The Dickinson press., 1905-01-21
RANCH TALK.

Michael Schaff, who has I4oo sheep
south of the Cannon Ball, near the Nor
ton county line, was in Dickinson the
past week.
Geo. Myers Of Medora has an irri-
eating plant at his place capable OF
irrigatting 200 acres and the coming
season he will irrigate 100 acres of land
which was plowed and carefully pre-.
pared last fall. Mr.. Myers will try
some alfalfa which he thinks will prove
10 be a profitable feed for his calves.
He uses a centrifugal pump which
throws an 8 inch stream.
Erland Paulson of Taylor has been
doing quite a little work the past lew
years along the line of irrigation and
has 20 acres of land that will be cropped
and arti6cially watered the coming sea-
son. Mr.. Paulson has several dams
constructed, the work Of which was
done at odd times when his help was
not needed for the care of his sheep.
On Monday Geo. w. Myers of Me-
dora visited the Little Missouri Horse
Co. stables at Gladstone and made the
purchase of a splendid 2-year-old stall
lion. The colt is coal black, half Shire
and half Norman, weighing 1880 pounds
and is pronounced by good judges OF
horses to be one Of the finest animals
from the H + herd, and that is saying
a good deal. The terms are not made
public, but they are understood to be
around $500. J. L. Paul of Rock
Springs has also purchased one of the
H + colts.
Geo. Do8son has sold his PAGER to r,
]. Craig.
Black Dick, the registered stallion
belonging to C.. S. Langdon, died re.
Gently from the effects of a tumor. The
horse weighed 225o pounds and was
valued at $500.
Geo. w. Lee has purchased l head
of fine Galloway cattle OF VIZ Clark.
Secretary Wilson has SEM an urgen,
request to Congress for an a]ppropria-
ton of $4,000 for the further prosecu.
tion Of the work of the department in
stamping out scabbies in sheep and
mango in cattle. 1t is expected that the
money will be supplied in the general
deficiency bill, and that a very large
portion OF it will be expended in the
Dakotas and Montana, SO says Wash
ington dispatches.
This is the news that m from
Denver, Colorado: 1.-THE National Live
stock association is rent in twain by the
adoption Of a new constitution which
admits the packers to membership, and
provides al open door through which
the railroads of the country may at any
time become factors in the control Of
<hn orrors TL@ ~o1,~~ --I
horse growers, together with represent
atives of some of the affiliated indus
tries, refused to agree to the new cor
stitution, withdrew when they consid-
cred its adoption probable, and have
formed a new organization under the
name OF the American Stock Growers
association, whose aim it will be to
WELD a dominating influence in the in.
terests OF the cattle growers. Roughly
speaking, the sheep growers, commits.
sion men and the stock yards interests
remained with the National Livestock
association, and the actual growers OF
all other animals for the market have
gone with the new association. The
Cattlemen have from the first strongly
opposed the admission into their organ
ization OF the packers, and especially
OF the railroads. They claimed that
these two influences would ultimately
dominate the cattle growing industry
of the country to the detriment of the
individual grower, and they refused to
remain in an organization which in
cluded these representatives among the
members of its controlling body"
]. A. Caldwell of Gladstone has 100
unbroken horses that he will sell at RICH,
prices. See him and o will find ,ha.
he means just what he says. Io-I5.tf