help, is taking
chances of loss instead Of profit. 1t
often happens that the poor man who in.
vests no money, but takes a small flock on
shares,goes slow and carefully and learns
the business, makes far more than the
mar who buys a large flock and depends
on hiring help.
S. Sedore had a little bad luck at his
sheep ranch near South Heart in the
storm last week. The morning of the
Ist MI. Sedore took the train to Dickin-
son to get some supplies and by the
time he arrived the storm had set In and
he was unable to get back until the fol-
lowing morning. The sheep, some over
1000, were taken out to Craze by Thomas
Roberts. The storm came up suddenly
and Mr.. Roberts did his best to get the
sheep back into the corrals. but, unaided
in the fury of the wind and snow, he was
unsuccessful and the sheep passed the
ranch and commenced to drift. Mr.
Roberts staid with the band all night
In the morning, after his terrible nigh,
on the prairie, without food or shelter,
he found that a few hundred had beer
cut off from the main band and that GU,
of the number 60 had persisted. If Mr.
Roberts could have kept the sheep to,
gether he would not have had any LOST
and as it is Mr.. Sedore is we'll satisfied
H. c. Miethe: Don't think there were
any losses of stock on account of tn,
storm out our way. The Medora-Sanc
Greek mail carrier made his regular 50
mile trip the day of the storm.
A report came in from the north THU
week that VIM. Crist had lost severa
hundred sheep during the storm. The re
port has not been confirmed. The last re
port Mr.. Gotta had was before the storm
and MI. Crist wrote that they were pillow
ing and getting along as we'll as could b.
expected considering the deep snow ant
the severity of the weather.
Secretary Wilson of the Interior ha'
not given any information as to when h
will send out federal inspectors furthe
than that the work will be taken up whe,
the weather gets suitable. The stat
inspectors who have been in the field 70
about three weeks, have not been abl'
to accomplish much owing to the ssveri
ty Of the weather.
This week Billy Chaloner was GU
south with a Canadian horse buyer.
Alex Fowler wrote in from Oakdale o.
Thursday that his stock was doing wei
: but said that there was certain to be
great shortage Of feed if the weather di
t not moderate very soon.