The Dickinson press., 1905-01-28
RANCH TALK.

A. Caldwell OF Gladstone has 100
unbroken horses that he will sell at right
prices. See him and you will find that
ne means Just what he says. lo-I5.tf
The best evidence adduced in North
Dakota that .sheepmen are going to get
a good price for their wool the coming
season was the contract recently entered
into whereby !. b. Stoddard of Sentinel
Butte agrees to deliver his entire 1905
clip to an eastern firm at o per pound.
VIM. Holton Dye of indianapolis acted
rs agent for the wool house and depos.
tied 5000 to secure the contract. Mr..
Stoddard, who. is chairman Of the Bill.
lings county board of commissioners is
~weltinformed woolgrower and ought
to know what he is dong. He will have
something like 10000 pounds the COM
ing spring. Some of Mr.. Stoddard's
neighbors, also large growers, refused
to contract at zoe, and are confidently
expecting to get from 23c to FAC per
pound for good. clips this year.
Fisher Brothers, on Green river, are
getting ready to increase the capacity of
their irrigating plant, which will enable
them to do a great deal more the COM
ing season than ever before. They will
have power sufficient to throw 1900 to
1900 gallons Of water per minute. The
Fishers are old settlers in Stark county,
and know from practical experience
that it pays we'll to raise fodder crops
for stock. They have also found profit
in raising potatoes and grain on .irri-
gated land.
Banker Hopkins, nea Billings, Mont,
says that a Boston firm has offered him
22H cents for his 1905 clip of wool. He
expects, however, to get IS cents.
Dakota Farmer: "Rumors continue to
reach US that buyers are contracting
next springs clip whenever last seasons
prices will get it. We are no positive
that much Of this is being done in the
Dakotas and are inclined to believe it is
W. " u SOI4iuSLl lCClluR
among our sheepmen, and most of them
expect just a little more for their wool
than they received a year ago. Ger
tainly there are less sheep in the coun-
try and nowhere do we know of any
wool being held over. Denver Field and
Farm says: "Half of lex years wool
clip in Wyoming was sold a month ago,
but at that time all buying stopped as
a result Of the announcement that a
special session Of Congress might be
called to revise existing tariff laws
Now that this danger no longer exists
eastern buyers are again in the field
and prices are 0 going higher. Many
clips now growing OIL the sleeps back.
have brought eighteen cents and ]. B.
Long of Montana claims to have con-
tracted to sell 10000 pounds of next
seasons fleece at 20 cents. The best
actual price paid thus far in the west for
wool in hand is 2o.I3 given to John
Becker Of Belen, New Mexico, for l4o,-
900 pounds of fall fleece in three.eighths
quality a few weeks ago"
Mr.. Mckenzie, a stockman at New
England, has been losing some calves
this winter from b~lackIeg. A year ago
last fall he v%accinated his calves and
had no losses; last year he did not get
around to vaccinate them.
About two inches of snow fell the
first OF the week, and with the cold
weather it has seemed quite wintry.
In places there are three to FIVE inches
of now and nearly all the ranchers
commenced to feed their stock the past
week. In some localities the ranchers
have been feeding for the past two or
three weeks, and it is likely that they
will need to feed now for a month or
six. weeks. The grazing has been fine
on the prairie until just recently, and
the reports come in from all quar-
tiers that stock Of all kinds are in good
flesh. The feeding time will be very
short this season and most ranchers will
have a large quantity of hay to carry
over for another winter.