The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-10-15

loose and open in fleece and do nol
withstand hardships readily. While
it has not yet been conclusively proven
in actual practice as to just what
breed we must use, results show that
such blood as Ramboiullets and De-
LANES come near to answering the
requirements of the general purpose
sheep.
1t is said by veterinarians that there
are two types of CHAMBERS. When the
infection takes place in the nose and
the disease begins there, it is most
easily identified. 1t sometimes nap
pens that CHAMBERS enter break In
the skin and start a disease on any
part of the body. 1t is then known as
farcy. A sound horse may contract
glanders from an affected animal by
actual contact such as the two animals
rubbing their noses together. The
sound horse may also contract the dis
ease by eating from trough from
which a diseased animal has previously
been fed, or from drinking from a
bucket or watering trough used by a
glandered animal. A public watering
fountain is a dangerous affair Where
glanders is known to exist. The dis
ease can be communicated by brush
or comb. 1t is equally as dangerous to
mankind and most animals as TO
horses. A glandered horse should never
be allowed to live longer than is neces-
sarv to be certain that he has the
disease.
It is reported that of the total num-
Der of cattle in the United States TO-
day considerably over half are what
NAV correctly be called native scrubs
BY this is meant that they are not
even worthy to be called grades, which
term signifies an animal contains some
pure blood of one breed or another.
The toral number of pure breds in the
country is extremely low, being esti-
mated at less than one-iftieth of the
total number of living cattle. The
number of grades is estimated at about
one-sixth of the entire bovine popu-
lation of the country. This does not
look as if pure bred breeding was be-
ing overdone, or even as II the time
was very near when it would be over
done. There is surely plenty of room
for pure bred cattle breeding yet
There is money in the business, too.
When sheep skins go to market they
are divided into two classes. One Is
green pelts from freshly slaughtered
sheep. from which the wool has to be
pulled very quickly or the skin is al
fected by rotting and the wool peels
off with pieces of the pelt on the ends
of the fibres, although this is averted
occasionally by sailing. The other
class takes in the dried skins. All the
skins which go to the seaboard mar
kets from the Rocky mountain west
are dried out here. All those which
are imported are generally dried, al
though under our present tariff but
comparatively few can be brought in
al any profit.
According to the New York Mail
the goat is succeeding the sheep in the
eastern states. On this question 1t
says: "Sheep are now merely orna-
mental in the eastern states, and
scarcely that, as they are ordinarily
treated. The ubiquitous dog has made
the sheep impossible in well-settled
districts in this country. Even Yer
mont, once the home of choice sheep
has been forced to give up this ami
NAL because of sheep-killing dogs. But
the goat? Did you ever see a dog
that was willing to attack a goat
seriously? The goat is entirely able
to take care of itself in this particu-
lar"
Let the sheep have access to pure
water. Because sheep suffer less from
drought than most other animals is
no reason why they should not have
an abundance of water always near
them.